Prof. Gabrielle Marceau

Marceau, Gabrielle

Member of the Advisory Board
University of Geneva / WTO

Gabrielle Marceau was nominated Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva on 1 April 2025.  Professor Marceau was appointed as a lecturer in 2000 and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Public International Law and International Organization at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in 2005. She taught International Economic Law and WTO Law, supervised numerous master's theses and doctoral dissertations, and organized conferences and research seminars. She also created a doctoral seminar.

She is also visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty - Hyman Soloway Chair, and at other institutions. Professor Marceau serves on several scientific councils promoting international economic law. She has been the president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation (SGDL) and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Professor Marceau is a specialist in dispute settlement and the legal relationships between international trade and non-commercial considerations (such as environment, human rights, labour, etc.), with more than 130 publications to her name.

Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the Secretariat World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division.