Federica Cristani Seniorní výzkumná pracovnice

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Federica Cristani je vedoucí Centra mezinárodního práva a seniorní výzkumnou pracovnicí v Ústavu mezinárodních vztahů v Praze. Ve svém výzkumu se zaměřuje především na mezinárodní právo odpovědnosti států v různých oblastech mezinárodního práva, zejména v mezinárodním hospodářském právu, právu kyberprostoru, genderových politikách a politikách subregionálních seskupení v Evropě.

Podílela se na řadě mezinárodních výzkumných projektů. V rámci projektu Horizon Europe HRJust (States’ Practice of Human Rights Justification: A Study in Civil Society Engagement and Human Rights through the Lens of Gender and Intersectionality) vedla výzkumný tým a spoluzaložila a spoluvytvářela observatoř Intersect Observatory. Je rovněž externí členkou Univerzitního centra pro studium konfliktů a postkonfliktních společností na Právnické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy v Praze a členkou týmu projektu GRID-AFRICA (Governance, Resilience, Infrastructure, and Digital Transition in Africa), financovaného v rámci programu EUI Widening Programme 2026.

Získala doktorát (s certifikátem Doctor Europaeus) v oboru mezinárodního práva a vystudovala právo na Univerzitě ve Veroně (Itálie). Dříve působila jako postdoktorandská výzkumná pracovnice na Univerzitě ve Veroně a ve World Trade Institute při Univerzitě v Bernu (Švýcarsko), kde jako vedoucí pracovního balíčku (WP leader) přispívala k realizaci projektu Horizon 2020 CLISEL (Climate Security with Local Authorities). Působila jako hostující výzkumnice na řadě univerzit a výzkumných center v Maďarsku, na Slovensku, v Německu, Dánsku, Spojeném království, USA a také v Arktickém centru Univerzity v Laponsku (Finsko). Byla odbornou asistentkou v Boloni (Itálie), hostující přednášející v Budapešti (Maďarsko), Bratislavě (Slovensko) a Charkově (Ukrajina) a externí vyučující na Anglo-American University v Praze. V současnosti vyučuje na University of New York in Prague.

V letech 2020–2023 byla spolupředsedkyní koordinačního výboru zájmové skupiny pro mezinárodní hospodářské právo při European Society of International Law (ESIL). Od prosince 2022 je zařazena na seznam individuálních externích expertů CEI, kteří poskytují podporu Agentuře Evropské unie pro kybernetickou bezpečnost (ENISA) v rámci strategického cíle SO2 Strategic Objective 2.1 (Current cybersecurity policy frameworks).

Je rovněž členkou Rady Ústavu mezinárodních vztahů a předsedkyní jeho Etické komise pro výzkum.

