Francisco Lobo

Francisco Lobo is a Military Ethics advisor and International Law expert. He holds a PhD in War Studies (King's College London), where he is also a Tutor at the KCL Centre for Military Ethics. He holds an LLM in International Legal Studies (New York University), an LLM in International Law and an LLB (University of Chile). He has worked as a legal practitioner in the private and public sectors, including at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN International Law Commission. He is also a lecturer and academic. He has trained military personnel in human rights and ethics standards in South America and at the Theresian Military Academy in Vienna, the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, and the Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania. He has also worked as an advisor for an international development project to train the Armed Forces of Ukraine in IHL and military ethics standards. His research focuses on international law, human rights, the laws and ethics of war, legal theory, moral philosophy, and post-colonial studies.