Stefania Di Stefano MA

MA in International Law (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2018)
LL.B European Legal Studies (Hons) (University of Southampton, UK, 2016)

Significant Professional Experience 

• Project Officer for the Geneva Human Rights Platform, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, September 2022 - now
• Programme Manager, LL.M in International Law and LL.M. in Global Health Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, January 2021 – July 2022
• Research Associate, University of Leeds, September 2020 – January 2022
• Teaching Assistant, LL.M in International Law,Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, August 2020 – December 2020
• Project Assistant, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, March 2019 – August 2020

Current research

• PhD research project: “Regulating Freedom of Expression in the Age of Social Media” 

Main publications

• “Is Facebook Keeping Up with International Standards on Freedom of Expression? A Time-Series Analysis 2005-2020”, co-authored with Konstantinos Stylianou and Nicolo Zingales, Project funded by Facebook Research (2022)
• “The Facebook Oversight Board and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Missed Opportunity for Alignment?” in Frédéric Bernard & Jonathan Andrew (eds.) ‘Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age – States, Companies and Individuals ’ – Hart Publishing, Oxford (2021), 93-115
• “Facebook’s new recipe: too much optimism, not enough human rights”, OpenGlobalRights, (2020)
• “State behaviour in cyberspace: a new challenge for the international community”, DiploFoundation, (2018) co-authored with Francesca Casalini
• “State behaviour in cyberspace: moving away from a military discourse”, DiploFoundation (2018) co-authored with Francesca Casalini
• “A ‘Digital’ Geneva Convention to Protect Cyberspace? Evaluating the prospects for and content of a Convention on Cybersecurity”, TradeLab (2018), co-authored with Francesca Casalini and Fabiola Rosi