Prof Sven Peterke
Prof Sven Peterke
Sven Peterke is a Professor of International and Criminal Law at the Federal University of Paraíba in João Pessoa (Brazil). He holds a Dr. iur. and a NOHA Master´s in International Humanitarian Assistance from the University of Bochum (Germany), where he also worked as a research assistant at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV).
Before its tenure post in João Pessoa (since 2009), Peterke has been Visiting Professor at the University of Brasília and Academic Coordinator at the Brazilian Academy of the Federal Public Prosecutor´s Office, where he is still occasionally teaching courses on International Humanitarian Law. He also conducted post-doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (Germany) and served the Panel of Experts on Policing and Crowd Management in South Africa.
Amongst other publications, the author has co-edited OUP´s “International Law and Transnational Organised Crime” and, more recently, the first book in Portuguese language on the “The Ukraine War and International Law”. His research group “Analysis of Structures of Violence and Law” focuses on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in Brazil. Peterke is also a member of the Committee for the Combat of Human Trafficking of the State of Paraíba (Brazil).
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