Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) E-mail(s) Patricia Cassar Torregiani patricia.cassar-torregiani@um.edu.mt Work experience Occupation or position held Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Education and training Page 1 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of Dates 2009 - Full-time Lecturer in the Department of Public International Law MSD 2080 Msida (Malta) Education Dates 2008 - Head Department of International Law MSD 2080 Msida (Malta) Education Dates 2000 2008 Full-time Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Public International Law MSD 2080 Msida (Malta) Education Dates 2003 2008 (Graduation May 2009) Doctor of Philosophy Thesis researched under the tutelage of Professor Vaughan Lowe (Chichele Professor of International Law at the University of Oxford) entitled, Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework. International Maritime Law Institute Msida (Malta) Ph.D. Dates 1999 2000 Bachelor of Civil Law Conflict of Laws (Mr A. Briggs; Prof. F.M.B. Reynolds; Mr E.W. Peel) International Dispute Settlement (Prof. A.V. Lowe) European Employment Law (Prof. M.R. Freedland; Prof. S. Fredman; Ms S. Ball) University of Oxford Oxford (United Kingdom) Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.)
Competences Dates 1997-1999 Doctor of Laws Msida (Malta) Doctor of Laws Dates 1996-1997 Diploma of Notary Public Grade obtained: A Dates 1993-1996 B.A. in Legal and Humanistic Studies (Category obtained: I) B.A. Dates 1991-1993 Sixth Form. St. Aloysius Birkirkara (Malta) A levels Dates 1987-1991 Secondary school St. Joseph School Sliema (Malta) O levels Dates 1980-1987 Primary school Tabuk International Community School/ North Campus School/ Continental School (Primary school) Tabuk/Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) Primary school Organisational skills and competences ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION/ UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS: Extra-Curricular Committee, Quality Assurance Committee (2004-2005), Professional Development and Post-Graduate SubCommittee, MEDAC Board, Administrator (2008 - ) University Library Committee (2010 - ) Membership of Faculty of Law Committees: Faculty Board member (entered as an observer in 2000, later as International Law department representative and as from 2008, as head of department), Strategic Plan Committee, Dissertations Committee, Library Committee, LLB and LLD Board of Studies; Sub-Committee on Development of MA Human Rights; Sub-Committee on Elective Study Units. Page 2 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of
Additional information ARTICLING: Ganado and Sammut Advocates, Archbishop Street, Valletta. SCHOLARSHIPS: 1996 Colombos Scholarship (Awarded by the for having placed first in Public International Law to further studies in International Law) 1999 British Chevening Scholarship 2003-2008 Scholarship for PhD research on a part-time basis from the (Human Resources Committee) (2003-2008). GUEST LECTURSHIP: Introduction to International Law (module of 10 lectures) M.A. in Human Rights and Democratisation. The Malta Arbitration Act course organised by the Malta Arbitration Centre in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (UK). Introduction to Arbitration MITC Commonwealth Training Course. IMO, International Maritime Law Institute, Lectures delivered on various international law topics: o International Dispute Settlement o International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea o The International Centre on the Settlement of Investment Disputes o Maritime Security o Maritime Migrant Smuggling o Piracy Oration, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, E.E. Mitropolous (Honoris Causa Conferment Ceremony, May 2009) Other Academic activities: National CARE (Citizens Consular Assistance Regulation in Europe) Country Correspondent for Malta. (Project website: http://www.careproject.eu/). Preparation of a national report for Malta and the compilation of relevant legal documentation. Involvement in Malta European Studies Association (MESA) Project on Irregular Migration, under the leadership of Professor Peter Xuereb. The project will culminate in a Conference (2010) and publication of proceedings (2011). Involvement in the ELENA Network (European Legal Network on Asylum, under the auspices of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles). Page 3 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of
