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Professor of International Law

MBE BA(Hons) LLB PhD; Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, Australia

CV / Biography

Prof Lorand Bartels MBE is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law and a fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, where he teaches international law, WTO law and EU law. He holds degrees in English literature and law from the University of New South Wales (1996) and a PhD in law from the European University Institute (2002). He was appointed MBE in the 2022 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to UK trade policy.

Prof Bartels is a general editor of the Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law Series (CUP), and an editorial board member of several journals, including the Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of World Trade and Legal Issues of Economic Integration. He also helped to establish the Society of International Economic Law.

Prof Bartels practises international and trade law as counsel at Freshfields, and has advised on WTO and FTA law, as well on general international law and EU law, for a number of countries, NGOs, international organizations, and the private sector.

Prof Bartels has been appointed to several public bodies. He is the Chair of the UK's Trade and Agricultural Commission advising the Government and Parliament on the impact of new FTAs on the maintenance of UK animal and plant health, environmental and animal welfare standards, which has since advised on the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand FTAs. He is also a member of the Steering Board of the UK's National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which is concerned with business and human rights. He also serves on the roster of arbitrators for disputes under the 2020 UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Publications

 

Books

Exceptions in International Law (ed) (Oxford University Press, 2020)

Co-editor(s):
Federica Paddeu
ISBN 13:
9780198789321
Published Jun 2020

Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements (ed) (CUP, 2015) 2nd Edition

Co-editor(s):
Simon Lester & Bryan Mercurio
ISBN 13:
9781107501461
Published Dec 2015

The Regulation of Goods, Library of Essays on International Trade Law and Policy (Vol 2) (2013) (with Federico Ortino) (eds) (Ashgate, 2013)

Co-editor(s):
Federico Ortino
Co-Author/s:
Federico Ortino
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781409442325
Published Oct 2013

Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System (with Federico Ortino) (eds) (OUP, 2006)

Co-editor(s):
Ortino
Co-Author/s:
Federico Ortino
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-920699-5
Published Dec 2006

Bartels, Human Rights Conditionality in the EU's International Agreements (2005) (OUP, 2005)

ISBN 13:
978-0-19-927719-3
Published Oct 2005

Articles

"Exiting the Energy Charter Treaty under the Law of Treaties" (2023) 34 Kings Law Journal

Co-Author/s:
Tibisay Morgandi
Citation:
(2023) 34 Kings Law Journal
Published: Forthcoming

"International Economic Law and Human Rights: Friends, Enemies or Frenemies?" (2016) 7 European Yearbook of European Law 485-492

Citation:
(2016) 7 European Yearbook of European Law 485-492
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-29215-1_19
Published: Aug 2016

"The Relationship between the WTO Agriculture Agreement and the SCM Agreement" (2016) 50 Journal of World Trade 7-20

Citation:
(2016) 50 Journal of World Trade 7-20
Published: Jan 2016

"The Chapeau of the General Exceptions in the WTO GATT and GATS Agreements" (2015) 109 American Journal of International Law 95-125

Citation:
(2015) 109 American Journal of International Law 95-125
Published: Apr 2015

"The EU’s Human Rights Obligations in Relation to Policies with Extraterritorial Effects" (2014) 25 European Journal of International Law 1071-91

Citation:
(2014) 25 European Journal of International Law 1071-91
Published: Dec 2014

"Making WTO Dispute Settlement Work for African Countries: An Evaluation of Current Proposals for Reforming the DSU" (2013) 6 Law and Development Review 547-66

Citation:
(2013) 6 Law and Development Review 547-66
Published: Dec 2013

"Human Rights and Sustainable Development Obligations in EU Free Trade Agreements" (2013) 40 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 297-314

Citation:
(2013) 40 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 297-314
Published: Nov 2013

"Procedural Aspects of Shared Responsibility in the WTO Dispute Settlement System" (2013) 4 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 343-359

Citation:
(2013) 4 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 343-359
Published: Apr 2013

"The WTO Legality of the Application of the EU’s Emission Trading System to Aviation (also published in Lim and Mercurio, below)" (2012) 23 European Journal of International Law 429-67 (also published in Lim and Mercurio (eds), below)

