Chiara Giorgetti 2101 Huidekoper Pl. NW Washington DC 20007 - USA chiara.giorgetti1@gmail.com ACCADEMIC POSITIONS University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond Virginia Assistant Professor of Law (2012 - ) LLM Faculty Advisor (2014 -) Teaching upper level classes on international law, international arbitration, international criminal law and international courts and tribunals. Supervise independent research papers. Research interests include international law, international dispute resolution, international arbitration, postconflict situations and state failure, international transitional justice. Service: International Committee, LLM Committee, Foreign Students advisers Faculty Adviser International Law Society Visiting professor, Bocconi University School of Law (Fall 2013) Georgetown Law Centre, Washington, D.C. Adjunct Professor (2007 2012) Preparing and teaching classes to graduate and JD students on International Courts and Tribunals and (2010-11) on International Transitional Justice. Supervised independent research papers. CLERKSHIP International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands Law Clerk (2002 2003) Clerk to President Judge Shi, Judge Elaraby, Judge Al-Khasawneh, Judge Oda, and Judge ad hoc Franck. For each active case in docket: assisted in drafting judgments, opinions, declarations and notes; prepared legal research and background documents on both substantial and procedural matters; analyzed evidence submitted by the Parties, participated to oral hearings. Wrote and advised President on speeches to be delivered to diverse audiences. EDUCATION Yale Law School, New Haven, CT J.S.D. (doctorate in law) Degree June 2009 Doctoral dissertation: A Principled Approach to State Failure. Yale Law School, New Haven, CT LL.M. June 2002 Honours: Graduate Class Representative, Graduate Policy Committee member, Lillian Goldman Scholarship, Oscar Cox Scholarship, Yale tuition fellowship. Research assistant to Prof. Brilmayer on Eritrea/Ethiopia dispute. London School of Economics and Political Sciences (London, UK) Master of Sciences (MSc) in Development Studies (Law), October 1995 Honours: Fully funded by a Regional Labour Centre academic merit scholarship. University of Bologna, School of Law (Bologna, Italy) Laurea in Giurisprudenza (J.D. equivalent) Graduated top 3% of the class, October 1994 Honours: Bologna University Team Member for Réné Cassin Human Rights Moot Court Competition at ECHR. Université Paris X (Nanterre), School of Law (Paris, France) European Union Erasmus student, September 1991 June 1992 Honours: European Union Erasmus Academic Fellowship.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE White & Case, LLP, Washington D.C. Associate (2007 2012) Member of the International Arbitration Practice, co-counsel in international investment arbitration cases. Awarded White and Case pro bono award 2008 and 2009. Lalive, Attorneys-at-Law, Geneva, Switzerland Associate (2003 2005) Principle associate in charge of the management of two international arbitrations at UNCC worth several billion dollars. Pleaded in front of UNCC. Co-Counsel and assistant to President for ICSID cases. Editor: Journal du Droit International. Office of the Legal Adviser, Office of the President of Eritrea, Asmara, Eritrea Associate Legal Adviser (Sept. 2001) Assistant to counsel in all phases of an international litigation with the UN Boundary Commission for the border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia Continued activities and involvement while at Yale Law School pursuing LLM (Sept. 2001 - May 2002). United Nations Development Programme for Somalia, Nairobi, Kenya Programme Officer (1998 2000) Supervised and monitored the implementation of UNDP governance projects worth more than US$5 million to restructure the legal and judicial systems of Somalia. Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations, New York (1998) New York University School of Law, New York (1997 1998) Special Counsel - Expert in Italian and International Law Drafted parts of the memorial submitted by Eritrea to an international arbitration tribunal on a dispute with Yemen over sovereignty issues. Office of the Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, New York Legal Consultant (1998) Prepared initial dossier for an ICJ Advisory Opinion on a case on privileges and immunities of a Special Rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. New York University School of Law, New York Visiting Junior Fellow (1996 1997) Authored a substantial paper published in academic and professional journals on the relationship between environmental and business NGOs in the climate change negotiations (sponsored by Shell International). Global Business Environment, Shell International, London, England Research Assistant (1995 1996) Generated a study on economic and legal aspects of the Joint Implementation of the Climate Change Convention for the Group. Books PUBLICATIONS CHALLENGES AND RECUSAL OF ARBITRATORS AND JUDGES IN INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (C. Giorgetti ed.) (Brill Nijhoff Publisher, forthcoming 2015) LITIGATING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT DISPUTES - A Practitioner s Guide (C. Giorgetti ed.) (Brill Nijhoff Publisher, 2014) THE RULES, PRACTICE, AND JURISPRUDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (C. Giorgetti ed.), (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: 2012) (paper-back copy 2013).
