Brief Bio

Andrea Spagnolo (PhD, University of Milan) is Associate Professor of International Law in the Law Department of the University of Turin, where he teaches Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law and is Director of the International Human Rights Legal Clinic. He qualified as Full Professor of International Law in 2025. He has held visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute for European, International and Regulatory Procedural Law, the  Amsterdam Center for International Law and the Human Rights Center of the University of Ghent. He is the author of two books and of more than sixty publications on several issues of public international law, including the law of international organizations and the law of treaties, and of international human rights and humanitarian law. He was member of the Board of the Italian Society of International and European Union Law (2018-2021) and is currently member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law and of the Scientific committee of the International Humanitarian Law section of the Italian Red Cross. He is member of the editorial board of the review Diritti umani e diritto internazionale and of the official blog of the Italian Society of International and European Union Law (SIDIBlog).

Courses taught at CTLS

• Do We Still Need International Treaties? A Course on Treaty Law (Fall 2025)
• The Law of International Institutions in Times of Crisis (Fall 2025)