Biography Professor John P. Cerone

Professor John P. Cerone teaches Public International Law, Human Rights Law, and International Criminal Law, and serves as director of the law school's Center for International Law and Policy. He has been a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and a visiting scholar at the International Criminal Court. He has also received two Fulbright awards, at both the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He has taught courses and given guest lectures in 63 countries, across six continents.
Before joining the New England faculty in 2004, Professor Cerone was executive director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University Washington College of Law, where he served as a legal adviser to various international criminal courts and tribunals.
As a practicing international lawyer, Professor Cerone has worked for a number of different intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, and the International Crisis Group. He also has extensive field experience in conflict and post-conflict environments, such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and East Timor. He is accredited by the United Nations to represent the American Society of International Law before various U.N. bodies. He has been Chair of the Human Rights Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Human Rights Interest Group of the American Society of International Law.