Marco Pedrazzi is a full Professor of International Law, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences, Milan State University, since October 2001; President of the Academic Council, Bachelor degree in International Sciences and European Institutions, Milan State University (October 2014-September 2017); President, Ethics Committee, Milan State University, since November 2015; Professor of International Law, Master in Diplomacy, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI), Milan, since 1992; Lecturer at ECSL summer courses (since 2006) and in various Italian and foreign universities; Judge, European Round, Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition, Belgrade, 2015, and Helsinki, 2017; Member of the Sanremo International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI), the International Law Association (ILA), Space Law Committee, and the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL).
He was professor and member of the scientific committee, Master of Laws in International Crime and Justice, UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute) and Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, 2008-2016; Member of the Italian delegation, also in representation of the Sanremo IIHL, to the Second and Third Conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, Nayarit, Mexico, 13-14 February 2014, and Vienna, 8-9 December, 2014; Coordinator of the Doctorate Programme in International Law, Milan State University, 2006-2013; Coordinator of the Master Programme in International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences, Milan State University, 2009-2012; Visiting Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Law, Harbin (China), in 2005. 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012; Professor of International Law and International Humanitarian Law, Master in International Strategic-Military Studies, Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD), Rome, 2002-2011; Vice-Director of the Department of International Studies, Milan State University, 2003-2007; Member of the Italian delegation to the Legal Subcommittee of UNCOPUOS (Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space), Vienna, April 2000 and April 2001 sessions; Member of the Italian delegation to the III United Nations Conference on The Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III, Vienna, 19-30 July, 1999); Assistant Professor of International Organization, Faculty of Political Sciences, Milan State University, November 1998-September 2001; Researcher in International Law, Faculty of Political Sciences, Milan State University, September 1997-October 1998.
His main publications are:
- Spazio”, in Diritto on line, Treccani, 2013, online publication, http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/spazio_(Diritto-on-line)/.
- European Space Agency”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, O.U.P., online publication, 2010, www.mpepil.com.
- EUTELSAT”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, O.U.P., online publication, 2009, www.mpepil.com.
- Outer Space, Liability for Damage”, in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, O.U.P., online publication, 2009, www.mpepil.com.
- “Il diritto internazionale dello spazio e le sue prospettive”, in Quaderni di Relazioni internazionali, 2008, pp. 46-64.
- Text Book of International Space Law (with Zhao H.), in Chinese and English, Heilongjiang People's Press, Harbin, 2006, pp. 401.
- Il diritto spaziale applicabile al mezzo aero-spaziale, in F. Durante (ed.), La regolamentazione giuridica dei mezzi di trasporto aero-spaziali, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli, 2000, pp. 221-237.
- Italy’s Bilateral Agreements on Outer Space (with F. Pocar and G. Venturini), Giuffrè, Milano, 1999, pp. XXI-326.
- Danni causati da attività spaziali e responsabilità internazionale, Giuffrè, Milano, 1996, pp. XII-375.
- “Lo status del personale ONU e del personale associato nelle operazioni di peacekeeping”, in I. Caracciolo, U. Montuoro (eds.), L'evoluzione del peacekeeping: il ruolo dell'Italia, vol. 2, Giappichelli, Turin, 2017, pp. 71-81.
- “The Beginning of IAC and NIAC for the Purpose of the Applicability of IHL”, in C. Marchand (ed.), The Distinction between International and Non-International Armed Conflicts: Challenges for IHL?, Franco Angeli, Milan, 2016, pp. 71-83.
- “The Role of the Security Council in the Framework of International Efforts to Fight Proliferation towards Non-State Actors”, in I. Caracciolo, M. Pedrazzi, T. Vassalli di Dachenhausen (eds.), Nuclear Weapons: Strengthening the International Legal Regime, Eleven, The Hague, 2016, pp. 179-190.
- “La Convenzione europea sui diritti umani e il suo sistema di controllo”, in L. Pineschi (ed.), La tutela internazionale dei diritti umani. Ristampa con addenda di aggiornamento, Giuffrè, Milan, 2015, pp. 865-879.
- “The Protection of the Right to Life in Law-Enforcement Operations”, in B. Cortese (ed.), Studi in onore di/ Essays in Honour of Laura Picchio Forlati, Giappichelli, Turin, 2014, pp. 105-114.
- Espulsione e giustizia penale: le garanzie della CEDU, in R. Del Coco and E. Pistoia (eds.), Stranieri e giustizia penale. Problemi di perseguibilità e di garanzie nella normativa nazionale ed europea, Cacucci, Bari, 2014, pp. 153-162.
- “Articoli 2-3, 6-7, Trattato sull’Unione europea; Articoli 8, 19, 354, Trattato sul funzionamento dell’Unione europea”, in F. Pocar, M.C. Baruffi, Commentario breve ai Trattati dell’Unione europea, 2nd ed., CEDAM, Padova, 2014.
- Using Human Shields as a War Crime, in F. Pocar, M. Pedrazzi, M. Frulli (eds), War Crimes and the Conduct of Hostilities. Challenges to Adjudication and Investigation, Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, 2013, pp. 98-116.
- “La protezione del diritto alla vita tra diritto internazionale umanitario e tutela internazionale dei diritti umani”, in A. Di Stefano e R. Sapienza (eds.), La tutela dei diritti umani e il diritto internazionale, Editoriale Scientifica, Naples, 2012, pp. 79-92.
- “La jurisprudencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos relativa al derecho a la vida en operaciones militares o antiterroristas”, in M. Pérez González (dir.) and E. Conde Pérez (coord.), Lucha contra el terrorismo, Derecho Internacional Humanitario y Derecho Penal Internacional. Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2012, pp. 261-278.