Sara DE VIDO

Position
Full Professor
Roles
Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Archive of Migrant Writers Writings”
GEP TEAM's Coordinator
Rector's delegate for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe
Telephone
041 234 7653 / 041 234 6686
E-mail
sara.devido@unive.it
Academic discipline
International Law [GIUR-09/A]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/sara.devido(personal record)
Office
Department of Economics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.economics
Where: San Giobbe
Office
Interdepartmental School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship
Website: https://www.unive.it/sele
Where: Treviso - Palazzo San Paolo
Research Institute
Research Institute for Social Innovation

Office hours

Office hours 2025 - 3. and 2
2026 - Venezia - San Giobbe, studio 311, plesso E, terzo piano
The professor is on a sabbatical leave from 15. September 2026 to 15. September 2027.
Last office hours:
10. September in person or online at 9 a.m. (office)
14. September at 10 a.m. Aula 2 San Giobbe
Book here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QN-tavFnGpl2FKuPbA_jCVfaSbd0jreD-OjmJk1XaRs/edit?gid=0#gid=0
The professor will ALWAYS reply to emails of students whose theses she is supervising. 
THESIS SUPERVISION
The professor is glad to supervise theses in public international law and EU law, with specific regard to women's rights, human rights, international environmental law, environment and human rights, ecocentrism, fight against transnational crimes, right to memory. The professor is not going to accept theses via email. I kindly remind you of the fact that writing a thesis is an intense work which requires 4 months minimum (bachelor degree) and 8 months (master degree). The research for the thesis cannot be entirely conducted entirely on the web - except for searching for international legal instruments and documents - but must be conducted at the library. Plagiarism is a crime. 

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity previous years

ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE [AOF]
Micro-credenziali

ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE MAGISTRALI [AOFM]
Micro-credenziali

COMMERCIO ESTERO E TURISMO [ET30]
Laurea

ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO [ET4]
Laurea

COMMERCIO ESTERO E TURISMO [ETR30]
Laurea

RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LMR60]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LT6]
Laurea

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LTR6]
Laurea

ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE [AOF]
Micro-credenziali

ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE MAGISTRALI [AOFM]
Micro-credenziali

COMMERCIO ESTERO E TURISMO [ET30]
Laurea

RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LT6]
Laurea

ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE [AOF]
Micro-credenziali

COMMERCIO ESTERO E TURISMO [ET30]
Laurea

RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LT6]
Laurea

RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LT6]
Laurea

RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI COMPARATE [LM60]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES [LT6]
Laurea

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Diritto internazionale [GIUR-09/A]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
DIRITTO DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA [IUS/14]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, Estremo Oriente
Known languages
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Tedesco (scritto: base parlato: base)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Associate editor della rivista Global Jurist ISSN: 1934-2640
Associate and consulting editor della rivista Jus Cogens (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42439-023-00084-x)
Componente del comitato di redazione della rivista Deportate, Esuli, Profughe ISSN: 2524-3985

Componente, unica italiana, dell'editorial board della collana "Interdisciplinary Studies on the Council of Europe and its Conventions" (Series Editors: Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and Michele Nicoletti, University of Trento, Italy). BRILL publishing
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Swiss national science foundation
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Diritto Linea: Diritto dell'Unione Europea (IUS 14)
Area: Diritto Linea: Diritto internazionale (IUS 13)
Area: Filosofia e Scienze Sociali Linea: Sociologia
Diritto internazionale
Description:
International law
Keywords:
Human rights, Environmental law
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Diritto UE
Description:
EU law
Keywords:
European law, Human rights
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Lotta alla criminalità transnazionale
Description:
Fight against transnational criminality
Keywords:
International law, European law, Anti-fraud
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
Contrasto alla violenza di genere nei confronti delle donne
Description:
Combating violence against women
Keywords:
Human rights
ATECO code:
[85.42] - istruzione universitaria e post-universitaria; accademie e conservatori
ECCE-HUMAN, Empowering Citizens for Circular Economy: a HUMAN-centred law model
SSD:
SPS/07
Other members of the research group:
Michele Maria MARZULLI
Gendering international legal responses to chronic emergencies - GenREm – PRIN 2022 PNRR – P2022XYHPTC
SSD:
IUS/13
Il contrasto del finanziamento al terrorismo internazionale
SSD:
IUS/13
Il contrasto della violenza di genere nei confronti delle donne nel diritto internazionale e dell'Unione europea
SSD:
IUS/13
ECCE-HUMAN, Empowering Citizens for Circular Economy: a HUMAN-centred law model
Funding body:
MUR, Ministero Università e Ricerca + PNRR (EU NextGen)
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Michele Maria MARZULLI
Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive University Leadership Programme - ULEAD4ALL 2023-1-NL01-KA220-HED-000161645
Funding body:
European Union
Type:
LLP - Erasmus
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/ulead4all/
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 28
Other members of the research group:
Jorge Ramon CENTURION
Gendering international legal responses to chronic emergencies - GenREm – PRIN 2022 PNRR – P2022XYHPTC
Funding body:
Next Generation EU - Ministero dell'università e della ricerca
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://genrem.wordpress.com/
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Migration and EU: challenges and prospects
Funding body:
European Union
Type:
LLP - Erasmus
Role in the project:
NS
Sito di progetto:
https://jeanmonnetmigrateur.eu/
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 36
Progetto Adrigov
Funding body:
Regione del Veneto
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per attività di didattica/formazione
Role in the project:
NS
Sito di progetto:
http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=176311,
Starting date:
Year: 2014 Length in months: 8
Working on non-human animals' law and rights in the EU - WHALE
Funding body:
European Union ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH
Type:
LLP - Erasmus
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://www.unive.it/pag/49071
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 36

