Forthcoming publications
1. G. Zyberi and S. Sali, 'The Engagement of Albanian Courts with International Law', in A. Tzanakopoulos, A. Nollkaemper, and Y. Shany (eds.) Principles on the Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law (Oxford University Press, accepted, forthcoming 2024).
2. G. Zyberi, 'Reparations in the form of restitution and compensation', in Kristin Henrard and Michelle Duin (eds.) Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024).
3. G. Zyberi, 'United Nations Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures', Irini Papanicolopulu and Anna Petrig (eds.), Handbook on Human Rights at Sea (Oxford University Press, 2024).
4. G. Zyberi, 'Main aspects of the protection of minorities through the World Courts’ case law' , in Carole Fink, Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Corinne Lennox and Anna-María Bíro (eds.), The Routledge History of the International Protection of Minorities, 1919-2001 (Routledge, 2024).
5. G. Zyberi, 'Albanian Legal Practice Concerning Protection of Human Rights in Emergencies, 1993-2023' (work-in-progress).
6. G. Zyberi, 'The Case for a Principled Engagement with Armed Opposition Groups in ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Situations: The Cases of Libya and Syria' (work-in-progress).
Main publications
Books (monograph, textbook, and edited volumes)
1. G. Zyberi, ‘The Humanitarian Face of the International Court of Justice: Its Contribution to Interpreting and Developing International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles’ (Antwerpen– Oxford–Portland: Intersentia, 2008).
2. G. Zyberi (ed.), ‘An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect’ (Cambridge University Press, 2013) - published also in paperback in 2016.
3. G. Zyberi, ‘International Law of Human Rights’ (university textbook in Albanian) (Tirana: Botart, December 2011), 365 pp.
4. G. Zyberi and Q. Qerimi, ‘International Law of Human Rights’ (university textbook in Albanian), second edition (Prishtina: February 2015), 386 pp.
5. C. Rohan and G. Zyberi (eds.), Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, April 2017) - published also in paperback in 2018.
6. Gentian Zyberi (ed.), Protecting Community Interests through International Law (Intersentia, November 2021, open access).
7. Gentian Zyberi, Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Carola Lingaas, Eduardo Sánchez Madrigal (eds), Reflections on the Future of Human Rights (Routledge 2023).
List of publications (book chapters and articles)
2023
G. Zyberi and I. Salama, 'The Influence of Politics on the Work of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies', in Bård Anders Andreassen (ed.) Research Handbook on the Politics of Human Rights Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023), pp. 311-338.
G. Zyberi, 'Vendi dhe Përdorimi i të Drejtës Ndërkombëtare të të Drejtave të Njeriut në Sistemin dhe Praktikën Ligjore Shqiptare (The Place and Use of International Human Rights Law in Albanian Legal Practice)', in Aurela Anastasi and Shaban Sinani (eds.) Shteti i së drejtës në Shqipëri në vështrimin e studiuesve në diasporë (The Rule of Law in Albania from the Perspective of Diaspora Researchers), (Albanian Academy of Sciences, 2023), pp. 229-257.
2022
Gentian Zyberi, Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Carola Lingaas and Eduardo Sánchez Madrigal, editorial "Special Issue: The Future of Human Rights", 40(1) Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2022), pp. 1-12 (co-edited, special issue for the 40th anniversary of the journal).
Eduardo Sánchez Madrigal and Gentian Zyberi, 'The Function and Legal Status of Interim Measures Indicated by Various Human Rights Bodies and the International Court of Justice', NCHR Occasional Paper Series No. 15, March 2022.
G. Zyberi and E. Sánchez Madrigal, 'The practice of judicial and quasi-judicial human rights bodies on conscientious objection to military service' in Michael Wiener and David Fernández Puyana (eds.), A Missing Piece for Peace: Bringing Together the Right to Peace and Freedom of Conscientious Objection to Military Service (UPEACE Press, 2022), pp. 121-139.