Citation:
(2012) 23 European Journal of International Law 429-67 (also published in Lim and Mercurio (eds), below)
Published: Jul 2012

"Withdrawing Provisional Application of Treaties: Has the EU Made a Mistake?" (2012) 1 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 112-18

Citation:
(2012) 1 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 112-18
Published: Apr 2012

"Binding Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries under Article II GATT" (2010) 13 Journal of International Economic Law 969-995 (co-authored with Christian Häberli)

Co-Author/s:
Christian Häberli
Citation:
(2010) 13 Journal of International Economic Law 969-995 (co-authored with Christian Häberli)
Published: Dec 2010

"Interim Agreements under Article XXIV GATT" (2009) 8 World Trade Review 339-350

Citation:
(2009) 8 World Trade Review 339-350
Published: Apr 2009

"The WTO Legality of the EU's GSP+ Arrangement" (2007) 10 Journal of International Economic Law 869-886

Citation:
(2007) 10 Journal of International Economic Law 869-886
Published: Dec 2007

"The Trade and Development Policy of the European Union" (2007) 18 European Journal of International Law 715-56 (also published in Cremona (ed), below)

Citation:
(2007) 18 European Journal of International Law 715-56 (also published in Cremona (ed), below)
Published: Dec 2007

"The Legality of the EC's Mutual Recognition Clause under WTO Law" (2005) 8 Journal of International Economic Law 691-720 (also published in Nic Shuibhne (ed), below)

Citation:
(2005) 8 Journal of International Economic Law 691-720 (also published in Nic Shuibhne (ed), below)
Published: Jun 2005

"The Separation of Powers in the WTO: How to Avoid Judicial Activism" (2004) 53 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 861-895

Citation:
(2004) 53 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 861-895
Published: Dec 2004

"A Legal Analysis of Human Rights Clauses in the EU's Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements" (2004) 9 Mediterranean Politics 368-395

Citation:
(2004) 9 Mediterranean Politics 368-395
Published: Sep 2004

"The Appellate Body's GSP Decision: Internet Roundtable (with S Charnovitz, R Howse, J Bradley, J Pauwelyn and D Regan)" (2004) 3 World Trade Review 239-266

Co-Author/s:
S Charnovitz et al
Citation:
(2004) 3 World Trade Review 239-266
Published: Jul 2004

"The WTO Enabling Clause and Positive Conditionality in the European Community's GSP Program" (2003) 6 Journal of International Economic Law 507-532

Citation:
(2003) 6 Journal of International Economic Law 507-532
Published: Jun 2003

"Article XX of GATT and the Problem of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: The Case of Trade Measures for the Protection of Human Rights" (2002) 36 Journal of World Trade 353-403

"Applicable Law in WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings" (2001) 35 Journal of World Trade 499-519

Citation:
(2001) 35 Journal of World Trade 499-519
Published: Mar 2001

Book Chapters

"Commentary on Article 13 TBT" in Markus Wagner (ed(s)), Commentaries on World Trade Law, WTO Technical Barriers and SPS Measures, Vol 4 (Brill, 2022), pp. 249-60

Publisher:
Pages:
249-60
ISBN 13:
978-90-04-43690-9
Co-Author/s:
R Wolfrum, P-T Stoll and A Seibert-Fohr
Published Oct 2022

"Commentary on Article 15 TBT" in Markus Wagner (ed(s)), Commentaries on World Trade Law, WTO Technical Barriers and SPS Measures, Vol 4 (Brill, 2022), pp. 274-81

Publisher:
Pages:
274-81
ISBN 13:
978-90-04-43690-9
Published Oct 2022

"Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in the WTO and Free Trade Agreements" in Daniel Bethlehem, Donald McRae, Rodney Neufeld, and Isabelle Van Damme (ed(s)), Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law (OUP), pp. 945-966, forthcoming

"The UK’s Legal Position in the WTO After Brexit" (with -) in Stephen Tierney (ed(s)), The United Kingdom and the Federal Idea (Hart, 2018), pp. 227-249

