Professor at the Faculty of Law, Geneva University Law School
Email: makane.mbengue (at) unige.ch
Biography:
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.
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.
Publications:
Scientific Articles
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/THOMAS Urs Peter, The Precautionary Principle: Torn between Biodiversity, Environment-related Food Safety and the WTO, in International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2005, p. 36-53.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, GMOs and Trade: Issues at Stake in the EC Biotech Dispute, in Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL) 2004, p. 289-305.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/THOMAS Urs Peter, Le Codex Alimentarius, le Protocole de Cartagena et l’OMC: Une relation triangulaire en émergence?, in Revue européenne des sciences sociales 130/2004, p. 229-248.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/THOMAS Urs Peter, The Precautionary Principle’s Evolution in Light of the Four SPS Disputes, in EcoLomic Policy and Law 2004, p. 1-15.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The amici curiae and the WTO dispute settlement system : the doors are open, in Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 2/2003, p. 205-248.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, La Déclaration de Doha de la Conférence ministérielle de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce et sa portée dans les relations commerce/environnement, in Revue générale de droit international public 2002, p. 855-892.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, La Convention de Stockholm sur les polluants organiques persistants, in L’Observateur des Nations Unies 2001, p. 67-87.
Journal Issues
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/VAN ASSELT Harro (édit.), Global and European Regulation of Nanotechnologies, in Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL) 2/2013.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/DE LA RASILLA DEL MORAL Ignacio (édit.), Africa and International Law, in African Yearbook of International Law 1/2012, p. 1-600.
Books
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/WALTMAN Susanna, Farmland Investments and Water Rights in Africa: The Legal Regimes at Stake, Geneva (International Institute for Sustainable Development) 2015.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Basic Notions, Sources, and Principles of the Law of Treaties, Geneva (UNITAR) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Conclusion of Treaties, Geneva (UNITAR) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Invalidity, Interpretation and Consequences of Termination and Suspension of Treaties, Geneva (UNITAR) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Operation, Modification, and Termination of Treaties, Geneva (UNITAR) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Essai sur une théorie du risque en droit international public. L’anticipation du risque environnemental et sanitaire, Paris (Pedone) 2009.
Edited Books
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/KAMGA Maurice (édit.), Africa Within the International Organization/L’Afrique au sein de l’Organisation internationale. Liber Amicorum Judge Raymond Ranjeva, Paris (Pedone) 2013.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/DESGAGNE Richard/ROMANO Cesare/MBENGUE Makane Moise (édit.), Protection internationale de l’environnement, Paris (A. Pedone) 2005.
Book Chapters
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia) (1997), in Landmark Cases in Public International Law [Eirik Bjorge and Cameron Miles, édit.], Oxford/London UK (s.n.) 2017, p. 435-453.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Principles of Precaution and Sustainability, in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Cheltenham, UK. Northampton, MA, USA (E. Elgar) 2017, p. 621-623.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Principle 14 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, in Commentary of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development [Viñuales, J., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2015, p. 383-402.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, African Perspectives on Inter-state Litigation, in Litigating International Law Disputes: Weighing the Options [Klein N., édit.], Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2014, p. 166-189.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/RAJU Deepak, Energy, Environment and Foreign Investment, in Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector. Balancing Public and Private Interests [de Brabandère E. & Gazzini T., édit.], Leiden (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) 2014, p. 171-191.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/MCGARRY Brian, The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur and the Application of International Humanitarian Norms, in Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi Judicial Bodies: International and Domestic Aspects [Jinks, D. et al., édit.], The Hague (T.M.C. Asser Press) 2014, p. 508.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/ILLY Ousseni, La Communauté Economique Africaine (CEA), in L’Union Africaine : Cadre juridique et institutionnel. Manuel sur l’Organisation panafricaine [Ouguergouz, F. & Yusuf, A., édit.], Paris (Pedone) 2013, p. 169-182.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Les Chartes de l’eau : vers une nouvelle conception de la gestion des ressources en eau partagées en Afrique ?, in Variations sur l’Organisation internationale. Liber Amicorum Judge Raymond Ranjeva [Kamga, M. & Mbengue, M. M., édit.], Paris (Pedone) 2013, p. 201-213.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Les interactions institutionnelles dans le régionalisme africain, in La régionalisation du droit international [Doumbé-Billé, S., édit.], Bruxelles (Bruylant) 2012, p. 303-328.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, National Legislation and Unilateral Acts, in The Sources of Rights and Obligations in Transnational Investment Law [Gazzini, T. & de Brabandère, E., édit.], Leiden (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) 2012, p. 183-213.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The African Economic Community, in The African Union: Legal and Institutional Framework. A Manual on the Pan-African Organization [Ouguergouz, F. & Yusuf, A., édit.], Leiden (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) 2012, p. 187-202.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Senegal River Legal Regime and its Contribution to the Development of the Law of International Watercourses in Africa, in International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges [Boisson de Chazournes, L., Leb, C. & Tignino M., édit.], Cheltenham (Edward Elgar) 2012, p. 217-236.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, A “Footnote as a Principle”. Mutual Supportiveness in an Era of Fragmentation, in Coexistence, Cooperation and Solidarity – Liber Amicorum Rüdiger Wolfrum – Volume II [Hestermeyer, Holger P.; König, Doris; Matz-Lück, Nele; Röben, Volker; Seibert-Fohr, Anja; Stoll, Peter-Tobias & Vöneky, Silja, édit.], Leiden (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) 2011, p. 1615-1638.