Dr. Vincent Chetail is Professor of International Law and Director of the Global Migration Centre. He held research positions at Harvard Law School, King’s College London and European University Institute, and has taught at various other universities, such as Sciences Po Paris, Queen Mary University, Queen’s University of Belfast, or University Paris Pantheon-Assas.

An internationally recognized authority on migration, displacement and international law, Prof Chetail regularly serves as a consultant and advisor to governments, NGOs and international organizations (including AU, EU, OAS, UNITAR, UNHCR, IOM, WHO). As an independent expert, he has been notably involved in the drafting of several international instruments, such as the African Union Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, and has authored the first report of the WHO documenting national migration policies in times of Covid-19.

His work is frequently referred to by the media, governments, courts and the United Nations. He was awarded 20 research grants from different funding agencies and he has published over 20 books and 70 articles on different topical issues related to human rights, migration, refugee protection, collective security, armed conflicts, criminal justice and legal history.

Prof. Chetail is General Editor of two book series Theory and Practice of Public International Law (Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston) and Organisation internationale et relations internationales (Bruylant, Brussels), as well as Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of the Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford University Press) and a member of several editorial boards (including Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies; Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History).

He is a member of the governing board for several academic institutions and non-governmental organizations and has exercised different directory positions, as for instance President of the Geneva Academy (2019-2024), Head of the Graduate Institute Master in interdisciplinary studies (2009-2012) or Vice-President of the French-speaking Network of International Law (2007-2012).

Vincent Chetail’s papers are available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).