Dr Daniel Franchini

School of Law

Lecturer in International Law

Daniel Franchini
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Dr Daniel Franchini
School of Law
EF01
Bartolome虂 House
Winter Street
91直播
S3 7ND
Profile

I joined the University of 91直播 in September 2018. Before coming to 91直播, I taught and worked toward my DPhil (PhD) degree at the University of Oxford.

My expertise lies in various areas of Public International Law with a particular focus on the settlement of international disputes. My doctoral research examined the interaction between the law of state responsibility, state jurisdiction, and state immunity, and passed with 鈥榥o corrections鈥.

In Oxford, I taught Public International Law at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and was the Convenor of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research group in 2017. I also coached the Oxford team for the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in 2016 and contributed to various research projects for Oxford Pro Bono Publico.

Prior to that, I was a law clerk in the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and in Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. I also practised as a trainee lawyer in Venice and dealt with applications before the European Court of Human Rights.

Qualifications
  • DPhil, MJur, University of Oxford; 
  • MA Law, University of Trento (Italy)
Research interests
  • International Dispute Settlement
  • Sanctions and International Law
  • State Responsibility
  • Jurisdiction and Immunities of the State
  • International Investment Law

Deputy Director of the 91直播 Centre for International and European Law Research Cluster.

Publications

Books

  • Tsagourias N, Buchan R & Franchini D (2024) The peaceful settlement of inter-state cyber disputes. RIS download Bibtex download

Edited books

  • (Ed.) (2024) The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS Introduction.. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Buchan R, Franchini D & Tsagourias N (2024) Introduction. The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes, 1-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2023) . RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D () . Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D () State Immunity and Third-Party Limits on the Jurisdiction of Domestic Courts. International & Comparative Law Quarterly. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D () Extraterritorial Sanctions in Response to Global Security Challenges: Countermeasures as Gap Fillers in the United Nations Collective Security System. Cambridge International Law Journal. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D () State immunity as a tool of foreign policy : the unanswered question of certain Iranian assets. Virginia Journal of International Law, 60(2). RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Franchini D (2024) Guarding the Gates and Shaping the Battlefield: The Role of Domestic Courts in the Settlement of International Cyber Disputes In Tsagourias N, Buchan R & Franchini D (Ed.), The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes (pp. 73-94). Bloomsbury Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Buchan R, Franchini D & Tsagourias N (2024) (pp. 1-10). Hart Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D & Buchan R (2023) , The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement (pp. 15-44). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Buchan R, Franchini D & Tsagourias N (2023) , The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement (pp. 1-12). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D & Tzanakopoulos A (2018) The Kosovo crisis - 1999 In Ruys T, Corten O & Hofer A (Ed.), The Use of Force in International Law A Case-Based Approach Oxford University Press, USA RIS download Bibtex download

Website content

  • Franchini D Ukraine Symposium 鈥 Seizure of Russian State Assets: State Immunity and Countermeasures. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D South Korea鈥檚 denial of Japan鈥檚 immunity for international crimes: Restricting or bypassing the law of state immunity?. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini D & Buchan R WhatsApp v. NSO Group: State Immunity and Cyber Spying. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franchini DF 鈥榃ith Friends Like That, Who Needs Enemies?鈥: Extraterritorial Sanctions Following the United States鈥 Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Agreement. RIS download Bibtex download
Grants
Title/Description Awarding Body People Involved Dates Amounts
The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement: Prospects and Challenges The Society of Legal Scholars

Nicholas Tsagourias

Daniel Franchini

Russell Buchan

2019-2021 拢3,500
Teaching interests

I teach across various areas of public international law which reflect my varied research interests. I encourage students to create connections between issues and trends that emerge in multiple contexts and to bring to the table questions and solutions that they acquired in other modules and/or are close to their own experience.

I believe in the value of a learning experience that engages and inspires by showing the impact that a discipline such as international law 鈥 a 鈥榯ool鈥 for the accommodation of competing interests of states and other global actors 鈥  has on everyday life. In my teaching I rely on case studies and real-life examples and I invite students to place themselves in the shoes of decision makers and think critically about the implications of different perspectives on issues as diverse as international investments, human rights, protection of the environment, and cyber-conflicts.

Teaching activities

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate

  • Foundations of International Law
  • Advanced Issues in International Law

Postgraduate/MA

  • Core Issues in International Dispute Settlement (convenor)
  • International Institutional Law (convenor)
  • Legal Research & Writing Skills (convenor)
  • International Law and the Protection of Foreign Investment (convenor)
Professional activities and memberships

Deputy Director Member of the 91直播 Centre for International and European Law Research Cluster.

Editor in Chief of the 91直播 Centre for International and European Law Working Papers Series.

Recent invited papers and keynote lectures

  • 鈥楾he Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Cyber Disputes鈥 (March 2021). Paper presented at the online conference 鈥The Peaceful Settlement of Cyber Disputes', University of 91直播.
  • 鈥楾he Amazon Fires as International Crimes?鈥 (October 2019). Invited to present at 鈥楨LSA: Hot Topic鈥 lecture, University of 91直播.
  • 鈥楽uing Foreign States Before U.S. Courts: Non-Recognition of State Immunity as a Response to Internationally Wrongful Acts鈥 (December 2017). Paper presented at the ASIL Annual Workshop of the International Law In Domestic Courts Interest Group, University of California, Los Angeles.
  • 鈥楯udicial Countermeasures: the case of State Immunity鈥 (September 2016). Paper presented at the Society of Legal Scholars Graduate Conference, Jesus College, University of Oxford.