Mara Tignino
biography
Mara Tignino is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and the Global Studies Institute. She is also Lead Legal Specialist of the听听at the听. Mara is the Lead author of the听Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure听which was translated in French, Arabic and Russian (2019),听听(2021) and 听听(2023). Her research interests cover international water law, the governance of oceans and climate change as well as international institutional law and sustainable development. 听
Dr Tignino has been Visiting Professor at Renmin AV短视频 of China (2017), the AV短视频 of Barcelona (2014-2016), the听Libera Universit脿 Internazionale degli Studi Sociali听(LUISS) (2013) and the Catholic AV短视频 of Lille (2010-2012). She was also a Visiting Scholar at the George Washington AV短视频 Law School in Washington D.C. During her stay, she was involved with the Center for International Economic Policy of the Elliott School of International Affairs.
Ms. Tignino acts as an expert and legal adviser for States and international organisations (Inter-American Development Bank, UNITAR, UNEP, UNDP, and OSCE). She is regularly invited to international conferences and has given training workshops in Africa, Asia, Middle East and South America.
In 2017, she was awarded with the prize "Women Peacebuilders for Water" from 鈥淔ondazione Milano per Expo鈥� for her research in international water law and her dedication to the creation of new generations of international lawyers.听
She was a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Interest Group of 鈥淚nternational Business and Human Rights鈥� of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) and she is a member of the ESIL Coordinating Committee of the Interest Group on 鈥淚nternational Organizations鈥�. She was a mentor of the 鈥淲omen in International Law鈥� Program of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). She is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She was the founder and past chair of the Interest Group on Water of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.
Ms. Tignino holds a Dipl么me d鈥櫭﹖udes sup茅rieures and a Ph.D. in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She received her Habilitation 脿 diriger des recherches听(贬顿搁)听from the Faculty of Law of the AV短视频 Jean Moulin Lyon 3. She received her Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Political Science from the LUISS of Rome and a听Certificat d'茅tudes politiques europ茅ennes听from the听Institut d'脡tudes Politiques听of Strasbourg.
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