On-going efforts to introduce Law at Intermediate and A level (MATSEC) and tie-in text book (See Current Publication Projects) Drafted Report on Amendments to the Education Act together with Professor Charles Farrugia, then Pro-Rector,. Judge and/or Student Mentor of the preliminary and final rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (on a yearly basis). Organisation of talk by then President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mr Luzius Wildhaber (Aula Magna, January 2003) PUBLICATIONS: A. Local publications and Newspaper articles: The Siamese Twins Case: Some Legal Considerations Sunday Times of Malta (15th October 2000) Corporate Social Responsibility Sunday Times of Malta (November 2002) The Impact of the Lugano Convention on the discretion of the Maltese court to stay proceedings under section 742(2) of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure. Law and Practice (December 2003) The Renvoi Debate, Id-Dritt Law Journal, Volume XIX (2006). Irregular Migration and the case for Cooperation, Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta Encounter (October 2009). Proceedings to be published 2010. Irregular Maritime Migration in Context, Id-Dritt Law Journal, Volume XXI (publication date: March 2011) Piracy: An Overview and Current International Regulation (Information document submitted on the request of Asst Director, Defence Matters, Office of the Prime Minister, Malta, April 2010) The Exercise of Jurisdiction over Vessels on the High Seas (Report submitted on the request of the Armed Forces of Malta, December 2010) B. Foreign / Peer-Reviewed Publications: (a) Articles in Foreign Journals: Page 4 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of Staying Litigation for Arbitration: One Angle of the interface between the Courts and Arbitration. 68 Arbitration 4, 389-396 (November 2002) Addressing Security Threats on the High Seas: What of Flag State Exclusivity? Benedict's Maritime Bulletin Volume 8, No. 4, 251-261 (February 2011) Introductory Note on MSS v Belgium and Greece, International Legal Materials (In publication: ILM) Case of M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece: A Catalyst in the Re-thinking of the Dublin II Regulation (In
publication: Refugee Survey Quarterly) (b) Entries in Books published by foreign publishing houses: The Fight against Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships off the Coast of Somalia: International Cooperation Illustrated in NA Martinus Gutierrez (ed) Serving he Rules of International Maritime Law: Eassays in Honour of Professor David Joseph Attard (Routledge, London, 2009), 216 When Rights and Duties Collide: the Challenge facing Malta in the Fight against Irregular Maritime Migration in I Ureta and D Lutterbeck (eds) Migration, Development and Diplomacy: Perspectives from the Southern Mediterranean (RSP, Eritrea, 2010), 147 (c) Textbooks published by foreign publishing houses: Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework. (Martinus Nijhoff, The Netherlands, 2010) C. Current Publication projects: The Maltese Legal System (a multi-volume set), co-authored with Professor David Attard and Professor Kevin Aquilina. The Disembarkation of Migrants Rescued at Sea: Where is the Solidarity? (In publication in conjunction with the MESA project, mentioned above) D. Editorship Maltese Corresponding Editor of International Legal Materials (a publication of the American Society of International Law, Washington DC, USA) Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights Special Edition Proceedings of November 2002 Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (Guest Editor) Vol 7 No 1 (2003) Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights Special Edition Selection of Dissertation Abstracts presented in the 2001/2002 M.A. in Human Rights and Democratisation Course. Member of Board of Editors of the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights CONFERENCES Contributions and Organisation: Academic co-ordinator of international conference on Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility held in Malta 13-14 November, 2002. The Individual and the International Legal Regime, Law in Search of Justice, Congresso Internazionale per Giovani Giuristi, Castel Gandolfo, 27-28 February/1 March 2009. Page 5 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of
Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta Encounter, contribution entitled: Irregular Migration and the case for Cooperation, (October 2009). [Proceedings to be published.] Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta Encounter, Chair of Migration Workshop (October 2009). The Mediterranean Sea between Territoriality and Cooperation, 18-20 February 2009, organized by the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, Carthage University. [Conference Proceedings in publication]. European Patrol Network Regional Meeting 4-6 July 2011, Maritime Migrant Smuggling: A Facet of Organized Crime (July 2011, Riga, Latvia) MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Society of International Law British Institute of International and Comparative Law Chartered Institute of Arbitration International Law Association Oxford University Society AMSDE (Assoccjazzjoni Maltija ghall-istudju tad-dritt Ewropew) Founding Member MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL INTEREST GROUPS: ASIL International Refugee Law ASIL Law of the Sea ASIL Teaching International Law Other Activities: Domestic Arbitration: assisted the Malta Arbitration Centre in various projects (1999-2001). Member of the Strategic Educational Pathways Scholarships (STEPS) Committee (2009 ). Page 6 / 6 - Curriculum vitae of