DR. BRIAN MC GARRY CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Nationalities Ireland; United States of America Bar admission New York Address Frederikstraat 371, 2514 LE The Hague, Netherlands Telephone +31 639 858 184 Email b.k.mcgarry@law.leidenuniv.nl
EDUCATION
Ph.D., summa cum laude, University of Geneva Faculty of Law
Viva: 9 July 2018
Jury: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, director (Geneva), Marcelo Kohen (Graduate Institute), Makane Mbengue (Geneva), Sean Murphy (George Washington)
Thesis: The Theory and Practice of Intervention before the International Court of Justice (analysing third-party interests in maritime delimitation and other inter-state cases)
LL.M., Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and University of Geneva Faculty of Law (jointly)
Director: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
Thesis: Transparency Reforms in International Investment Arbitration
J.D., Certificate in Maritime Law, Tulane University Law School (New Orleans) (University of Copenhagen exchange)
B.A., Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences (New Brunswick, US)
Certificates Summer Academy on the Continental Shelf, University of the Faroe Islands (Tórshavn) UN International Law Seminar, UN Office of Legal Affairs (Geneva) Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia (Rhodes) Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (Geneva) International Summer School on Dispute Resolution, Humboldt University of Berlin
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
09.2019-present Assistant Professor in Public International Law, Leiden University Faculty of Law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
Director: Eric De Brabandere
Courses: ‘Principles of Public International Law’ ‘The Law and Practice of International Organizations’
09.2019-present Visiting Professor, Sciences Po LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement (Paris)
Director: Diego Fernández Arroyo
Course: ‘Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea’
09.2016-present Senior Researcher, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
Directors: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Thomas Schultz; Zachary Douglas and Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (until 08.2018) Dr. Brian McGarry 22.09.2019 CV (p. 2 of 9)
09.2016-08.2019 Lecturer, Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (Graduate Institute; Uni. Geneva)
Director: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes; Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (until 06.2018)
Courses: ‘The Organization of International Dispute Settlement’ ‘International Legal Proceedings’
09.2015-12.2015 Visiting Scholar, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Director: Marc Weller
08.2011-08.2014 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Public International Law and International Organisation, University of Geneva Faculty of Law
Director: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes; Makane Mbengue (01.2013-08.2013)
Courses: ‘Droit : les organisations internationales’ ‘Droit de l'environnement’ ‘Le règlement des différends relatifs aux ressources en eau’ ‘Current Issues of International Law through Case Law of Courts and Tribunals’
04.2008-08.2008 Research Assistant, Tulane University Law School (New Orleans)
Supervisor: Oliver Houck
EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
06.2019-09.2019 Assisted l’Institut de Droit international as Secrétaire-rédacteur for its 79th session (The Hague)
07.2019-08.2019 Advised African government on multilateral negotiations as to marine biodiversity [confidential]
05.2019-08.2019 Legal consultant in economic and human rights claims against Asian government [confidential]
09.2018-06.2019 Retained expert for reports to UN African Group on climate law negotiations (Geneva)
08.2018-11.2018 Legal consultant for UN Secretary-General’s Report on Gaps in International Environmental Law and Environment-related Instruments (‘Towards a Global Pact for the Environment’) (Nairobi)
06.2016-08.2016 Advised African government’s Permanent Mission to UN on multilateral negotiations as to marine biodiversity, in collaboration with Independent International Legal Advocates (New York)
01.2016-06.2016 Retained expert for client reports on maritime delimitation and territorial disputes [confidential]
09.2013-09.2015 Clerked for inter-State and investor-State arbitration tribunals and advised on law of international organizations as Assistant Legal Counsel at Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague)
Public cases: UNCLOS disputes including South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China)
09.2014-01.2015 Assisted investor-State arbitration tribunals as law clerk at Hanotiau & van den Berg (Brussels)
01.2011-05.2011 Advised EU Parliament committee on trade matters as Clinical Advisor at Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (now known as TradeLab) (Geneva)
09.2010-10.2010 Maritime delimitation analyst for counsel in International Court of Justice case [confidential]
01.2010-06.2010 Advised environmental NGO on endangered amphibian case (subsequently before U.S. Supreme Court) as Clinical Advisor at Tulane Environmental Law Clinic (New Orleans)
01.2008-08.2009 Legal intern with The Center for Seafarers’ Rights (New York), international climate law firm (Paris), local government agency, environmental law firm, environmental NGO (New Orleans)
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MONOGRAPHS
Under review B. McGarry, Intervening in International Justice: Third Parties before the World Court
TREATISES, REFERENCE BOOKS, AND EDITED VOLUMES
2020 (forth.) M. Mbengue, B. McGarry, Kiss and Shelton’s International Environmental Law, 4th ed. (Brill).
