Associate Professor of International Law at the Department of Business and Law since January 2022 where she had been Senior Researcher since October 2018.
Senior Researcher at the Law Department of the University of Siena from 2001 to September 2018.
Degree in Law, University of Siena, 1992, Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 1996, Doctorate in International Law, University of Siena, 1998.
Appointed Lecturer of several courses at the Law Faculty of the University of Siena from 2001 to 2018, such as EU Law, International Organizations, International Dispute Settlement.
Main research fields: the Antarctic Treaty System, the interaction between treaty regimes, State compliance with international treaties on human rights, international dispute settlement, the law of the sea, diplomatic and consular protection, EU citizenship, the protection of cultural heritage.
Legal advisor to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with regard to the negotiations concerning the Antarctic Treaty until 2014.
Among her latest publications:
– Vigni, P. (2020). Cultural Heritage and State Responsibility. In F. Francioni, & A. F. Vrdoljak (a cura di), The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law (pp. 605-641). Oxford : Oxford University Press
– Vigni, P. (2019). Brexit: incidentale contributo al consolidamento dello status di cittadino europeo all’interno dell’ordinamento dell’Unione e di quello internazionale?. FEDERALISMI.IT, 23/10/2019(1), 60-82
– Vigni, P. (2018). State Responsibility for the Destruction of Cultural Property. GERMAN YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 61(1), 295-345
– Vigni, P., & Francioni, F. (2017). Territorial Claims and Coastal States. In A.D.H. K. Dodds (a cura di), Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica (pp. 241-254). Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
– Vigni, P. (2017). The Right of EU Citizens to Diplomatic and Consular Protection: A Step Towards Recognition of EU Citizenship in Third Countries?. In D. Kochenov (a cura di), EU Citizenship and Federalism. The Role of Rights (pp. 584-612). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.