Research & doctoral supervision

Research

Research areas, research and editorial responsibilities, doctoral supervision and collaborative academic projects.

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Institutions

Research responsibilities

Member of the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI), associate member of the Centre for International Law (CEDIN) at Paris Nanterre University, and expert reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Academic publishing

Publication series and case-law surveys

Director of the René Cassin Foundation publication series; co-editor of case-law surveys in the Journal du droit international, the Annuaire français de droit international and the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme.

Projects

Collaborative research

Leadership of research projects and organisation of conferences, seminars and academic meetings in international law and human rights.

Doctoral supervision

Doctoral and HDR supervision

Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)
Mustapha Afroukh, “Les mutations du contrôle de conventionnalité” (2021).

Ongoing doctoral theses
Alexandre Miliani; Elizaveta Churilina; Olivia Gallot; Léna Degobert; Myriam Dahhan; Victoria Dhaisne; Marie-Lee Lurel; Marc Servant; Sontia Nkenkeu-Keck; Pierre Durand.

Completed doctoral theses
Mehdi Belkahla (2026); Aurélien Godefroy (2025); Cécile Goubault-Larrecq (2025); Claire Méric (2024); Evangelia Vasalou (2024); Anna Stadler (2023); Juliana Guerra (2022); Dominique Johel (2020); Julie Tavernier (2017); Améyo Kouassi (2016).

Doctoral and HDR examination panels
Regular service on doctoral and HDR examination panels.

Research activity

Recent academic contributions

June 2026

Universal human rights treaties at a crossroads

Chair of the session “Issues, challenges and prospects” — René Cassin Foundation, Strasbourg.

April 2026

Second Paris Human Rights Days

Chair of the session on reception by regional and international courts — CRDH, CEDIN, CMH and IHEI, Paris.

March 2026

The primacy of climate considerations: human rights subject to ecological constraints

Conference “The environment before the courts: legal and economic perspectives” — Paris.

February 2026

The intellectual and moral legacy: the International Institute of Human Rights

Tribute to René Cassin (1887–1976) — Institut de France, Paris.

February 2026

The strategic use of international courts

Discussant — IDPSP conference, University of Rennes, Rennes.