
08/05/2025
📣The University of Bologna Law Review is proud to announce the 7th edition of its Colloquium 📣
“Oltre il 7 ottobre: l’occupazione Palestinese tra guerra e diritto”
May 21st from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m., Sala delle feste, Palazzo Malvezzi (Via Zamboni, 22)
👤We are honored to announce that the guest speaker of the important event will be Professor Gian Maria Farnelli.
📚Gian Maria Farnelli is an Associate Professor of International Law at the Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna (Italy) and Visiting Lecturer at the Universities of Antwerp and Olomouc.
🌍 He has been a member of the Italian Legal team in the M/V Norstar (ITLOS Case No. 25), the Questions of jurisdictional immunities of the State and measures of constraint against State-owned property (Germany v. Italy) (ICJ) and the Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) (ICJ) cases, as well as research assistant in inter-state and investor-state disputes.
He has been a member of the Italian delegation during the Fifth Intergovernmental Conference on the negotiation of an Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
His publications, in Italian and English, address issues of law of the sea, environmental law, State immunity, investment law and the law of international adjudication.
🎤In his keynote speech, Professor Farnelli will address the historical context of the conflict, the origin and development of the Palestinian issue, with a focus on the occupation of the Palestinian Territories. He will also discuss the most relevant principles and norms of international law related to the topic and the juridical implications of the events that followed October 7th, 2023.
After the introduction, there will be plenty of time for those in attendance to ask questions and engage in a constructive debate.
🇮🇹The event will be held in Italian and is open to the public!