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 106 TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: CONFRONTING COMPLEXITY (H. Cohen, C. Giorgetti and C. Payne eds.) (2013) A PRINCIPLED APPROACH TO STATE FAILURE, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: 2010) Articles and Chapters Using International Law In Somalia Post-Conflict Reconstruction, 53 COLUMBIA TRANSNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2015) The Arbitral Tribunal: Selection and Replacement of Arbitrators, in LITIGATING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT DISPUTES (C. Giorgetti ed.) (Nijhoff /Brill Publisher, forthcoming 2014) International Adjudicative Bodies, in OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, (COGAN, HURD, JOHNSTONE, EDS.) (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2014) Who Decides Who Decides In International Investment Arbitration?, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 431 (2014) 35 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Is The Truth In The Eyes Of The Beholder? The Perils And Benefits Of Empirical Research In International Investment Arbitration, 12 SANTA CLARA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (symposium piece) International Health Emergencies in Failed and Failing States, 44 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1347 (2013). Challenges of International Investment Arbitrators How it Works, and Does it Work?, WORLD ARBITRATION & MEDIATION Review (2013) (peer reviewed) Mass Tort Claims In International Investment Proceedings: What Are The Lessons From The Ecuador- Chevron Dispute? 34 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2013) (symposium piece) The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in THE RULES, PRACTICE, AND JURISPRUDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (C. Giorgetti ed.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2012 (with C. Lamm and M. Uran). International Norms and Standards Applicable to Situations of State Fragility and Failure, in International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance (D. Bradlow, H. Cisse and B. Kindsbury eds.), WORLD BANK LEGAL REVIEW, Vol. 3 (2011, peer reviewed). Should International Law Be Concerned About State Failure?, 16(2) ILSA J. INT'L & COMP. L. (2010). Has the Time Come For An ICSID Ethics Code For Counsel?, 2 VALE COL. CENTER Y.B. INT L INVEST. L. & POL Y 2010 (with Carolyn Lamm and Hansel Pham, peer reviewed). Enforcement of U.S./Canadian Judgments and Arbitral Award in China, American College of Trial Lawyers 2010 Annual Meeting CLE (with C.B. Lamm and J. Chen). Enforcement of U.S./Canadian Judgments and Arbitral Award in India, American College of Trial Lawyers 2010 Annual Meeting CLE (with C.B. Lamm and R. Bakalov). Enforcement of U.S./Canadian Judgments and Arbitral Award in Russia, American College of Trial Lawyers 2010 Annual Meeting CLE (with C.B. Lamm et al.).