2020 (forth.) M. Mbengue, Sir M. Wood (eds), A. Crosato Neumann, B. McGarry (asst. eds), The Permanent Court of International Justice: Travaux Préparatoires (Brill).
2020 (forth.) S. Forlati, M. Mbengue, B. McGarry (eds), The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and its Contribution to the Development of International Law (Brill).
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
2018 B. McGarry, ‘The Global Pact for the Environment: Freshwater and Economic Law Synergies’, Journal of International Economic Law, vol. 21(4), pp. 745-767, doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgy040.
B. McGarry, ‘Croatia-Slovenia Boundary Report’, International Maritime Boundaries, vol. 8-20.
B. McGarry, ‘The Settlement of Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia and Oceania: A Synthesis in Light of Indonesian Practice’, Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies, vol. 5(2), pp. 24-45.
B. McGarry, ‘Third Parties and Insular Features after the South China Sea Arbitration’, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, vol. 35, pp. 99-135.
2017 B. McGarry, ‘The Development of Custom in Territorial Dispute Settlement’, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, vol. 8(2), pp. 339-365, doi.org/10.1093/jnlids/idw015 [cited in S. Murphy, ‘International Law Relating to Islands’, Recueil des cours, vol. 386 (Brill)].
B. McGarry, ‘Introductory Note to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334’, International Legal Materials, vol. 56(3), pp. 645-649, doi.org/10.1017/ilm.2017.17.
2014 L. Boisson de Chazournes, B. McGarry, ‘What Roles Can Constitutional Law Play in Investment Arbitration?’, Journal of World Investment and Trade, vol. 15(5-6), pp. 862-888, doi.org/10.1163/22119000-01506005.
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES
2020 (forth.) A. Crosato Neumann, M. Mbengue, B. McGarry, Sir M. Wood, ‘General Introduction’, in M. Mbengue, Sir M. Wood (eds), A. Crosato Neumann, B. McGarry (asst. eds), The Permanent Court of International Justice: Travaux Préparatoires (Brill).
B. McGarry, ‘The Development of Custom in Territorial Dispute Settlement’, in P.-M. Dupuy (ed), D. Shelton (series ed), Customary International Law (Brill) [reprint].
B. McGarry, ‘Inter-State Arbitration’, in B. Samson, E. Sobenes Obregon (eds), S. Mead (asst. ed), International Courts and Tribunals and the Protection of the Environment (T.M.C. Asser).
B. McGarry, ‘Norms, Standards, and the Elusive Nomenclature of the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment’, in S. Forlati, M. Mbengue, B. McGarry (eds), The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and its Contribution to the Development of International Law (Brill). Dr. Brian McGarry 22.09.2019 CV (p. 4 of 9)
2019 M. Mbengue, B. McGarry, ‘General Principles of International Enviornmental Law in the Case Law of International Courts and Tribunals’, in M. Andenas, M. Fitzmaurice, A. Tanzi, J. Wouters (eds), L. Chiussi (asst. ed.) General Principles and the Coherence of International Law (Brill).
B. McGarry, J. Ostransky, ‘Before the Law: Assessing the Process and Impact of Judicial Screening Bodies’, in F. Baetens (ed), Unseen Actors in International Adjudication (Cambridge).
2018 B. McGarry, ‘Cost-Efficiency in Inter-State Dispute Settlement’, in P. Butler, E. Lein, S. Rhonson (eds), Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States (Springer), pp. 319-337, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-74573-2_15.
B. McGarry, ‘The UN Watercourses Convention and International Economic Law’, in L. Boisson de Chazournes, M. Mbengue, K. Sangbana, M. Tignino (eds), The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: A Commentary (Oxford).
2017 B. McGarry, ‘Nicaragua’s Impacts on Optional Clause Practice’, in B. Samson, E. Sobenes Obregon (eds), Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice: Impacts on International Law (Springer), pp. 179-211, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-62962-9_8.
2015 L. Boisson de Chazournes, B. McGarry, ‘Constitutional Law and the Settlement of Investor-State Disputes: Some Interplays’, in O. Elias, C. Jalloh (eds), Shielding Humanity: Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Abdul G. Koroma (Brill), pp. 230-241 https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004293137/B9789004293137_015.xml.
