Giulia Bosi

Bio

Giulia Bosi is a Postdoctoral Reseaercher in International Law (assegnista di ricerca) at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. Her main areas of interest include International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, International Refugee Law, and Global and European Health Law. Her expertise lies in the fields of health and human rights, and children's rights. Her PhD thesis regarded the right to mental health.

Before starting the PhD, Giulia worked for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and the European Organisation for Rare Diseases in Brussels. She also volunteered for various NGOs across many countries, including Brazil, Peru, Tanzania and South Africa.

She holds a PhD in Human Rights and Global Politics (cum laude) and the additional title of Doctor Europeaus from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, a Law Degree (LLB + LLM, cum laude) from the University of Bologna, where she was awarded as one of the best law students out of more than 5,000 people for three consecutive years, and an LLM in Transnational Law (with distinction) from King’s College London.

During the PhD, she has been a Visiting Fellow at the Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) & the University of Groningen (Netherlands). She participated as a civil-military cooperation advisor in the Joint Stars 22/23, the most important Italian military exercise which involved the Armed Forces, Red Cross, & Civil Protection, spending three weeks at a military base.

In 2021, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed her as that year's Italian Delegate for Health to the G7 Youth, the official youth engagement group for the G7. She also collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Health in the context of the Global Health Security Agenda, an international partnership to achieve a world safe from global health threats posed by infectious diseases.

Ricerca

International Human Rights Law
International Humanitarian Law
International Criminal Law
International Refugee Law
Public International Law
Global and European Health Law
Health and human rights
Children's rights

Pubblicazioni

Academic publications

Bosi G. The Power of Language in the Context of the Right to Mental Health. Italian Review of International and Comparative Law (accepted at the conference, under review).
Bosi G. and B. Toebes. Global Health Law. In Ventura M. and Heffes E. (eds.), Non-Traditional Sources of International Law, TMC Asser Press (forthcoming 2025).
Bosi G. The Protection of Mental Health under International Humanitarian Law. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (forthcoming 2025).
Bosi G. The Right to Mental Health and Neurotechnologies. BioLaw Journal. 2025; 1:305-319.
Bosi G. Book Review: Shinya Murase and Suzanne Zhou (eds), ‘Epidemics and International Law’ (Brill, 2021). Yearbook of International Disaster Law. 2023; 4(2021): 649-654.
Bosi G. Tobacco Control and The Council of Europe: The Potential and Limits of the Collective Complaints Procedure of the European Social Charter. European Journal of Health Law. Advance Articles. 2022; 29: 1-25.
Bosi G. Expanding EU Competence in Health? The Need for and Feasibility of Treaty Change. EU Law Live - Weekend Edition n.107. 2022; 1-11.
Alabrese M, Bosi G, Schettini C. Food Insecurity and Insurgency of Eating Disorders: a Legal and Policy Appraisal. Global Jurist. 2022; 22(3): 465-491.
De Santis M, Hervas C, Weinman A, Bosi G, Bottarelli V. Patient Empowerment of People Living with Rare Diseases. Its Contribution to Sustainable and Resilient Healthcare Systems. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità – A Science Journal for Public Health. 2019; 55(3): 283-291.

Other publications

Bosi G. Overcoming the 'Soft vs Hard Law' Debate in the Development of New Global Health Instruments. Opinio Juris. 30 November 2021.
De Angelis R, Guillaume C, Boniolo F, Zibapour M, Ambrosone T, Pallan R., Bosi G, Dupuis E. Carestie: i delegati italiani e canadesi dello Youth 7 chiedono un’azione decisa. The Map Report. 15 June 2021.

Corsi

CONFERENCES

Academic

Soft Law in International Law (2025) - British Institute of International and Comparative Law
The Use of Human Rights Language in International and EU Law (2024) - University of Trento
International One Health Conference (2024) - European Public Law Organization, Athens
BioLaw Journal: 10 Years Later (2024) - University of Parma
Political Philosophy and Regulation of Neurotechnologies (2024) - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Bridging the Gap between Neurorights and Cyberrights (2024) – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
XII PhD Meeting ‘Alberico Gentili’ (2023) – Italian Society of International Law, San Ginesio
Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health Junior Research Meetup on Mental Health (2023) – University of Groningen
Universal Health Coverage: The Right to Health in Time of Health Emergencies (2022) – University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
International Society for Health and Human Rights Conference (2022) – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotà
International One Health Conference (2022) – University of Catania
International Conference on Tobacco, Law and Human Rights (2022) – University of Groningen
Health Law PhD Day (2022) – University of Groningen
The Politics of Health in the EU, with Prof. de Ruijter (2022) – European Association of Health Law conference
EAHL PhD Workshop (2022) – European Association of Health Law conference
Mental Health in Academia (2022) – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
The War in Ukraine: an International Law Perspective (2022) – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Cura, innovazione e sostenibilità: un nuovo paradigma di sviluppo, Alma Fest (2021) – University of Bologna
International Organizations’ Action in Times of Covid-19: Law-making by Expertise and Soft Law (2021) – European Society of International Law Annual Conference