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/LA ROSA Anne-Marie/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Article 18 of the 1969 and 1986 Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties, in The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties : a commentary [Corten, Olivier … et al., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2011, p. 369-404.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Commentaire de l’article 34 – Ratification, in La Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples et le protocole y relatif portant création de la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme : commentaire article par article [Kamto, Maurice, édit.], Bruxelles (Bruylant) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Non-State Actors from the Perspective of International Environmental Law, in Participants in the International Legal System: Theoretical Perspectives [D’Aspremont, J., édit.], New York (Routledge) 2011, p. 372-389.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Organisations non-gouvernementales et Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), in L’Organisation mondiale du commerce et les sujets de droit [Garcia, Th. & Tomkiewicz, V., édit.], Bruxelles (Bruylant) 2011, p. 245-271.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: A Singular Model of Expertise in the International Legal Order, in International Law and Environmental Challenges [Kerbrat, Y. & Maljean-Dubois, S., édit.], Paris/Oxford (Pedone/Hart) 2011, p. 97-114.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Organisation mondiale du commerce et environnement: quelles solutions?, in Vers une société sobre et désirable [D. Bourg & A. Papaux, édit.], (PUF) 2010, p. 198-242.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Les systèmes d’alerte dans la gestion du risque relatif au vivant, in Le rôle des acteurs privés en droit international et européen du vivant [Brosset , E., édit.], Bruylant / Paris (La Documentation française) 2009, p. 111-138.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse/THOMAS Urs Peter, Réflexions sur la relation entre la science, l’incertitude scientifique et l’Accord sur les mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires, in Mélanges Anne Petitpierre-Sauvain : Economie Environnement Ethique : de la responsabilité sociale et sociétale [R. Trigo Trindade, H. Peter et C. Bovet, édit.], Genève (Schulthess) 2009, p. 43-56.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Trade, environment and biotechnology : on coexistence and coherence, in Genetic engineering and the world trade system : World Trade Forum [Wüger, Daniel… et al., édit.], Cambridge (Cambridge University Press) 2008, p. 205-245.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, A propos du caractère juridictionnel de la procédure de non-respect du protocle de Kyoto, in Changements climatiques : les enjeux du contrôle international [S. Maljean-Dubois, édit.], Aix-Marseille (Centre d’études et de recherches internationales et communautaires, Université Pau-Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III) 2007, p. 73-109.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/LA ROSA Anne-Marie/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Commentaire de l’article 18 de la Convention de Vienne, in Les Conventions de Vienne sur le droit des traités : commentaire article par article [Corten, Olivier… et al., édit.], Bruxelles (Bruylant) 2006, p. 589-640.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Technique de l’ “opting out”: acceptation par les États des normes techniques internationales, in Les enjeux de la normalisation technique internationale – Entre environnement, santé et commerce international [Brosset, E. & Truilhé-Marengo, E., édit.], Aix-en-Provence / Paris (CERIC / La Documentation française) 2006, p. 121-152.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, International legal aspects of the co-existence between GM and non-GM products: approaches under international environmental law and international trade law, in Proceedings of the second international Conference on Co-existence between GM and non-GM based agricultural supply chains, (s.n.) 2005, p. 15-28.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Le Statut du Fleuve Sénégal: Visages actuels, in Les ressources en eau et le droit international [Boisson de Chazournes, L. & Salman, S.M.A., édit.], Leiden (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) 2005, p. 473-532.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/TIGNINO Mara, Transparency, Public Participation and Amicus Curiae in Water Disputes, in Fresh water and international economic law [Brown Weiss, Edith, Boisson De Chazournes, Laurence and Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie, édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2005, p. 367-405.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, L'”Amicus curiae” devant l’organe de règlement des différends de l’OMC, in Droit de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce et protection de l’environnement [Maljean-Dubois, Sandrine, édit.], Bruxelles (Bruylant) 2003, p. 400-443.
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Le rôle des organes de règlement des différends de l’OMC dans le développement du droit : à propos des OGM, in Le commerce international des organismes génétiquement modifiés [J. Bourrinet et S. Maljean-Dubois, édit.], (s.n.) 2002, p. 177-212.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, L’environnement, un OVNI sur la planète OMC ?, in L’Organisation mondiale du commerce : Où s’en va la mondialisation ?, Montréal (Editions Fides) 2002, p. 269-287.
Proceedings Chapters
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse/VERCAMBRE Marie-Laure, Eléments juridiques d’un développement durable du Bassin du Lac Tchad, in Sauver le Lac Tchad. Actes de la 8ème Session du Comité du Développement Durable (Session Afrique), (Revue Passages) 2011, p. 71-77.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Le Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC): de l’expertise ex post à l’expertise ex ante en matière de protection internationale de l’environnement, in Le droit international face aux enjeux environnementaux [Société française pour le droit international, édit.], Paris (Pedone) 2010, p. 189-206.
Dictionary / Encyclopedia Articles
- BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES Laurence/MBENGUE Makane Moïse, OMC (Organisation Mondiale du Commerce), in Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique [Bourg, D. & Papaux, A., édit.], Paris (Presses Universitaires de France (PUF) 2015, p. 717-721.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Non Self-Governing Territories, in The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online Edition) [Wolfrum, R., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2012.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Decolonization: French Territories, in The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online Edition) [Wolfrum, R., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, Health and International Cooperation, in The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online Edition) [Wolfrum, R., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2011.
- MBENGUE Makane Moïse, The Notion of Preamble, in The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Online Edition) [Wolfrum, R., édit.], Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2008.
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