Consultancy and Advisory work

 

Public international law is one of the fastest growing areas of practice of law worldwide; due in particular, to the increasing number of international tribunals and panels.  Moreover, the globalisation of legal services and diversification of practice is a growing feature in the practice of law at present.  More and more cases have international law components and settlements of disputes at the domestic level have increasingly transnational elements.  

I have experience advising States, Academic Institutions, Non-Governmental Organisations, Individuals, and Solicitors firms requiring specialised knowledge in areas of my expertise at international level (such as treaty negotiations, State responsibility, the laws of war, international human rights law, the law of treaties, international criminal law, foreign corrupt practices, as well as forum for international dispute settlement and legal strategy) and on international law aspects in domestic claims such as in the area of Extradition.  Recent Advisory work has included providing consultancy services to Leiden Law School (Leiden University), Stern Business School New York University, the Human Dignity Trust, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Janes Solicitors.

 

Past Advisory work includes:

 

Advising States

 

Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. Rome, Italy; Legal Adviser for the Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Comoros Islands (1998)  (International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law and Law of the Treaties)

 

 

Advising Non-Governmental Organisations and Academic Institutions

 

 

• Legal Opinion-   In the Matter of the International Legal Implications of the Honduran Constitutional Statute on Special Development Regions (“Regiones  Especiales de Desarrollo”)  jointly with Professor Guglielmo Verdirame, instructed by the Urbanisation Project Stern Business School, New York      University. (June, 2012)

 

• Prepared Expert Comments to the Final Report of the Independent Expert on the right to reparation for victims of gross violations of human rights and  humanitarian law, Mr. Cherif Bassiouni on behalf of the Redress Trust.(2000)

 

• Expert Reports for English domestic courts deciding asylum cases, on issues concerning Refugee/Asylum law for the Refugee Legal Centre and  Winstanley and Burgess Solicitors (1998)

 

• Legal Consultant before the United Nations, Committee Against Torture (Periodic Reports sessions), (1998) Geneva; work included preparation, submitting and lobbying an independent “Report on effective remedies for Torture before the Committee” on behalf of the Redress Trust, and attending  the meetings held by the Committee Against Torture with representatives of different State delegations.

 

• Assisted the Redress Trust on legal matters relating to the Pinochet case. The Redress Trust formed part of a Coalition of NGOs representing the

      interests of  victims of torture and disappearances. (1998)             

 

• Participated in the drafting of Gender Guidelines for the Determination of Asylum Claims in the UK (1998), Refugee Women Legal Group, UK

 

• Legal consultant on the Inter-American System of Human Rights and Reparation for victims of torture and their relatives, Redress Trust (1996-1997)