Alexandre Skander Galand is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Maastricht University. He is an international law scholar, specialised in international criminal law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Dr. Galand is a member of the Barreau du Québec (Canada) and holds a PhD in International Law from the European University Institute (EUI).

Before joining Maastricht University, he held research positions at the Hertie School, EUI, University of Oxford and Koç University and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Essex and the University of Turin.

Dr. Galand is an Associate Editor of the Oxford Reports on International Human Rights Law/UN Treaty Bodies and co-coordinator of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on International Criminal Justice. He has consulted for the Case Matrix Network and worked for the the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute as part of the War Crimes Justice Project.

Dr. Galand is currently working on two projects: (1) The Contributions of the UN Treaty Bodies Case Law to International Human Rights Law, and (2) The Shifting Paradigms of International Law through Adjudication and Normative Interplay.