2021
G. Zyberi, 'Aspects of the Invalidity of Treaties on Account of Conflict With Jus Cogens', in Dire Tladi (ed), Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens): Disquisitions and Disputations (Brill, August 2021), pp. 177-192.
G. Zyberi, 'Introduction', in Gentian Zyberi (ed.) Protecting Community Interests through International Law (Intersentia, November 2021), pp. 1-8.
G. Zyberi, 'The Protection of Community Interests in International Law: Some Reflections on Potential Research Agendas', in Gentian Zyberi (ed.) Protecting Community Interests through International Law (Intersentia, November 2021), pp. 307-334.
C. Lingaas and G. Zyberi, Editorial of the Special Issue on 'Disentangling the Relationship between Religion and Law', 39(4) Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2021), pp. 405-412 (co-edited special issue).
2020
G. Zyberi and A. Andersson, ‘A European Perspective on the International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Relationship in the Context of Multinational Military Operations’ in Robin Geiss and Heike Krieger (eds.), The 'Legal Pluriverse' Surrounding Multinational Military Operations (Oxford University Press, January 2020), pp. 126-148.
G. Zyberi, "The Shaping of the Notion of ‘Control’ in the Law on International Responsibility by Certain International and Regional Courts" in R. Bartels, J.C. van den Boogaard, P.A.L. Ducheine, E. Pouw, J. Voetelink (eds.) Military Operations and the Notion of Control Under International Law: Liber Amicorum Terry D. Gill (T.M.C. Asser Press, 2020), pp. 281-305.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Development and Interpretation of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles through the Case-Law of the International Court of Justice’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (2007) 25 (1), pp. 117–39, in William A. Schabas (ed.), The International Court of Justice, VOL II, PART II SPECIALIZED BODIES OF LAW (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020).
2019
G. Zyberi, 'International Court of Justice and the Recognition of States' in Gëzim Visoka, John Doyle and Edward Newman (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (Routledge, 2019), pp. 282-294.
G. Zyberi 'The Interpretation and Development of International Human Rights Law by the International Court of Justice', in Martin Scheinin (ed.), Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 28-61.
G. Zyberi 'The Role and Contribution of International Courts in Furthering Peace as an Essential Community Interest’, in Cecilia M. Bailliet (ed.), Research Handbook on International Law and Peace (Edward Elgar, 2019), pp. 424-448.
G. Zyberi, 'Importance of the Martens Clause for the Development of International Humanitarian Law', in Alla Pozdnakova (ed.), Russian Revolutions of 1917: Scandinavian Perspectives (Wildy, Simmons and Hill, 2019), pp. 128-137.
2018
G. Zyberi, 'Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law', in Gerd Oberleitner (ed.) Human Rights Institutions, Tribunals and Courts: Legacy and Promise (Springer, 2018), pp. 377-400.
G. Zyberi and F. Heldal, Some Reflections on Autonomous Weapon Systems, 5(2) Oslo Law Review (2018), pp. 70–72 (co-editors of the special issue on autonomous weapons systems).
2017
G. Zyberi, 'Dealing with Professional Misconduct by Defence Counsel during International Criminal Proceedings', in C. Rohan and G. Zyberi (eds.), Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, April 2017), pp. 109-133.
S. Sali and G. Zyberi, ‘Functional Immunity for Defence Counsel and Defence Staff’, in C. Rohan and G. Zyberi (eds.), Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, April 2017), pp. 173-203.
G. Zyberi, ‘Responsibility of States and Individuals for Mass Atrocity Crimes’ in André Nollkaemper and Ilias Plakokefalos (eds.), The Practice of Shared Responsibility in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2017), pp. 236-262.
2016
G. Zyberi, ‘Ensuring the Protection of the Environment from Serious Damage: Towards a Model of Shared Responsibility between International Corporations and the States Concerned?’, in Bård Anders Andreassen and Vo Khanh Vinh (eds.), Duties Across Borders: Advancing Human Rights in Transnational Business (Intersentia, 2016), pp. 67-90.