Publication highlights

Sara DE VIDO IL NUOVO PATTO EUROPEO SU MIGRAZIONE E ASILO ALLA LUCE DELLA CONVENZIONE DI ISTANBUL DEL CONSIGLIO D’EUROPA: VERSO L’INCORPORAZIONE DI UNA PROSPETTIVA SEMPRE PIÙ SENSIBILE AL GENERE? in FREEDOM, SECURITY & JUSTICE, vol. 1, pp. 210-234 (ISSN 2532-2079)
- URL correlato 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5113728


Sara De Vido Feminist legal methods and environmental chronic emergencies: challenging the anthropocentric and androcentric international legal system , Gendering International Legal Responses to Environmental Chronic Emergencies, Cheltenham, link esterno , pp. 2-22 (ISBN 9781035367795)
2026, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5111187


Sara De Vido EU law in light of the Istanbul Convention: legal implications after accession , Luxembourg, Publications office of the EU, pp. 1-152 (ISBN 978-92-68-22183-9)
- URL correlato 2025, Scientific monograph or treatise - ARCA card: 10278/5090208


Sara De Vido; Elena Frasca La tratta di esseri umani nei conflitti armati: un approccio di genere e di giustizia penale internazionale in STUDI EMIGRAZIONE, vol. 238, pp. 229-238 (ISSN 0039-2936)
2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5098656


De Vido, Sara Visiting the gallery of women in international law in CAMBRIDGE REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, vol. 38, pp. 247-252 (ISSN 0955-7571)
DOI 2025, Review in magazine - ARCA card: 10278/5098332


List of publications

Curriculum vitae

Full Professor of International Law from November 2024 at the Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, delegate of the Rector to the Day of Remembrance and the Day of Remembrance and for Gender Equality. 

She is senior expert on violence against women, by appointment of the European Commission, at the European Network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination, based at Utrecht University. She is legal expert for the European Commission of the EU network on preventing gender-based violence and domestic violence (2024-25) and drafted the report, published in February 2025, EU law in light of the Istanbul Convention. Legal Implications After the Accession. https://www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/6247-eu-law-in-light-of-the-istanbul-convention-legal-implications-after-accession

She was deputy director of the Centre for Human Rights Studies (Cestudir) at Ca‘ Foscari from 2015 to 2020, and is deputy teaching coordinator of the three-year degree course in Philosophy, International Studies and Economics at Ca’ Foscari. She is affiliated with the Manchester International Law Centre (UK), where she co-founded the Women in International Law Network (Wilnet).

She is PI of the PRIN project Gendering international legal responses to chronic emergencies (2023-2025) and unit contact person of the PRIN PNRR project Ecce Human.  She is also chair of the Jean Monnet Whale module (2023-2026) on non-human animal rights.

She is also a member of the doctoral college ‘Law, Market and Person’ at Ca' Foscari University, Venice. He has spent several research periods abroad as a visiting academic (2015 - Manchester, UK; 2016 - Hitotsubashi, Tokyo) and lectures in English and French in Italy and abroad, including at the Master 2 en droit pénal financier of the University of Paris Cergy-Pontoise and at the E.ma (Human Rights and Democratisation) masters of the EUIC in Venice. She is a lecturer at Venice International University (she has taught Global Governance, Peace, Security, Cooperation and Development, Gender Studies and Globalisation, Ethics, Welfare and Human Rights).

She was international expert for the Council of Europe in June 2017 in Pristina (Kosovo) on the Istanbul Convention and in May 2020 in Strasbourg (online conference) on the relationship between the pandemic and women's rights. She was a consultant for European Women's Lobby from July to November 2020 on gender-based violence against women and possible EU action on the issue. She is co-editing a report with her colleague Lorena Sosa for the European Commission (through the EELN network) for May 2021 on the comparison of national criminal laws on gender-based violence against women with recommendations to the Commission on future EU legislative action.

She participates as a speaker at conferences in Italy and abroad.