Hellow,

My name is Valentín Bou-Franch. I got the Degree in Law at the University of Valencia on July 4, 1984. In this same University, I defended my Undergraduate Thesis the 26th of September 1986, as well as  my Doctoral Thesis on the 21st of December 1990.

Currently, I am a Full Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Valencia (Spain). I am also the holder of a Jean Monnet Chair granted by the European Union in regime of competitive concurrence at the global level. The University of Valencia, through its Office of Policy for Excellence (OPEX) has honoured me, recognizing my Jean Monnet Chair as an institutional Chair of the University of Valencia, with the abbreviated name of Jean Monnet Chair "European values".

Both my academic training and my professional career are very much linked to the 'Adolfo Miaja de la Muela' Department of International Law at the Faculty of Law of this University.

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Education has recognized me five consecutive sections (six-year periods) of excellence in research (years: 1989-2018); six consecutive stretches (five-year periods) of excellence in teaching (years: 1987-2016); and ten consecutive three-year periods of seniority (years: 1987-2016).

My main lines of research include: the Legal Regime of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, International Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Procedures for the Settlement of International Disputes, International Protection of Cultural Heritage, European Union Law, International Criminal Law and International Law of Human Rights.

My participation in competitive Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I) Projects financed with public funds has consisted in participating as a Researcher in six R+D+I Projects funded by the European Union (two times as the Main Researcher); in nine R+D+I Projects at state level (four times as the Main Researcher); and in eight R+D+I Projects at regional level (five times as the Main Researcher). I have obtained two Grants for special R+D+I Actions and three Complementary Grants for R+D+I Projects. I have also participated in two Teaching Innovation Projects.

I am the author of an important number of publications which, along with other aspects relevant for my professional curriculum vitae, you can consult at my Web page:

https://valentinbou.es

María Carro Pitarch es graduada en Derecho + Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) por la Universidad de Valencia (UV), donde obtuvo el Premio Extraordinario de grado de la titulación de Derecho. En ese tiempo disfrutó de una beca de colaboración, otorgada por el Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional, en el Departamento de Derecho Internacional de la Universidad de Valencia bajo la tutela del Prof. Dr. Valentín Bou Franch. 

Asimismo, es egresada con honores del Máster en Derecho Europeo (LL.M.) del Colegio de Europa (Brujas, Bélgica), donde estudió gracias a una beca completa de la Fundación Ramón Areces. 

En la actualidad, es investigadora predoctoral en el Departamento de Derecho Internacional ‘Adolfo Miaja de la Muela’ de la Universidad de Valencia, donde ejerce actividades de investigación y docencia, financiada por la Generalitat Valenciana (ACIF 2021).

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Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Valencia. He has been a visiting research fellow at the University of Georgetown, at the London School of Economics and Political Science at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law of the University of Cambridge. His current lines of research, and the foreign policy and common security of the European Union. Has belonged to the research team of different competitive research projects, among which it is worth mentioning: the Struggle of civilizations (Islamic State: challenges and implications for the UN, the International Community and to its Right). What an alliance of civilizations against the Islamic State? (DER2015-64205-R); The growing involvement of the EU in the international society: regionalism in theory and in practice (DER2012-38401-C02-01); The organizational structure of international terrorism: analysis of its evolution and its implications for European security (CSO2010-17849). Among his publications include the monographs, La Guerra de Af-Pakistán y el uso de la fuerza en las relaciones internacionales (2012), and Una tierra, dos Estados: Análisis jurídico-político del conflicto árabe-israelí (2011, in collaboration with Prof. Bermejo García), as well as articles published in professional journals, relating to the legal framework of the use of force, the responsibility to protect, the use of drones and deadly attacks selective operations of maintenance of peace, legal problems posed by the resort to military companies and private security in areas of conflict as well as analysis from specific conflicts.

NOTICIA CURRICULAR

I graduated in Law at the University of Valencia (CEU San Pablo-Centro adscrito) on 4 July 2000. At this University, I defended my Doctoral Thesis on 20 November 2006.

Currently, I am Associate Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Valencia in the Department of International Law 'Adolfo Miaja de la Muela'. I hold a Jean Monnet Module dedicated to the study of sanctioning measures in European Union Law (Jean Monnet Module-EU GLOBAL 101085406) and I have directed several teaching innovation projects.

Both my academic training and my professional career are closely linked to the Department of International Law 'Adolfo Miaja de la Muela' of the Faculty of Law of this University, although for 11 years I practised as a member of the ICAV (7 years in Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira and 4 years in my own office).

I have been awarded one research period of excellence AVAP (sexenios) (years: 2002-2017); one research period of excellence ANECA (sexenios) (years: 2005-2022); two teaching periods of excellence (quinquenios) (years: 2008-2016 and 2017-2021); and two consecutive three-year periods of seniority.

My main lines of research mainly cover international criminal law, international environmental law, international dispute settlement procedures, international protection of cultural heritage, European Union law and international human rights law.