Paola Gaeta

About/Bio

Paola Gaeta is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. A leading expert on international criminal law, she previously held chairs at the University of Geneva and the University of Florence and has been a visiting or adjunct professor at institutions including the College of Europe and the Bocconi University. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Criminal Justice and President of the Board of the Antonio Cassese Foundation for Justice, Peace and Humanity.

Recently Published

“Intent to Destroy”: Reflections on the Swedish Yazidi Genocide Case

Reading the Swedish judgments in the Lina Ishaq case is an unsettling experience. The description of the atrocities inflicted on the Yazidi community by ISIS is presented with a level of factual precision that leaves little space for abstraction. The Stockholm District Court’s account of the attacks on Sinjar and the subsequent treatment of…

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