Tristan Ferraro is Senior Legal Adviser at the Legal Division of the ICRC (HQ Geneva). He is the in-house responsible for legal issues relating to multinational forces/coalition warfare, occupation (former head of the ICRC project on occupation), protection of civilians and the notion of armed conflict (establishing ICRC positions on legal issues aimed at classifying/declassifying situations of armed conflict). He is also in charge of the files relating to humanitarian access and the protection of humanitarian personnel. Eventually, he supervises and coordinates ICRC positions and actions concerning sanctions & terrorism. Before coming back to the Legal Division at the ICRC HQ, he has served with the ICRC in the field - in particular as legal coordinator - in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel/Palestinian occupied territory. He has also published numerous legal articles, book chapters and represents the ICRC in various international fora and negotiations. Prior to joining the ICRC in 2002, Tristan Ferraro worked as senior lecturer at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), teaching inter alia Public International Law, including International Humanitarian Law. He holds a Doctor of Laws from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France).