2014 M. Mbengue, B. McGarry, ‘The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur and the Application of International Humanitarian Norms’, in D. Jinks, J. Maogoto, S. Solomon (eds), Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies: International and Domestic Aspects (Springer), pp. 451-478, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94- 6265-008-4_16.
OTHER PUBLISHED WORK
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
2017 B. McGarry, ‘Rethinking Compulsory Jurisdiction: The Case for U.S. Reentry into the ICJ’s Optional Clause System’, Proceedings of the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (Cambridge University Press), pp. 313-316, doi.org/10.1017/amp.2017.50.
Student-edited journals
2017 B. McGarry, J. Ostransky, ‘Is the Law of Treaties an Obstacle or a Conduit for the Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement?’, Emory International Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 1001-1014, http://law.emory.edu/eilr/recent-developments/volume-32/essays/law-treaties-obstacle-conduit- investor-state-dispute.html.
2009 B. McGarry, ‘Great Lakes Exploration Group v. Unidentified Wreck: Navigating Federalism and Arrest Procedure in Post-Deep Sea Shipwreck Controversies’, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, vol. 33(1), pp. 539-552.
Policy papers
2016 P.-E. Dupont, B. McGarry, ‘The Egypt-Saudi Arabia Agreement on Tiran and Sanafir: Law of the Sea and Security Issues’, Centre for International Land & Maritime Boundaries, 9 April [cited in U.S. Library of Congress, Global Legal Monitor, 23 June].
2011 A. Adami, B. McGarry, P. Ugaz, ‘A Comparative Analysis of Generalised Systems of Preferences: Challenges, Constraints, and Opportunities. Memorandum to the European Parliament, Committee on International Trade’, TradeLab, 10 June. Dr. Brian McGarry 22.09.2019 CV (p. 5 of 9)
2009 G. Cancio, D. Karafotias, M.C. Koch, L. Li, B. McGarry, D. Sotgiu, N. Spencer, ‘Applying the Rotterdam Rules: A Comparison of Maritime Case Law under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act and the Rotterdam Rules’, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 29 October.
Online media
2017 B. McGarry, J. Ostransky, ‘Modifying the ICSID Convention under the Law of Treaties’, EJIL:Talk!, https://www.ejiltalk.org/modifying-the-icsid-convention-under-the-law-of-treaties.
B. McGarry, ‘Lessons in Lawfare from Crimea’s Aftermath’, Public International Law Advisory Group International Law Gazette, vol. 1(1), http://piladvisorygroup.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/05/International-Law-Gazette-Issue-1-15.05.2017-1.pdf.
2016 B. McGarry, ‘Enforcing an Unenforceable Ruling in the South China Sea’, The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2016/07/enforcing-an-unenforceable-ruling-in-the-south-china-sea/.
2014 L. Boisson de Chazournes, B. McGarry, ‘Fresh Water in Investment Law: NAFTA and Beyond’, UNCTAD Investment Policy Blog [accepted but subsequently removed due to reorganization]
Practice briefs
2015 B. McGarry, ‘Adjudication and Settlement in the ARA Libertad Dispute’, International Bar Association Arbitration News, vol. 20(1), pp. 29-31.
2010 B. McGarry, ‘Navigating Arrest Procedure and Federalism in Post-Deep Sea Shipwreck Controversies’, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Journal: Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee News, vol. 45(2), pp. 10-16.
Translations
2017 H.E. Judge M. Bedjaoui, ‘Introduction from the Bench: The Fourteen Journeys of Nicaragua to The Hague’, Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice: Impacts on International Law (Springer) [from French, with B. Samson].
2012 J.-C. Bancal, A Kyoto CDM’s Legal Handbook (Bruylant) [from French, with M. Abbott].
2011 H.E. Judge G. Guillaume, ‘The Use of Precedent by International Judges and Arbitrators’, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, vol. 2(1).
Acknowledgements for peer review, research, or editorial assistance
Forthcoming B. Daly, ‘The Renaissance of Inter-State Arbitration’, Recueil des cours.
2018 W. Alschner, D. Charlotin, ‘The Growing Complexity of the International Court of Justice’s Self- Citation Network’, European Journal of International Law, vol. 29(1).
2017 L. Boisson de Chazournes, ‘Plurality in the Fabric of International Courts and Tribunals: The Threads of a Managerial Approach’, European Journal of International Law, vol. 28(1).
G. Kaufmann-Kohler, M. Potestà, ‘The Composition of a Multilateral Investment Tribunal and of an Appeal Mechanism for Investor-State Arbitral Awards’, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement.