G. Zyberi, 'United Nations-Related Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Fleeting Mirages of Transitional Justice or a Piecemeal Approach to Cosmopolitan Justice?', in Symposium: Debating Cosmopolitan Law through Courts. Philosophical and Legal Perspectives, 7(1) Transnational Legal Theory (2016), pp. 114-132.
2015
G. Zyberi and Jernej Letnar Černič, Transitional Justice Processes and Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia: Challenges and Prospects, 33(2) Nordic Journal of Human Rights (2015), pp. 132–157.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Role and Contribution of International Courts in Furthering Peace as an Essential Community Interest’, in Cecilia M. Bailliet and Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen (eds.), Promoting Peace Through International Law (Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 344-367.
G. Zyberi and S. Sali, ‘The Place and Application of International Law in the Albanian Legal System’, in Siniša Rodin and Tamara Perišin (eds.), Judicial Application of International Law in Southeast Europe (Springer, 2015), pp. 81-108.
G. Zyberi, Commentary, Prosecutor v. Fofana and Kondewa, Case No. SCSL-04-14-T, T. Ch. I, Judgement of 2 August 2007 (290 pp), in André Klip and Steven Freeland (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (ALC), Volume XLV, (Intersentia, 2015), pp. 1036-1046.
2014
G. Zyberi, ‘The Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Courts and Tribunals’, in Erika de Wet and Jann Kleffner (eds.), Convergence and Conflicts of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Military Operations (Pretoria University Law Press, 2014), pp. 395-416.
G. Zyberi ‘The Role of Non-State Actors in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect’, in Cedric Ryngaert and Math Noortmann (eds.) Human Security and International Law: The Challenge of Non-State Actors (Intersentia, 2014), pp. 53-74.
2013
G. Zyberi, ‘The International Court of Justice and the Rights of Peoples and Minorities’ in Christian Tams and James Sloan (eds.), The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 327-352.
G. Zyberi, ‘The International Court of Justice’, in G. Zyberi (ed.), ‘An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect’ (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 365-385.
G. Zyberi, ‘Sharing the Responsibility to Protect: Taking Stock and Moving Forward’, in G. Zyberi (ed.), ‘An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect’ (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 511-530.
G. Zyberi, ‘Navigating the Occasional Tensions Arising between Effective and Efficient Legal Counseling and Respecting the Formal Rules of the Tribunals: What Compass to Use?’, (ESIL 2013 5th Research Forum: International Law as a Profession Conference Paper No. 3/2013, 4 December 2013).
G. Zyberi, ‘Commentary to Article 11 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court’, in Paul De Hert, Jean Flamme, Mathias Holvoet, Olivia Struyven (eds.), Code of International Criminal Law and Procedure: Annotated (Larcier, 2013), pp. 65-67.
2012
G. Zyberi, ‘Responsibility to Protect Through the International Court of Justice’, in J. Hoffmann and A. Nollkaemper (ed.), Responsibility to Protect: From Principle to Practice (Amsterdam University Press, 2012), pp. 305-317.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Role of International Courts in Post-Conflict Societies’, in Ineke Boerefijn et al (eds.), Human Rights and Conflict: Essays in Honour of Bas de Gaay Fortman (Intersentia, 2012), pp. 375-393.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Transitional Justice Process in the Former Yugoslavia: Long Transition, Yet Not Enough Justice’, in Anja Mihr (ed.) Transitional Justice: Between Criminal Justice, Atonement and Democracy (SIM Special Issue No. 37, 2012), pp. 101-115.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Applicability of General Principles and Instruments of International Law to Peace Missions of the European Union’, in Aurel Sari and Ramses A. Wessel (eds.), Human Rights in EU Crisis Management Operations: A Duty to Respect and to Protect?, CLEER Working Paper Series 2012/6, pp. 21-37.
G. Zyberi, ‘Universal Jurisdiction’, in Helmut K. Anheier and Mark Juergensmeyer (eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Studies, Vol. 4 (Sage Publishers, March 2012), pp. 1705-1710.