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Kapitoly

Cristani, F. (2026). Cyber Operations and the Plea of Necessity: Rethinking State Responsibility. In C.-S. Săraru, C. E. Popa Tache, & F. Cristani (Eds), Law, Ethics and Human Vulnerability (International Conference on Comparative and International Law Conference Proceedings: CCIL 2025, pp. 135–149). Springer Nature Switzerland. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2026). Assessing Innovative Sources for the Loss and Damage Mechanism: The Role and Prospective Regulation of Climate-Friendly Foreign Investment. In E. Fornalé (Ed.), Sea Level Rise (pp. 291–332). Springer Nature Switzerland. (Link)
Cristani, F., & Fornalé, E. (2026). Human Rights and Justifications in Climate Litigation: A First Attempt at Conceptualization. In E. Fornalé (Ed.), Sea Level Rise (pp. 201–230). Springer Nature Switzerland. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2025). The rise of digital marketplaces: What room is left for environmental and health protection? An overview of the European legal framework. In G. Morgese, I. Ottaviano, S. Pugliese, & N. Ruccia (Eds), EU Rules on Transparency and Liability for Online Platforms: Challenges and Perspectives (pp. 61–72). Giappichelli. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2024). La cyberdiplomatie dans les pays du V4: Une perspective juridique internationale. In C.-S. Sararu & C. E. Popa Tache (Eds.), Le droit international en transition (pp. 177–193). L’Harmattan. (Link)
Kirchner, S., & Cristani, F. (2024). Global and regional international disaster risk reduction law for the Arctic Ocean in the age of climate change. In M. Aronsson-Storrier & S. C. Breau (Eds.), Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law (pp. 383-403). Edward Elgar Publishing. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2024). Article 18 ADA: Final Provisions. In P. T. Stoll & H. Hestermeyer (Eds.), Commentaries on World Trade Law Online (Vol. 3). Brill | Nijhoff. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2023). Investment Screening Mechanisms in Times of COVID-19: National Approaches. In F. Cristani & C. E. Popa (Eds.), Tempore Mutationis in International and Comparative Law: Contributions to the 3rd Conference on Comparative and International Law, June 23, 2023, Bucharest—International Conference (1st ed, pp. 29–48). Adjuris - International Academic Publishers. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2023). Including the Gender Dimension in the “Investment and Sustainable Development” Discourse: Where Do We Stand Now? In E. Fornalé & F. Cristani (Eds.), Women’s Empowerment and Its Limits (pp. 79–95). Springer International Publishing. (Link)
Gibellino, E., & Cristani, F. (2023). First 100 Days of Italian COVID-19 Policy: A New Image for Democracy, Security, Education, and the Economy in Italy. In A. Stojanović, L. Scarcella, & C. R. Mosalagae (Eds.), The First 100 Days of Covid-19 (pp. 121–144). Springer Nature Singapore. (Link)
Harvey, M. C., & Cristani, F. (2022). Women and Financial Equality. In E. Fornalé (Ed.), Gender Equality in the Mirror: Reflecting on Power, Participation and Global Justice (pp. 178–192). Brill | Nijhoff. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2022). Assessing the impact of disasters on technology transfer under international economic law: The case of space-based technologies. In S. Kirchner (Ed.), Security and Technology in Arctic Governance (1st ed., pp. 115–138). LIT Verlag. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2021). Right to privacy and data protection during the coronavirus crisis: The debate over the use of tracking apps in Italy. In S. Kirchner (Ed.), Governing the Crisis: Law, Human Rights and COVID-19 (1st ed., pp. 77–99). LIT Verlag. (Link)
Cristani, F., & Kirchner, S. (2021). Introduction: From health crisis to human rights crisis. In S. Kirchner (Ed.), Governing the Crisis: Law, Human Rights and COVID-19 (1st ed., pp. 11–15). LIT Verlag. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2021). The Role of Sub-Regional Systems in Shaping International Investment Law-Making: The Case of the Visegrád Group. In C. Titi (Ed.), Public Actors in International Investment Law (pp. 135–153). Springer International Publishing. (Link)
Cristani, F., Fornalé, E., & Lavenex, S. (2020). Environmental Migration Governance at the Regional Level. In T. Krieger, D. Panke, & M. Pregernig (Eds.), Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance (1st ed., pp. 137–156). Bristol University Press. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2018). Інвестиційна політика ЄС після Лісабонського договору / The EU International Investment Policy after the Lisbon Treaty. In T. E. Syroed (Ed.), Introduction to the EU Law (1st ed.). V. N. Karazin KhNU., translation by A.O. Cherviatsova. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2016). International Economic Law and Conflict Resolution: The West Bank between Dominium, Land Ownership and Land Grabbing. In M. Nicolini, F. Palermo, & E. Milano (Eds.), Law, Territory and Conflict Resolution (pp. 316–345). Brill | Nijhoff. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2016). Dispute Settlement Clauses in International Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements Concluded by Latin American Countries (Cláusulas de solución de controversias en los tratados internacionales de inversión y acuerdos de libre comercio celebrados por los países de América Latina). In A. Tanzi, A. Asteriti, R. Polanco Lazo, & P. Turrini (Eds.), International Investment Law in Latin America / Derecho Internacional de las Inversiones en América Latina (pp. 157–206). Brill | Nijhoff. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2014). The European Court of Justice and the Protection of Social Rights: Which Role for the European Committee of Social Rights. In European Social Charter and the challenges of the XXI Century/La Charte Sociale Europeénne et les défis du XXI siècle (1st ed., Vol. 6, pp. 113–141). Editoriale Scientifica. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2012). The UN Security Council facing Financial and Economic Crises and the Role of the International Economic Organizations. In Global Governance and the Challenges of Collective Security/La gouvernance globale face aux defis de la securité collective (1st ed., pp. 271–306). Editoriale Scientifica. (Link)