Enforceability of U.S./Canadian Judgments and Awards in Singapore, American College of Trial Lawyers 2010 Annual Meeting CLE (with C.B. Lamm and Y. Ting). Interim Measures and Dismissal Under the 2006 ICSID Rules, in The Future of Investment Arbitration (R. P. Alford and C. A. Rogers, eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2009) (with C. B. Lamm and H. Pham). Costs and Their Apportionment in International Investment Arbitration, INT L DISP. QUARTERLY (Fall 2009). Security and Human Rights: Is a Compromise Necessary to Combat Terrorism?, in EUROPE CONFRONTS TERROR (K. Von Hippel ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. The Application of International Environmental Obligations in Italian Courts in INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN NATIONAL COURT (M. Andersen and P. Galizzi eds.), The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2002 (with P. Galizzi). From Rio to Kyoto: A Study of the Involvement of NGOs in the Negotiations on Climate Change, NYU ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL, Fall 1998. Environmental and Business NGOs in the Climate Change Negotiations, COLORADO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY, Winter 1998. Activities Implemented Jointly: Principles and Precedents in International law, in ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED JOINTLY: A SOURCEBOOK FOR NORTH AND SOUTH, (A. Hill ed. and co-author), 1997. Other Publications Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes: Standards and Outcomes, PROCEEDINGS OF THE108 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (forthcoming 2015) Syria and the Arab Spring, International Law Society Symposium, 1 UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 259 (2013). Why are there so few women arbitrators?, blog posting at IntLawGrrls, April 9, 2013 Introductory Note to International Court of Justice: Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Gui v. DRC) Compensation owed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Republic of Guinea, 51 ILM 737 (2012). Challenges of Arbitrators in International Disputes: Two Tribunals Reject the "Appearance of Bias" Standard, ASIL Insight, June 2012, Vol. 16, No. 20. Online at: http://www.asil.org/insights120606.cfm. The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in THE RULES, PRACTICE, AND JURISPRUDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS (C. Giorgetti ed.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2012 (with C. Lamm and M. Uran). Introduction, in The Rules, Practice, and Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals (C. Giorgetti ed.), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2012. The Yukos Interim Awards on Jurisdiction and Admissibility Confirms Provisional Application of Energy Charter Treaty, ASIL Insight, Aug. 2010, Vol. 14, No. 23. On line at: http://www.asil.org/insights100803.cfm Introductory Note to International Court of Justice: Request for Revision of the Avena Judgment, 48 ILM 199 (2009). Introductory Note to International Court of Justice: Interpretation of the Judgment in Avena, 47 ILM 723 (2008).
Editorial: IALR Special Issue on US Law, 1/2008 (with C. B. Lamm and E. R. Hellbeck). Introductory Note To Decision Of The Ad Hoc Committee On The Application For Annulment Of The Argentine Republic of September 25, 2007, 46 ILM 1132(2007). Listing and De-listing Terrorist Organizations: a comparative analysis of the legal regimes in the US and the UN, Consultancy Report Prepared For The Humanitarian Dialogue Center, April 2006. On line at: http://www.hdcentre.org/files/usandunfinal.pdf. Presentations and media (2009 present) Human Rights and International Investment Arbitration: Harmony or Tension? European Society of International Law Interest Group on Human Rights and Business, Vienna, September 2014 Horizontal and Vertical Relationships of International Courts and Tribunals, The International Law Association (ILA) British Branch Spring Conference: Foundations & Futures of International Law, London, May 2014 Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes: Standards and Outcomes, 108 th Conference of the American Society of International Law, Washington D.C., April 2014 Annual The Domestic and International Impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: An Assessment- Rwanda Week - Richmond University, March 2014. Nationality and International Law: Myths and Consequences, 17th Annual Meeting - Association for the Study of Law, Culture & the Humanities, University of Virginia School of Law, March 2014. Using International Law in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: the Example of Somalia, 9 th Annual International Law Colloquium, University of Georgia School of Law, January 2014. Challenges to Arbitrators in International Investment Arbitration How it Works and Does it Work?, Faculty Workshop, Bocconi University, October 2013. Anatomy of a Re-engagement: The New Somali government, the international community and international law, World Bank Brown Bag Series, September 2013. Between Flexibility and Stability: Ad Hoc Procedures and/or Judicial Institutions?, International Law Association Regional Conference, Athens, Greece, August 2013. Should We Change the Rules Relating to Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Arbitration? Research Forum of the European Society of International Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2013. Lessons Learnt from the Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Commission, ASIL International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group Panel, Washington DC, April 2013. Horizontal and Vertical Relations of International Courts and Tribunals, Brown Bag Lunch Series, ICSID Secretariat, World Bank, Washington DC, March 2013. The Law and Politics of Foreign Investment, 2013 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium, Santa Clara, Feb. 2013. Syria and the Arab Spring, International Law Society Symposium, Baltimore University School of Law, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2012