S. Murphy, ‘International Law Relating to Islands’, Recueil des cours, vol. 386.
2016 L. Boisson de Chazournes, J. Crook, ‘Report of the ASIL-ICCA Joint Task Force on Issue Conflicts in Investor-State Arbitration’, International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
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2013 L. Boisson de Chazournes, Fresh Water in International Law (Oxford).
L. Boisson de Chazournes, C. Leb, M. Tignino (eds), International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges (Edward Elgar).
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019-present Principal Investigator, ‘Tracing the Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals’ - Offered Guest Researcher status at University of Oslo, PluriCourts Centre of Excellence - Offered postdoctoral research grants awarded by Swiss National Science Foundation (66,000 CHF) and Fulbright Scholar Program (154,000 NOK) - Supervisor for 1 junior researcher: Sacchit Joshi
2016-2018 Senior Researcher, ‘ISDS Reform Project’, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement - Contributed to reports commissioned by UN Commission on International Trade Law - Supervisor for 1 junior researcher: María Florencia Sarmiento
2014 Research Assistant, ‘Experts and International Courts and Tribunals’, University of Geneva - Supported application phase of Swiss National Science Foundation project (433,000 CHF)
GUEST LECTURES
2018 ‘Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea’, Sciences Po Law School (Paris)
‘Most-Favoured Nation Clauses in International Investment Law’, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2015 ‘Constituting Commercial Arbitration Tribunals’, Utrecht University
‘Inter-State Arbitration in the Arab World’, Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague)
2014 ‘Inter-State Arbitration Mechanisms’, Energy Charter Secretariat Knowledge Centre (Brussels)
‘Access to Justice in International Arbitration’, T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague)
2013 ‘Treaty-Based Enforcement of Arbitral Awards’, T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague)
‘Delimitation and Customary Law’, Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (Geneva)
‘Current Issues in Territorial Disputes’, University of Geneva Faculty of Law
2011 ‘The Settlement of Investment Disputes Related to Water’, University of Geneva Faculty of Law
INTERVENTIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2019 Discussant, ‘State Consent to International Jurisdiction: Conferral, Modification or Termination’, University of Oslo and Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (Geneva)
Guest Speaker, ‘Before the Law: Assessing the Process and Impact of Judicial Screening Bodies’, at ‘Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication’ [launch event], University of Oslo and Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (Geneva)
Guest Speaker, ‘Exploring Gaps in International Environmental Law: Assessing the Need for the Global Pact’, Centre for International Governance Innovation (Ottawa)
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2019 (cont.) Invited Speaker, ‘Tracing the Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals’, 8th Annual Junior Faculty Forum for International Law, National University of Singapore
Moderator, ‘Dispute Settlement and Procedure in the Work of the International Law Commission’, 1st Annual International Law Seminar Alumni Conference, UN Office of Legal Affairs Division (Geneva)
Speaker, ‘Achieving Greater Access to Justice through Cost-Efficiency: A Comparative Assessment Across Inter-State Dispute Settlement Institutions’, at ‘Comparative Procedure in State-to-State Disputes’, Leiden University (The Hague)
Speaker, ‘Future Currents in the Management of IUU Fishing Disputes’, at ‘The Dynamics of Disputes over Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: Regime Convergence and Lex Ferenda’, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law and University of Geneva (Luxembourg)
Speaker, ‘Tracing the Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals’, 9th Annual ASIL Research Forum, American Society of International Law, Brooklyn Law School
2018 Debate participant, ‘Realpolitik in Rule-based Systems’, Graduate Institute, University of Geneva
Invited Speaker, ‘Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Arctic States’, 11th Annual Polar Law Symposium, Arctic University of Norway (Tromso)
2017 Discussant, ‘Multiplication of International Courts and Tribunals’, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
Guest Speaker, ‘The Settlement of Maritime Boundary Disputes in Southeast Asia: Lessons for Prospective Practice’, 8th Annual International Conference on Boundary Affairs, Faculty of Law Universitas Tanjungpura and Indonesia Center for International Law Studies (Pontianak)
Invited Speaker, ‘International Adjudication and the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundaries on the Continent: An Overview of International Legal Casework from Africa’, at ‘Africa Boundary Conference’, London Centre of International Law Practice
Speaker, ‘Before the Law: Assessing the Process and Impact of Judicial Screening Bodies’, ‘Unseen Actors in International Adjudication’, Leiden University/University of Oslo (The Hague)
Speaker, ‘The Case for U.S. Re-Entry into the ICJ Optional Clause System’, at ‘New Voices in International Law: Jurisdictional Issues’, Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (Washington)
Speaker, ‘The Management of Marine Biodiversity in the Gulf of Guinea: What Role for General Legal Principles?’, 9th Biennial Conference of the Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea, International Hydrographic Organization and International Association of Geodesy (Monaco)
