Prof. Diane A. Desierto
Fellow
Prof. Dr. Diane A. Desierto is Professor of Law and Global Affairs, tenured at both Notre Dame Law School and Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. At the Law School, she is Faculty Director of the LLM Program in International Human Rights Law and Global Human Rights Clinic. At the Keough School, she is Faculty Fellow in five Institutes (Klau Institute on Civil and Human Rights, Kellogg Institute of International Studies, Liu Institute on Asia and Asian Studies, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, and the Pulte Institute for Global Development), and Co-Principal Investigator of the Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Lab. She teaches International Law, International Dispute Settlement, Global Human Rights Clinic courses I and II, Economic, Social Cultural Rights, directed readings on specialized topics in international law and human rights, and published 7 sole authored or co-authored books and around 200 law review articles, book chapters, essays, and reviews in general international law, international human rights and humanitarian law, international economic law and development, maritime security and marine environmental protection. Professor Desierto is a member of the Editorial Boards of the European Journal of International Law (and EJIL:Talk!), Journal of World Investment and Trade, and International Law Studies, and served as Chair-Rapporteur of the United Nations Expert Group on the Right to Development. She was one of the drafters of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration Rules, ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, and Draft International Covenant on the Right to Development.