Alexandre Skander Galand (A.S.)

Alexandre Skander Galand is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Maastricht University. He is an international law scholar, specialised in international criminal law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Dr. Galand is a member of the Barreau du Québec (Canada) and holds a PhD in International Law from the European University Institute (EUI). Before joining Maastricht University, he held postdoctoral research positions at the Hertie School, EUI, University of Oxford and Koç University and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Essex and the University of Turin.

Dr. Galand is an Associate Editor of the Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law / UN Treaty Bodies and co-coordinator of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on International Criminal Justice. He has consulted for the Case Matrix Network and worked for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute as part of the War Crimes Justice Project

Dr. Galand is currently working on two projects: (1) The Contributions of the UN Treaty Bodies Case Law to International Human Rights Law, and (2) The Shifting Paradigms of International Law through Adjudication and Normative Interplay. 

Dr. Galand's publications are accessible HERE 

Expertises
  • Public International Law
  • Immunities of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • UN Treaty Bodies
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • The Law of the United Nations
Career history
  • Postdoctoral Researcher & Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Fundamental Rights, Hertie School (Berlin, Germany), 2019-2022
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow on the 'Individualisation of War',  European University Institute (Florence, Italy) & University of Oxford (Oxford, UK), 2018- 2019
  • Newton Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Global Public Law, Koç University (Istanbul, Turkey), 2015-2017
  • Ph.D. in Law, European University Institute (Florence, Italy), 2015
  • Legal Analyst, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) (Turin, Italy), 2010-2011
  • LL.M. in International Crime and Justice, (UN Campus, Turin, Italy) (110/110 summa cum laude), 2010
  • Lawyer in Civil Litigation and Criminal Law, Dufour et Associés (Gatineau, Canada), 2007-2008
  • École du Barreau du Québec, 2006
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Université Laval (Québec, Canada), 2005