Alejandro Chehtman is Dean and Professor of Law at Torcuato Di Tella Law School, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He teaches and writes in the field of Public International Law, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Transitional Justice and Constitutional Law, with special interest in philosophical and empirical issues.

Alejandro studied Law at the University of Buenos Aires, where he graduated with honors, and did his MSc in Political Theory and his PhD in Law at the London School of Economics. Before coming to Di Tella he clerked at the Federal Appeals Chamber for Criminal Matters and at the Public Defense Office in the City of Buenos Aires.

Alejandro is the author of The Philosophical Foundations of Extraterritorial Punishment, and co-editor of Latin American International Law in the 21st Century (with Sergio Puig and Alexandra Huneeus), both published by Oxford University Press. He has published in leading journals including the European Journal of International Law, Harvard International Law Journal, Stanford Journal of International Law, Legal Theory and the Journal of International Criminal Justice, among many others. He is currently working on a book project on a Theory of Asymmetrical Warfare, to be published by Oxford University Press in 2026.

He has held many visiting polistions, including as Fellow at the Law Department at LSE, Marie Sklodowska-Curie at the Faculty of Laws at University College London,Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona, and Visiting Fellow at the University of Girona and in LUISS, in Rome.

Courses taught at CTLS

• International Criminal Law (Spring 2026)