I’m thrilled to announce that I am joining Ghent University’s Law Faculty and the Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute (GRILI) to replace my brilliant colleague Tom Ruys during his service at NATO HQ.
I am in charge of the courses of public international law and peaceful settlement of international disputes and join the GRILI’s research activities on a part-time basis.
I had the privilege to appear on behalf of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the advisory proceedings on climate change and the oceans, brought before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS).
The Tribunal is requested to provide much-needed guidance on the obligations of State Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with respect to greenhouse gas emissions causing ocean warming, sea level rise, and ocean acidification.
I presented the DRC’s oral submissions alongside my colleagues Ivon Mingashang, Jean Paul Segihobe and Sylvain Lumu MBAYA, Ph.D, with the invaluable support of Ézéchiel Amani Cirimwami, PhD, François Habiyaremye Muhashy, and Marta Duch G
Is international law fair? I am very honoured to see my entry on ‘Fair and Equitable Treatment’ selected as part of a collection of entries to represent the fabulous MPEPIL at the 2023 ESIL annual conference in Aix-en-Provence (September 2023).
Find the articles here.
Many thanks to the MPEPIL editors and very best wishes to Sandrine Maljean-Dubois who organises this great conference.