Speaker, ‘The Roles of Investor-State Arbitration in the Integration of the UN Declaration’, at ‘10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Reviewing Progress and Challenges’, University of London School of Advanced Studies and University of Lapland (London)
Speaker, ‘Third Parties and Insular Features after the South China Sea Arbitration’, Biannual Asia-Pacific Research Forum, American Society of International Law, International Law Association, and National Chengchi University (Taipei)
Speaker, ‘Third-Party Intervention before the International Court of Justice’, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
2016 Discussant, ‘L’affaire Pérou/Chili’, University of Geneva Faculty of Law Dr. Brian McGarry 22.09.2019 CV (p. 8 of 9)
2016 (cont.) Discussant, ‘Rights and Duties of States in the Undelimited Maritime Area’, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London)
Moderator, ‘ITLOS at 20: Impacts of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’, London Centre of International Law Practice and Queen Mary University of London
Speaker, ‘Cost Efficiency in Inter-State Dispute Settlement’, at ‘Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States’, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Centre for Small States, and The Open University Law School (London)
Speaker, ‘Rethinking Compulsory Jurisdiction: The Case for U.S. Re-Entry into the ICJ Optional Clause System’, 6th Annual ASIL Research Forum, American Society of International Law and University of Washington (Seattle)
2015 Speaker, ‘Customary International Law in the Adjudication of Borders’, at ‘Making International Custom More Tangible’, University of Hull
Speaker, ‘The Urgenda Case in Context’, at ‘Governing Global Climate Change: Potential and Prospects of a Paris Accord’, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (Cambridge)
2014 Discussant, ‘The Organisation of Arbitral Hearings’, Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre and Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration
Moderator, ‘Seat of Arbitration and Lex Arbitri’, Permanent Court of Arbitration and Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (The Hague)
ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES & SCIENTIFIC PLATFORMS
2019 Co-organizer, ‘The Dynamics of Disputes over Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: Regime Convergence and Lex Ferenda’, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law and University of Geneva (Luxembourg)
2018 Co-developer, ISDS Reform Library [web database], Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, https://www.cids.ch/isds-reform-library
Co-organizer, ‘Enforcement of International Decisions and Awards: The New York Convention at 60 and Beyond’, University of Geneva Faculty of Law and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2017 Co-organizer, ‘Multiplication of International Courts and Tribunals’, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
2016 Co-organizer, ‘ITLOS at 20: Impacts of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’, London Centre of International Law Practice and Queen Mary University of London
2015 Co-organizer, ‘Governing Global Climate Change: Potential and Prospects of a Paris Accord’, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (Cambridge)
2014 Co-organizer, 'Seat of Arbitration and Lex Arbitri’, Permanent Court of Arbitration and Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (The Hague)
2009 Co-organizer, 14th Tulane Environmental Law and Policy Summit, Tulane University Law School (New Orleans)
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
2018-2019 Co-developer, Doctoral Research Seminar Series, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
2017-2018 Coach, Swiss national team, 59th Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court (Washington)
2015 Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration Skills Training Workshop (Brussels)
2011 Delegate and rapporteur, Moot Alumni Association, 54th Session of UN Commission on International Trade Law, Working Group II (New York)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Peer Reviewer Cambridge International Law Journal 6-present Journal of International Dispute Settlement 10-present Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies 7-present
Journal Editor Notes and Comments, Tulane Maritime Law Journal 32-33
Memberships African Society of International Law; American Society of International Law; European Society of International Law
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Grants - Offered Swiss National Science Foundation Early Postdoc.Mobility funding (66,000 CHF) - Offered U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program research funding (154,000 NOK) - Dean’s Scholar tuition award, Tulane University Law School
Writing awards - 1st place, 2009 American Bar Association Maritime Law Student Writing Competition - 2nd place, 2017/2018 Society of International Economic Law Essay Prize - Invited to submit Ph.D. thesis for Professor Walther Hug Prize 2019 - Shortlisted for Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security
Teaching awards - Offered fellowship from American Bar Association and UN Development Programme to serve as Visiting Lecturer at University of Makeni, Sierra Leone (declined for family reasons)
Moot court awards - 2nd place, 2011 Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot (assistant coach) - Quarterfinalist with honourable mentions, 2009 Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot