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MR. MAKANE MOÏSE MBENGUE

Faculty of Law
Geneva University Law School

Prof. Mbengue holds a Ph.D. in Public International Law, summa cum laude, from the
University of Geneva Law School (Switzerland). His thesis was on “Anticipation in
International Law: A Legal Theory on the Regulation of Environmental and Sanitary
Risk”. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Law and an LL.M. in Economic and
Business Law, both magna cum laude, from the University of Saint-Louis Law School
(Senegal).

Prof. Mbengue is an Associate Professor at the University of Geneva Law School, where
he served as a Lecturer from September 2008 until August 2012, in conjunction with the
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). Prof. Mbengue is
also a Visiting Professor at Sciences Po Paris (School of Law). He currently serves as a
Visiting Faculty at the Gujarat National Law University (Gandhinagar, India), as well as
a Professor and Expert of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR) and an Expert of the International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD), involved in the latter’s government capacity-building efforts concerning
investment treaties. He acts as a Professor for Regional courses in International Law
organized by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (OLA).

Prof. Mbengue has been a Visiting Professor at both ISARA Lyon (France) and the
Catholic University of Lille School of Law (France), a visiting Lecturer at the Université
Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), the European Inter-University Center for Human Rights
and Democratisation (Venice, Italy) and the Northeastern University Law School
(Boston, United States), and a Visiting Scholar at the New York University School of
Law (United States).

Prof. Mbengue teaches General Public International Law, International Dispute

Settlement, International Environmental Law, International Investment Law,
International Trade Law, Law of International Organizations, Law of International
Watercourses, Law of State Responsibility, and Law of Treaties.

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Prof. Mbengue has served in diverse fields and in various capacities. In particular, he has
acted as a Legal Advisor for the World Bank and the Senegal River Organization, as well
as a Legal Expert for the Secretariat of the Nile Basin Initiative, the International Labour
Organization (ILO), the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, the World Health
Organization (WHO) and Green Cross International. He was also a member of the Expert
Group on the Development of Legal and Institutional Infrastructures and Cost Recovery
Measures for the Sound Management of Chemicals (UNEP, Geneva).

In addition to membership in several international law associations (such as the American

Society of International Law (ASIL), the African Association of International Law, the
African Society of International Law (AfSIL)), Prof. Mbengue is a member of the team
of Rapporteurs of the Institute of International Law (Institut de droit international).

Prof. Mbengue acts as Counsel for states before the International Court of Justice (The
Hague, Netherlands) and is involved in arbitration cases.

Prof. Mbengue has authored and co-authored various books and articles and has
presented communications in different prestigious conferences and colloquiums.

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