Marzia Marastoni

Guest Author

Marzia Marastoni is a PhD candidate in International Law at the Graduate Institute of Geneva. She currently works as Teaching Assistant in Legal and Political Theories at the University of Geneva and as Human Rights Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN in Geneva. Among others, her research focuses on human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international law in times of crisis. In 2021 she published Covid-19 and Human Rights Law: A Legal and Philosophical Approach, and in 2022 she published Human needs or Human wants? The Impact of crises and catastrophes on Human Rights.

Marzia holds a Bachelor Degree in Philosophy from Cà Foscari University in Venice and a Master Degree in Political, Legal, and Economic Philosophy at the University of Bern. In Italy, she has been locally, regionally, and nationally involved in politics. She is also on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

Girls in pink, black, and brown scarves read at desks piled with books.

The U.N. Human Rights Council and the ICC Can Do More for Afghanistan

Oct. 2, 2023 Marzia Marastoni and Mohibullah Taib

Two Afghan women wearing traditional blue burqas walk past a Kabul cemetery. Below walks another woman with three young children.

After a Year of Privation With the Taliban’s Return, the People of Afghanistan Deserve Better from the US and the World

Aug. 15, 2022 Ambassador Nasir A. Andisha and Marzia Marastoni