Mass claims in international investment proceedings, Mass Tort Litigation in a Shrinking World, University of Pennsylvania s Journal of International Law, Nov. 2012. Moderator and Convener, Discussion with Professor James Crawford, Conversations with Leading International Law Practitioners, ASIL International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group, Washington DC, Sept. 2012. Moderator and Convener, Discussion with Professor and Judge Thomas Buergenthal, Conversations with Leading International Law Practitioners, ASIL International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group, Washington DC, May 2012. Initiating Arbitration Proceedings, International Law Institute, Aug. 2011. An Introduction to the International Judicial System, ASIL CLE Institute: international criminal law and the international criminal court course series, May 2011. International Courts and Tribunals: an Introduction, ASIL Institute Webinar, May 2011. Book discussion: A Principled Approach to State Failure: international community actions in emergency situations, Co-sponsored by ASIL Interest Group on Rule of Law and the ABA section on international law, Sept. 2010. Blogger, A Principled Approach to State Failure: book discussion and online symposium, available online at: http://opiniojuris.org/2010/09/21/book-discussion-a-principled-approach-to-state-failure-by-chiara-giorgetti/, Sept. 2010. Presenter and moderator, Approaches to State Failure in International Law, International Law Weekend 2009, Oct. 2009. Consultancies and other reports International Norms And Standards Applicable To Situations Of State Fragility, report prepared for the World Bank Development Report (2010). Legal Liabilities And Risks Arising From Contacts With Members Of Armed And Terrorist Groups by Staff Members Of The Center For Humanitarian Dialogue, Consultancy Report Prepared For The Humanitarian Dialogue Center, May 2005. Legal Liabilities And Risks Arising From Contacts With Members Of Armed And Terrorist Groups by Staff Members Of The Centre For Humanitarian Dialogue, Case Study of National Legislation, Consultancy Report Prepared For The Humanitarian Dialogue Centre, Sept. 2005. Fulfilling International Obligations by International Organizations in the Absence of State Control, paper presented at the Conference of the European Society of International Law, Florence, May 2004, http://www.esil-sedi.org/english/pdf/giorgetti.pdf Review Of The Report Prepared By Committee Six Conflict Resolution And Reconciliation Of The Somalia National Reconciliation Conference, Consultancy Report requested by NOVIB Somalia, May 2003, www.somali-civilsociety.org. The UN Charter and the Prohibition of the Use of Force in International Relations, Paper prepared for internal use of the International Court of Justice, 2003. From Government to Governance: the Growing Impact of Non-State Actors on the International Legal System, Paper prepared for the President of the International Court of Justice, 2003.
Accountability For Human Rights Violations In Somalia, Consultancy Report written for to the United Nations Political Office for Somalia, July 2001. Travel Documents for Somali Citizens, Report prepared for UNDP Somalia for a Donors-UN Agencies meeting, Oct. 2000. The International Law of Internal Displaced People, Refugees Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, August 2000. Protection for Humanitarian workers in international and national criminal law, Internal report prepared for UNDP Somalia, May 2000. Analysis of the Legal Arguments, Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, Request for Advisory Opinion to the International Court of Justice by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Spring 1998. American Society of International Law PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Co-chair, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting (2012) Founder and Co-Chair, International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group (2010-2014) Member, Programme Committee, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting (2011) Member Executive Council - Southest Interest Group Member, Award Committee 2009. International Law Association American Branch Co-chair, Interest Group on International Disputes Involving a State (2013 ) Institute for Transnational Arbitration Others Co-Chair, ITA-ASIL Meeting April 2015 Elected Member, Academic Council Term member, Executive Committee of the Yale Law School Association (2010-2013) Member, Advisory Committee, Council on Foreign Relations, Report: Beyond The Hague: A Strategy for Support of Domestic Accountability (2010-11) Member, European Society of International Law QUALIFICATION Admitted to the New York Bar (2004) and to the D.C. Bar (2010). EDITORIAL BOARDS AND PEER REVIEW Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Legal Materials, since 2009 Peer review for ICSID Rev. Foreign Investment Law Journal, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, Routledge. LANGUAGES Fluent in English, French and Italian (mother-tongue).