- Faculty Type
- Visiting Faculty and Guest Lecturers
- Professional Experience
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- Iranian National Commission for UNESCO — Secretary-General
- World Trade Institute, University of Bern — Research Fellow
- Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations — Visiting Professor
- Luiss Guido Carli University — Visiting Professor
- Journal of Ethics in Higher Education — Editorial Board Member
- Education
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- University of Geneva — PhD in Law, 2017
- Doctoral thesis: Routes and Approaches to Legal Coherence between the WTO Agreement and the UNESCO Convention regarding Trade in Cultural Goods
Biography
Dr Hassan Fartousi is an international lawyer, scholar and specialist in international trade and investment law, arbitration, cultural diplomacy and peacebuilding. He serves as Secretary-General of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO and as a research fellow at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern. He has taught as a visiting professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations and Luiss University. Dr Fartousi holds a PhD in Law from the University of Geneva. His research examines the relationship between international trade law and cultural diversity, including legal coherence between WTO agreements and UNESCO instruments. He is also an author and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ethics in Higher Education.