Prof. Dr. Nicolas Bueno

Nicolas Bueno is assistant professor at the Faculty of Law. He teaches Public International Law and European Law.
Nicolas Bueno is assistant professor at the Faculty of Law. He teaches public International Law and European Law.
He obtained his doctorate in public international law at the University of Lausanne after a resaerch stay at Columbia Law School in New York (2012-2013, Fulbright). He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Leuven (2016) and the London School of Economics (2017) with an SNSF PosdocMobility fellowship, and at the University of Zurich (2018-2021) with SNSF Ambizione fellowship. He has also taught international economic law at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich and international law at the UniversitĂ della Svizzera italiana.
He is director of the Centre for Law, Economic Globalisation and Sustainable Development. His research focuses on multinational entrprises and sustainability law and on labour law and ecological transition. His research has been published in International Labour Review, Comparative and International Law Quarterly, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities and Journal of World Investment and Trade. He is a member of the editorial board of the Business and Human Rights Journal and co-editor of the book Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Approaches (Oxford University Press 2024). As a practitioner, he litigated in business and human rights at the Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin and was legal adviser at the Swiss State Secretatiat for Economic Affairs.
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Lehre
M09 |
Approfondissement en droit européen
Master en droit
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M07 |
Droit international public et européen
Bachelor en droit
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Funktionen an der FernUni Schweiz
FakultÀt Recht
- Assistenzprofessor
Recht, wirtschaftliche Globalisierung und nachhaltige Entwicklung
- Assistenzprofessor
FakultÀtskollegium Recht
- Assistenzprofessor
Publikationen
Books
- Nicolas Bueno, Beryl ter Haar, Nuna Zekic (eds), Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Approaches (Oxford University Press 2024), ISBN 9780198889755 (open access)
- Bueno Nicolas, Le droit international de la dĂ©mocratie et lâavenir des droits politiques (Berne, Paris: Staempfli, L.G.D.J. 2015) ISBN 978-3727231919
Scientific journal articles (selection 2020-2024)
- Bueno N, Bernaz N, Holly G, Martin-Ortega O. The EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD): The Final Political Compromise. Business and Human Rights Journal (2024) :1-7. doi:10.1017/bhj.2024.10 (open access)
- Nicolas Bueno, Anil Yilmaz Vastardis, Isidore Ngueuleu Djeuga, Investor Human Rights and Environmental Obligations: The Need to Redesign Corporate Social Responsibility Clauses, 24 Journal of World Investment & Trade (2023) 176, doi:10.1163/22119000-12340278 (open access)
- Nicolas Bueno, From Productive Work to Capability-Enhancing Work: Implications for Labour Law and Policy, 23(3) Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (2022) 354-372, doi: 10.1080/19452829.2021.1951186
- Nicolas Bueno, âFreedom at, through and from Work: Rethinking Labour Rightsâ, 160 (2) International Labour Review (2021) 311-329. doi: 10.1111/ilr.12192
- Bueno Nicolas, Liberté au travail, par le travail et face au travail: comment repenser les droits du travail, 160 (2) Revue internationale du Travail (2021) 339-360. doi:10.1111/ilrf.12195
- Nicolas Bueno and Christine Kaufmann, âThe Swiss Due Diligence Legislation: Between Law and Politicsâ, 6(3) Business and Human Rights Journal (2021) 542-549. doi:10.1017/bhj.2021.42 (open access)
- Nicolas Bueno and Claire Bright, âImplementing Human Rights Due Diligence through Corporate Civil Liabilityâ, 69(4) International & Comparative Law Quarterly (2020) 789-818, doi: 10.1017/S0020589320000305
Book chapters (selection 2020-2024)
- Nicolas Bueno, âThe Value of Work in Labour Lawâ, in Nicolas Bueno, Beryl ter Haar, Nuna Zekic (eds), Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Approaches (Oxford University Press 2024). doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198889755.003.0007 (open access)
- Nicolas Bueno, Beryl ter Haar and Nuna Zekic, âLabour Law Beyond Growth and Productivism: An Introductionâ, in Nicolas Bueno, Beryl ter Haar, Nuna Zekic (eds), Labour Law Utopias: Post-Growth and Post-Productive Approaches (Oxford University Press 2024). doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198889755.003.0001 (open access)
- Claire Bright and Nicolas Bueno, âMandatory Human Rights Due Diligenceâ in Anthony Ewing (ed), Teaching Business and Human Rights (Edward Elgar 2023) 144-159. doi: 10.4337/9781802201130.00022
Commentaries and Encyclopedia Entries
- Nicolas Bueno, âLabour Rights in EU External Trade Policyâ, in Oxford Encyclopedia of European Law (Oxford University Press 2025, forthcoming)
- Nicolas Bueno, âArticle 24: The Right to Rest and to the Limitation of Working Hoursâ, in Humberto Cantu Rivera (ed.) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Commentary (Brill 2023) 566-587, doi:10.1163/9789004365148_026
- Nicolas Bueno and Yasmin Dinari, Art. 110 Cst : Travail, in: Stefan Schlegel and Odile Ammann (eds), Commentaire de la Constitution fédérale en ligne (2023) (Open Access)
- Nicolas Bueno et Christine Kaufmann, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in Binder and Nowak (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights (Elgar 2022) 375-383, doi:10.4337/9781789903621.guiding.principles.business
- Bueno Nicolas, âRight to Workâ, in Binder and Nowak (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights (Edward Elgar 2022) 578-583, doi:10.4337/9781789903621.work.right.to
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Recht und wirtschafltiche Globalisierung
- Wirtschaft und Menchenrechte
- Arbeitsrecht und Politische Ăkonomie
- Recht und Nachhaltigkeit