NGOs/Civil Society

Human Rights and Future International Health Challenges: A New Pandemic Treaty? (2022) – HIKMA Summit
The Importance of Sustainable Development for Good Health (2022) – Junior Chamber International Mauritius
PhD-related Stress: An Open Discussion (2021) – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
World Mental Health Day Event (2021) – Future Leaders Network
Climate Action Now (2021) – The Climate Reality Project
Climate and Health: the Need of the Hour: Addressing the Pandemic with the One Health Approach (2021) – YOUNGO, the UNFCCC constituency of Youth NGOs
Raise the Ambition (2021) – The Climate Reality Project
Di sana e robusta formazione: salute mentale, dottorandi, specializzandi e altre cose di cui si parla poco (2021) – Associazione Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca in Italia & FederSpecializzandi
COVID-19 & Community Resilience (2021) – Climate Social Forum
Festa della Repubblica (2021) – Municipality of Zola Predosa, Bologna
FixIt, Panel Salute (2021) – PoliEnergy Torino
G7 Youth Summit (2021) – UK Government

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

The Right to Health: A Regional Perspective, Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (2025)
EU and Global Health Governance: Policies, Institutions and Challenges. Master in Legal Studies, University of Bologna (2025)
State Responsibility in International Law. Master in Human Rights and Conflict Management, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (2025)
The Protection of Health in Armed Conflict. Higher education course 'European and International Human Rights in Conflicts and Disasters', Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (2024)
Global Health Law & Governance: The Role of the EU. Master in Legal Studies, University of Bologna (2024)
UE e governance sanitaria. Law Degree, University of Bologna (2024)
The Protection of Migrants’ Right to Mental Health under International Law and Policies. Higher education course ‘Psychosocial Interventions in Migration, Emergency and Displacement’, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna & International Organization for Migration (2023)
The EU as a Global Health Actor. Master in Legal Studies, University of Bologna (2023)
Healthcare Governance: International and Regional Context. Master in Legal Studies, University of Bologna (2022)
Global Health Governance and Global Health Law: Actors, Processes and Norms. PhD in Human Rights, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (2021)
European Union & Global Health Governance. Master in Legal Studies, University of Bologna (2021)
Diritto Internazionale dei Diritti Umani e dei Rifugiati. Seminar for civil service volunteers – Scalabrinian Agency for Cooperation and Development (2021)
Le Nazioni Unite. 2nd-year high school students – Istituto A. Zanarini, Modena (2020)
Introduzione ai Diritti Umani. 2nd-year high school students Istituto A. Zanarini, Modena (2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member of the editorial committee of ‘The Italian Review of International and Comparative Law'
Participated as an advisor in the Joint Stars 22/23, the most important Italian military exercise which involved Armed Forces, Red Cross, and Civil Protection, spending three weeks at a military base

News

Newspapers

G7, Giulia Bosi relatrice per l’Italia – Il Resto del Carlino
Tre donne celebrate con il “Matilde d’oro” – Il Resto del Carlino
Clima, digitalizzazione, salute mentale. I pilastri del G7 dei giovani – The Huffington Post
Più lavoro, sanità efficiente e meno inquinamento: ecco cosa chiedono i giovani italiani al G7 in Cornovaglia – La Stampa

Magazines

The second phase of Joint Stars 2022/2023, the most important exercise in the Italian defence panorama, which saw the participation of the Sant'Anna School, has ended – Sant’Anna Magazine
G7 Youth Summit: Giulia bosi, doctoral candidate in human rights at Sant'anna School, was selected as one of the four Italian "young ambassadors" (with mandate on health) after winning a call for applications from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sant’Anna Magazine
Una alumna dell’Alma Mater tra i rappresentanti dell’Italia al G7 Youth Summit – Unibo Magazine
Intervista a Giulia Bosi – University of Bologna Alumni Association

Radio

I giovani al G7, bonifica per Taranto e Madagascar in ginocchio – Rai Radio 1