Niko Tatulashvili Aboviani Str. #4 Tbilisi, 0105, Georgia Mob: +995 595 04 04 90 E-mail: ntatulashvili@ombudsman.ge Education Curriculum Vitae 2012-2015 - University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom; School of Law, PhD candidate in Law; Thesis title: Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights in Europe Comparative Analysis of the CJEU and ECtHR Case Law. 2009-2011 - Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Faculty of Law, LLM in International Human Rights Law and International Labor Rights (in English); Final thesis: Implementation of the Core ILO Standards, the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining at the National Level Comparative Study of Poland and Georgia. 2008-2009 - Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; Legal Studies Department, LLM in Comparative Constitutional law (in English); Final thesis: Judicial Independence in Georgia and Germany Comparative Analysis of Constitutional Courts. 2007 - University of Bern, Switzerland; The Faculty of Law, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Constitutional Law (in English); Final thesis: Execution of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee Case of Georgia. 1998-2003 - Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia; Faculty of International Law and International Relations, specialization - International Law, qualification: Jurist (in Georgian); Final thesis: Humanitarian Intervention in International Law. Employment Academic positions September 2015 present International Black Sea University; Position: Lecturer; Module: Public International Law. Duties: teaching two groups of international students in English; marking papers and exams. October 2014 April 2014 University of Essex, Law Department; Position: Graduate Teaching
Assistant. Module: The European Union Law, LW 302. Duties: teaching six lectures and seminars per week and marking papers. October 2014 April 2015 University of Essex, Law Department; Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant. Module: Foundations of the Law of Obligations, LW 108. Duties: teaching 2 seminars per week and marking papers. Professional positions April 2015 present Public Defender s Office of Georgia; Position: Head of the International Relations and Communications Department; Duties: supervising/ensuring the relationships of the Public Defender with the international governmental organizations (UN, EU, CoE) and nongovernmental sector; supervising/ensuring the relationships of the Public Defender with media. July-August 2013 - University of Essex, Law Department; Position: project associate at Human Rights in Iran Unit; Duties: 1. Conducting research on labor rights issues in Iran. 2. Organizing workshops and seminars. May-September 2012 - Ministry of Justice of Georgia; Position: lawyer-interpreter at the Department of Legislative Herald; Duties: 1. Edit English translations of Georgian laws. December 2007-August 2008 - Ministry of Refugees and Accommodation of Georgia; Position: Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Refugees and Accommodation; Duties: 1. Supervise a group of 7 people working on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) issues; 2. Support the Deputy Minister in his work. July-October 2007 - Ministry of Justice of Georgia; Position: Chief Specialist in the III Division, Department of Civil Issues; Duties: 1. Supervise public notaries; 2. Assume the duties of the Head of the Department in her absence. February-July 2007 - Ministry of Justice of Georgia; position: Legal Advisor in the Notary department; Duties: 1. Supervise public notaries; 2. Assume the duties of the Head of the Department in her absence. August 2005-February 2007 - Ministry of Justice of Georgia; Position: Assistant to the First Deputy Minister of Justice; Duties: 1.Work on human rights issues; 2. Support the First Deputy Minister in his work. 2
Research Presentations 25-26 March, 2014 - Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) Europe Spring Conference: Active Academia: A Catalyst for Societal Change; Topic presented: Trade Union Rights in European Courts and in UK; Organized by Open Society Foundation at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK. 11 March, 2014 Seminar at School of Law, University of Essex, Colchester, UK; Topic presented: Freedom of Association as a Trade Union Right from International and European Perspective, organized by School of Law, University of Essex. 23 October, 2013 Seminar at New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania; Topic presented: Labor Rights in Europe, Accession of the EU to the ECHR, Organized by the New Europe College. 10-11 September, 2013 Human Rights Research Students Conference; Topic presented: Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights in Europe; Organized by Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London at Senate House, London, UK. 24-27 March 2013 Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) Europe Spring Conference; Topic presented: Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights in Europe, Comparative Analysis of the ECHR and ECJ Case Law; Organized by Open Society Foundation at Clare College, Cambridge University, UK. Research Fellowships October 2013 - July 2014 research fellow at the New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania; The Black Sea Link Program; Research Topic: Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights in Europe, Comparative Analysis of the ECJ and ECHR Case Law. Licenses/Certification 2004-2005 - Certificate in International Law, Georgian Young Lawyers Association. Tbilisi, Georgia. 2004 Certificate in German Language (Oberstufe 1) Goethe Institute; Tbilisi, Georgia. 2004 Certificate for Successfully Passing Bar Exam with Civil Law Specialization. 3
2004 Certificate for Successfully Passing Qualification Exam for the Employees of Prosecutors Office. 2001-2002 Certificate for active and contributive participation in the Model UN Sessions Cycle, organized by the United Nations Association of Georgia, United Nations Development Program; Tbilisi, Georgia. 2002 Certificate in German language, Institute of Language and Communication; Hannover, Germany. Publications Articles: Niko Tatulashvili, Labor Rights in the EU-Georgia Association Agreement in Human Rights Protection and Legal Reform in Georgia, Editor: Konstantin Korkelia, Tbilisi, 2014. Niko Tatulashvili, European Workers Rights, Black Sea Link Program Yearbook 2013-2014, Editor: Irina Vainovski-Mihai, ISSN: 1584-0298, New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania. Co-author: Elizabeth Harper, Catherine Bevilacqua, Niko Tatulashvili, Analysis of Labor Rights and Employment: Iran s International Human Rights Obligations, Legal Research Series, Human Rights in Iran Unit, University of Essex, June, 2014. Niko Tatulashvili, When Can European States Ban Secondary Strikes? Comments on the RMT Judgment, EU Law Analysis: Expert Insight into EU Law Developments; Blog editor: Steve Peers (EU Law Professor, University of Essex). Books: Niko Tatulashvili, Implementation of the Core ILO Standards at the National Level: Comparative Study of Poland and Georgia, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011. Niko Tatulashvili, Judicial Independence in Georgia and Germany, Comparative Analysis of Constitutional Courts, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010. Professional Affiliation 13.05.2015-Present Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; in recognition of 4
attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education. 2003-Present member of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association. Languages Georgian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Russian (fluent), German (poor). Grants and Scholarships 2014-2015 the Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP 2014-2015) grantee, PhD studies at the University of Essex, UK. 2013-2014 the Open Society Foundation Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP 2013-2014) grantee, PhD studies at the University of Essex, UK. 2012-2013 the Open Society Foundation Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP 2012-2013) grantee, PhD studies at the University of Essex, UK. 2012-2015 University of Essex Scholarship holder, PhD studies at the University of Essex. 2009-2011 - the Swedish Institute Scholarship holder, LLM in International Human Rights Law and International Labor Rights, Lund University, Sweden. 2008-2009 the Open Society Foundation Scholarship holder, LLM in Comparative Constitutional Law, Central European University, Hungary. Other Member of the PhD Editorial Team: The Human Writes Newsletter, Freedom from Discrimination Vol. 1 February 2013, University of Essex. Member of the PhD Editorial Team: The Human Writes Newsletter, The Right to a fair Trial and the Freedom from Arbitrary Detention Vol. I, February 2013, University of Essex. 2012-2014 PhD students representative at School of Law; University of Essex. 10-21 July, 2005 - Observer at the First Unified National Examinations in Georgia, nominated by the Georgian Young Lawyers Association. 5