Gabriele Della Morte

Senior Academic Advisor, Public International Law and European Human Rights Appeals

Gabriele Della Morte, Attorney admitted to practice, inter alia, before the International Criminal Court, is Full Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan, where he teaches “Public International Law,” “International Criminal Law,” and where he has directed the International Law Clinic.

Judge at the Mission Appeal Tribunal (NATO), he has served at the UN International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, and is currently a member of the Steering Committee of the Humane Technology Lab, as well as of several journals and learned societies (Questions of International Law; SidiBlog; European Society of International Law; Italian Society of International Law; International Institute of Humanitarian Law; Scientific Council of the Federico Stella Graduate School of Criminal Justice, etc.).

Former Visiting Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes; Riga Graduate School of Law; Université de la Réunion; Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law; Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne; and the Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Geneva; he obtained his PhD at the University of Palermo under joint supervision with the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (his thesis was awarded the mention très honorable avec félicitations du jury); and his Law Degree at the University Federico II of Naples (with highest honors, 110 cum laude). He was also honored with the Italian Society of International Law Prize for the best article (Premio SIDI).

Principal Investigator of several research projects (see, most recently, on the interdisciplinary issues of algorithmic governance: https://progetti.unicatt.it/fpcp), he has focused in particular on the following areas of interest:

  • Public International Law (legal personality; incorporation of international law into domestic law; immunities of state organs and from civil jurisdiction; attribution of wrongful acts, including circumstances precluding wrongfulness such as self-defense, state of necessity, etc.);
  • International Criminal Law (international crimes, diplomatic immunities, obligations of cooperation with international criminal jurisdictions, etc.);
  • International Humanitarian Law (Geneva and Hague Conventions, respect for the principles of distinction and proportionality also in cyber contexts, etc.);
  • International Human Rights Law (litigation before the European Court of Human Rights and other international courts and supervisory bodies, with particular reference to the protection of life, prohibition of torture, fair trial, dignity, and freedom of expression; including the issue of denialism, etc.);
  • International Law of Cyberspace (obligations to protect infrastructures and software, personal data, etc.);
  • International Law of Artificial Intelligence (data protection, obligation of non-discrimination and transparency; human oversight of high-risk systems; accountability of developers and users, etc.);
  • International Space Law and Outer Space Law (freedom of exploration and use for peaceful purposes, prohibition of appropriation, obligations of international cooperation, and liability for damage caused by space objects, etc.);
  • International Administrative Law (including the law of international organizations concerning employment relations, etc.).