Professor Gian Luca Burci
Biography
Gian Luca Burci is currently a Senior Visiting Professor of international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, where he has been working since 2012. He is also an Academic Adviser of the Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute. He has recently co-directed research projects on the sharing of pathogens and related benefits as well as on pandemic law and governance.
Before this appointment, he served in the Legal Office of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2016 and was its Legal Counsel from 2005 to 2016. His courses include the law of international organizations, the role of the international legal counsel as well as global health law and governance regarding global health security governance. Prof. Burci holds a postgraduate degree in law from the University of Genova, Italy.
He is the Co-Author of the leading English book on WHO, editor of the first research collection on global health law, co-editor of the first research handbook on global health law and author of numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics including the law of international organizations, UN peace and security functions, international immunities, as well as global health law.