Publisher:
Pages:
227-249
Co-Author/s:
Robert Schütze
Published May 2018

"Emerging Trade Issues for Small Developing Countries: Scrutinising the Horizon", The World Trade Organization Post Nairobi: New Approaches and Architectures (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2017)

ISBN 13:
9781848599642
Published Sep 2017

"Human Rights, Labour Standards and Environmental Standards in CETA" in Erich Vranes, Andreas Orator and Daniela Führer (ed(s)), Mega-Regional Agreements: TTIP, CETA, TiSA: New Orientations for EU External Economic Relations (OUP, 2017)

"Social Issues: Labour, Environment and Human Rights" (with S Lester, B Mercurio and L Bartels), Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary, Analysis and Case Studies, 2nd edition (2015) (CUP, 2015)

Co-Author/s:
S Lester, B Mercurio and L Bartels
Published Jun 2015

"The WTO legality of the application of the EU's emission trading system to aviation" (with C L Lim and Bryan Mercurio), International Economic Law After the Crisis: A Tale of Fragmented Disciplines (CUP, 2015), pp. 429-481

Pages:
429-481
ISBN 13:
9781107075696
Co-Author/s:
C L Lim and Bryan Mercurio
Published Apr 2015

"Regional Trade Agreements" (with R Wolfrum et al), Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law (OUP, 2012), pp. 853-63

Pages:
853-63
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-929168-7
Co-Author/s:
R Wolfrum et al
Published Feb 2012

"Trade and Human Rights" (with R Wolfrum et al), Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law (Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 979-87

Pages:
979-87
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-929168-7
Co-Author/s:
R Wolfrum et al
Published Feb 2012

"Applicable Law and Jurisdiction Clauses: Where Does a Tribunal Find the Principal Norms Applicable to the Case Before It?" (with Tomer Broude and Yuval Shany), Multisourced Equivalent Norms in International Law (Hart Publishing, 2011), pp. 115-141

"The WTO Enabling Clause" (with B Remiche and H Ruiz-Fabri), Le commerce international entre bi et multilatéralisme (Larcier, 2010), pp. 249-260

Publisher:
Pages:
249-260
ISBN 13:
9782804438319
Co-Author/s:
B Remiche and H Ruiz-Fabri
Published Apr 2010

"Social Issues: Labour, Environment and Human Rights", S Lester and B Mercurio (eds), Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary, Analysis and Case Studies (Cambridge, 2008) (CUP, 2009), pp. 342-366

Pages:
342-366
ISBN 13:
978-0521878272
Published Sep 2009

"Trade and Human Rights" (with D Bethlehem et al), The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law (Oxford, 2009) (OUP, 2009), pp. 571-596

Pages:
571-596
ISBN 13:
978-0199231928
Co-Author/s:
D Bethlehem et al
Published Jan 2009

"The Trade and Development Policy of the European Union", M Cremona (ed), New Developments in the EU's External Relations Law, Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law (Oxford, 2008) (OUP, 2008), pp. 128-171 (also published in EJIL)

Pages:
128-171 (also published in EJIL)
ISBN 13:
978-0199552894
Published Apr 2008

"Treaty Conflicts in WTO Law", S Griller (ed), At the Crossroads: The World Trading System and the Doha Round (Vienna, 2007) (Springer, 2007), pp. 130-145

Publisher:
Pages:
130-145
ISBN 13:
978-3211224038
Published Dec 2007

"The Appellate Body Ruling on EC - Tariff Preferences to Developing Countries and its Implications for Conditionality in GSP Programmes" (with T Cottier, J Pauwelyn and E Bürgi), Human Rights and International Trade (Oxford, 2005) (OUP, 2005), pp. 463-87

Pages:
463-87
ISBN 13:
9780199285839
Co-Author/s:
T Cottier, J Pauwelyn and E Bürgi
Published Nov 2005

"The Legality of the EC's Mutual Recognition Clause under WTO Law", N Nic Shuibhne (ed), Regulation of the Internal Market (Cheltenham, 2005) (Edward Elgar, 2005), pp. 322-54 (also published in JIEL)

