Vito Todeschini

About/Bio

Vito Todeschini is a Legal Advisor at Amnesty International (International Secretariat), where he advises on international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international human rights law. Between 2018 and 2022, he was a Legal Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa Programme of the International Commission of Jurists based in Tunis, Tunisia, with a special focus on Libya and Palestine/Israel. Vito holds a PhD in international law from Aarhus University, Denmark, a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratization from the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice, Italy, and a Law Degree from the University of Ferrara, Italy. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Trento, a Visiting Researcher at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm, and a Visiting Fellow at the Amsterdam Center for International Law. Vito has taught courses and classes in a number of universities, including on international human rights strategic litigation and advocacy at American University Washington College of Law and on international humanitarian law at the University of Trento and Aarhus University. He is a Fellow at the Centre for European Legal Studies on Macro-Crime at the University of Ferrara.

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The Obligation to Notify the State of the Official in the ILC Draft Articles on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction: a Backdoor to Impunity?

Introduction In April and May 2025, the International Law Commission (ILC) is due to discuss, and possibly adopt on second reading, the Draft Articles on immunity of state officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction, adopted on first reading in 2022. During its session, the ILC will examine amendments to draft articles 7 to18 and an Annex…

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