G. Zyberi, Sentencing Judgement (Commentary), in Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Volume XXVIII, (Intersentia, 2012), pp. 939-945.
2011
G. Zyberi, Judgement (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XXXII, (Intersentia, 2011), pp. 739-759.
G. Zyberi, ‘The Role and Status of Non-State Actors from the Perspective of the International Law Commission’, in Jean D’Aspremont (ed.), Participants in the International Legal System: Theoretical Perspectives (Routledge, 2011), pp. 165-179.
2010
G. Zyberi, Provisional Measures of the International Court of Justice in Armed Conflict Situations, Leiden Journal of International Law 23 (2010), 571-584.
G. Zyberi, ‘Human Rights in the International Court of Justice’, in Mashood Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo (eds.), International Human Rights Law: 60 Years after the UDHR (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 289-304.
G. Zyberi, Sentencing Judgment (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XX, (Intersentia, 2010), pp. 829-836.
2009
G. Zyberi, Self-Determination through the Lens of the International Court of Justice, Netherlands International Law Review 56 (2009), 429-453.
G. Zyberi, Taking Rights Seriously: Time for Establishing A Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues Chamber at the International Court of Justice?, University of Prishtina Journal of Human Rights and Policy 2 (2009), 103-126.
G. Zyberi, Evidentiary Decisions (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XVI, (Intersentia, 2009), pp. 227-231.
G. Zyberi, ‘Bosnian Special Court’ and ‘Kosovo Special Courts’, in A. Cassesse et al (eds), Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press, February 2009), pp. 258-259 and pp. 403-404.
2008
G. Zyberi, Assessing the Validity of Reservations to International Human Rights Treaties through the Lens of the International Court of Justice, NJCM Bulletin 34-8 (2008), 1121-1129.
2007
G. Zyberi, The Development and Interpretation of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles through the Case-law of the International Court of Justice, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 25 (2007), 117-139.
G. Zyberi, Judgment (Commentary), in Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Volume XII, (Intersentia, 2007), pp. 581-597.
G. Zyberi, Indictment (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XI, (Intersentia, 2007), pp. 258-262.
2006
G. Zyberi, Jurisdiction (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume X, (Intersentia, 2006), pp. 23-25.
2004
G. Zyberi, Indictment (Commentary), in A. Klip and G. Sluiter (eds.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume VII, (Intersentia, 2004), pp. 76-79.
Book reviews
1. James Crawford, Allain Pellet and Simon Olleson (eds.), The Law of International Responsibility (Oxford University Press, 2010), 4 February 2013, (http://internationallawobserver.eu).
2. Constantine Antonopoulos, Counterclaims before the International Court of Justice, (TMC Asser Press, 2011) in Netherlands International Law Review 59 (2012), 126-129.
3. Aidan Hehir, Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), in Merkourios – Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 27 (2011), 92-94.
4. William A. Schabas, The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute (Oxford University Press, 2010), 18 November 2010, (http://internationallawobserver.eu).
5. Michael Lewis, Eric Jensen, Geoffrey Corn, Victor Hansen, Richard Jackson and James Schoettler (eds.), The War on Terror and the Laws of War: A Military Perspective (Oxford University Press, 2009), 18 December 2009, (http://internationallawobserver.eu).
6. Anja Seibert-Fohr, Prosecuting Serious Human Rights Violations (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), 8 September 2009, (http://internationallawobserver.eu).
7. Mark Lattimer (ed.), Genocide and Human Rights (Ashgate, 2007) in Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 27 (2009), 435-437.
8. Shiv RS Bedi, The Development of Human Rights Law by the Judges of the International Court of Justice (Oxford – Portland Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2007) in Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 26 (2008), 285-288.
9. Andreas Zimmermann, Christian Tomuschat, Karin Oellers-Frahm (eds.), The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 2006) in Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 25 (2007), 547-550.