Pages:
322-54 (also published in JIEL)
ISBN 13:
9781845420338
Published Apr 2005

"Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to Article XXIV of the GATT", F Ortino and E-U Petersmann (eds), The WTO Dispute Settlement System 1995-2003 (The Hague, 2003) (Kluwer, 2003), pp. 263-73

Reports

Advice to the Secretary of State for International Trade on the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

Co-Author/s:
Gracia Marín Durán, Catherine McBride, Jim Moseley, Cedric Porter, Meurig Raymond, Kate Rowell, Shanker Singham, Sir Lockwood Smith, Andrew Swift, Nick von Westenholz
Body / Institution:
UK Trade and Agriculture Commission
Published: Jun 2022

Advice to the Secretary of State for International Trade on the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Co-Author/s:
Gracia Marín Durán, Catherine McBride, Jim Moseley, Cedric Porter, Meurig Raymond, Kate Rowell, Shanker Singham, Sir Lockwood Smith, Andrew Swift, Nick von Westenholz
Body / Institution:
UK Trade and Agriculture Commission
Published: Mar 2022

Human Rights Provisions in Economic Partnership Agreements in Light of the Expiry of the Cotonou Agreement in 2020

Reference Number:
978-92-846-0798-3
Body / Institution:
European Parliament
Published: Sep 2017

Sequencing the Implementation of Obligations in WTO Negotiations

Reference Number:
Trade Hot Topics No 115
Body / Institution:
Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: Dec 2014

A Model Human Rights Clause for the EU’s International Trade Agreements

Body / Institution:
German Institute for Human Rights and Misereor
Published: Feb 2014

Human Rights Clauses in Trade and Investment Agreements after the Lisbon Treaty: Implication for the European Parliament

Reference Number:
EXPO/B/DROI/2012/09
Body / Institution:
Subcommittee on Human Rights, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Published: Jan 2014

The Role of Civil Society in Monitoring Free Trade Agreements

Reference Number:
EESC/COMM/16/2012
Body / Institution:
EU European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Published: Dec 2012

European Union: Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru

Co-Author/s:
S Woolcock (project leader), L Bartels, J Kean and C Stevens
Reference Number:
EXPO/B/INTA/FWC/2009-01/Lot 7/20-21 (S Woolcock (project leader), L Bartels, J Kean and C Stevens)
Body / Institution:
Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Published: Mar 2012

The Trade Chapter of the European Union Association Agreement with Central America

Co-Author/s:
S Woolcock (project leader), L Bartels, J Kean and C Stevens
Reference Number:
EXPO/B/INTA/FWC/2009-01/Lot 7/18-19 (S Woolcock (project leader), L Bartels, J Kean and C Stevens)
Body / Institution:
Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Published: Mar 2012

Review of the Role, Responsibilities and Terms of Reference of the SADC Tribunal

Body / Institution:
Committee of Ministers of Justice/Attorneys-General, Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Published: Mar 2011

Application of Human Rights Conditionality in the EU's Bilateral Trade Agreements and Other Trade Agreements with Third Countries

Reference Number:
EXPO/B/INTA/2008/57
Body / Institution:
Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Published: Nov 2008

Policy Coherence for Development and the Effects of EU Fisheries Policies on Development in Western Africa

Co-Author/s:
L de la Fayette, L Campling, H Davies
Reference Number:
EXPO/B/DEVE/2007/01 (L Bartels (project leader), L de la Fayette, L Campling and H Davies)
Body / Institution:
Committee on International Development, European Parliament
Published: Aug 2007

The Competences of the Proposed Fundamental Rights Agency with Respect to Human Rights Violations Outside of EU Territory

Reference Number:
DGExPo/B/PolDep/STUDY/2005_ 21
Body / Institution:
Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Published: Jan 2006

Human Rights and Democracy Clauses in the EU's International Agreements

Reference Number:
EP/ExPol/B/2005/06
Body / Institution:
Subcommittee on Human Rights, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Published: Sep 2005