Odborné Stati

Cristani, F. (2026). Strengths and Shortcomings of Climate Change Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives. Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, 22(1), 61–73. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2026). Engaging Civil Society in Equality and Migration Policy-Making: A Review to Equality (Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volume 68, 2022). Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica, 22(1), 53–60. (Link)
Cristani, F., & Fornalè, E. (2025). Confronting Human Rights Justifications in Climate Litigation: Developing a New Methodological Approach for the Systematic Ongoing Direct Civil Society Engagement. Juridical Tribune – Review of Comparative and International Law, 15(2 (June 2025)), 208–229. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2025). Safeguarding Climate Policy in Third-Party Funded Investment Arbitration Through Legal Solidarity Mechanisms: The Potential Role of the Forthcoming UNCITRAL’s Advisory Centre. International Investment Law Journal, 5(2 (July 2025)), 156–170. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2024). The Visegrad Group’s Approach to the Arctic: Which (Sub-Regional) Policies? Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law, 14(3), 402–415. (Link)
Cristani, F., Trunk-Fedorova, M., & Popa Tache, C. E. (2024). Editorial: The Workshop ‘Pursuing Fairness in Times of Crisis: Reflections on the Future of International Economic Law’ Held within the 2023 ESIL Annual Conference. International Investment Law Journal, 4(2), 131–136. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2023). Cyber-threats in the Mediterranean Region: The Challenges of Global Digitalization. Cornell International Law Journal: On-Line Forum, 56.2. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2024). ‘Is International Law Fair? Le droit international est-il juste?’: A Few Remarks from the 2023 ESIL Conference in Aix-en-Provence. European Journal of International Law, 35(1), 203–206. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2023). Designing a Governance System for Cybersecurity of Foreign Investment in Europe. International Investment Law Journal, 3(2), 102–120. (Link)
Kirchner, S., & Cristani, F. (2023). International Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Law Made in the Arctic. Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, 4(1), 21–50. (Link)
Baroncini, E., Cristani, F., Marhold, A.-A., Prieto Muñoz, J. G., Stoll, P.-T., & Trunk-Fedorova, M. (2023). Introduction to the special section: International economic law and new frontiers of global security. Cambridge International Law Journal, 12(1), 77–81. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2022). Concluding International Investment-Related Agreements with Non-EU Countries: Roles of the EU and Its Member States. Central European Journal of Comparative Law, 3(1), 41–56. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2021). Promoting sustainable investment in the Arctic: The role of the Arctic Investment Protocol and the Arctic Economic Council’s Code of Ethics. Current Developments in Arctic Law, 9(2021), 74–77. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2021). Economic Cyber-Espionage in the Visegrád Four Countries: A Hungarian Perspective. Politics in Central Europe, 17(4), 697–721. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2022). Book review to Katia Fach Gómez Anastasios Gourgourinis Catharine Titi (eds), European Yearbook of International Economic Law. Special Issue: International Investment Law and Competition Law (Springer 2020 ), ISBN 9783030339159. ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, 36(2), 464–469. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2021). Defining the role of local authorities under public international law. Dean Maxwell & Isle Cohen Seminar on International Law: The 2021 Digital Edition. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2017). Book review to Charting the Water Regulatory Future. Issues, Challenges and Directions, edited by Julien Chaisse. Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, 1(2), 273–276. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2016). The Investor-EU/Member State(s) Arbitration Mechanism after the Lisbon Treaty: Allocating Financial Responsibility between the EU and its Member States. Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies – Acta Juridica Hungarica, 57(2), 155–177. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2015). Book review to The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law by Aikaterini Titi Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2014, 376 pp., € 94; Hardback. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 6(2), 329–331. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2014). Challenge and Disqualification of Arbitrators in International Investment Arbitration: An Overview. The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 13(2), 153–177. (Link)
Cristani, F. (2013). The Sempra Annulment Decision of 29 June 2010 and Subsequent Developments in Investment Arbitration Dealing with the Necessity Defence. International Community Law Review, 15(2), 237–253. (Link)