Jeremy Pizzi

Jeremy Pizzi
Guest Lecturer
Jeremy Pizzi is Deputy Team Lead and Legal Advisor at the Centre Mobile Justice Team of Global Rights Compliance Foundation, where he advises Ukrainian authorities on the investigation and prosecution of core international crimes. He is also a member of the Aggression and Genocide Clusters of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, supporting specialised units within the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
At Global Rights Compliance, he leads work on evidence and case-building strategies, including incident mapping, pattern analysis, and the development of command responsibility cases. He works closely with national authorities, civil society, and international organisations, and conducts trainings on international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and best practices in investigating atrocity crimes.
Previously, he worked as a Legal Consultant with Payam Akhavan, contributing to litigation before the International Court of Justice, and gained experience at the International Criminal Court in both Chambers and Defence teams.
His research focuses on public international law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law, with particular attention to state responsibility, genocide, and accountability mechanisms.

Main publications include:

Pizzi J. (2023). Profiteers of Misery: Aggression, the Leadership Clause, and Private Military and Security Companies, Journal of International Criminal Justice.
Pizzi J. (2022). Peddling Atrocity: Holding Canadian Corporations Responsible for Core International Crimes, Journal of International Criminal Justice.
Pizzi J. (2020). A Prosthesis for a Limbless Giant: Proposing an improved model for arrest warrant enforcement at the ICC, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Working Paper Series.
Pizzi J., Vishchyk M. (2026). 80 Years After Nuremberg, Envisioning the Future of International Law, Just Security.
Pizzi J., Vishchyk M. (2025). A duty to fight for your nationals? Ukraine and the future of reparation claims, EJIL: Talk!
Pizzi J., Vishchyk M. (2024). Nationality as the basis of protected status under Geneva Convention IV, EJIL: Talk!