Geraldo Vidigal-Neto

Sidney Sussex College

Compliance Control Procedures in International Law: Forward-Looking Remedies and the Transformation of International Responsibility

My research explores the phenomenon of judicial and quasi-judicial compliance control procedures (CCPs) in international law. It takes its ideal-type from CCPs developed within multilateral environmental agreements, contrasting the forward-looking legal consequences of non-compliance with traditional international responsibility, designed primarily to provide reparation for harm. The dissertation reviews the areas of international law now subject to compulsory dispute settlement and in particular the remedies available to and used by international courts, tribunals andquasi-judicial organs in these fields. It examines the transformation of international adjudicators from neutral, responsibility-attributing umpires to agents of global governance concerned with substantive compliance.

Start Date: 2009/10.

End Date: 2012/06.

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate in Law, University of Cambridge (2009-2012)

• Evan-Lewis Thomas Studentship (Sidney Sussex College)
• Editor of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (2011-2012)

Master in International Law, Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)  (2007-2008)

• High Honours (Mention Bien)

Bachelor of Laws, University of São Paulo (2000-2005)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistance to Prof James Crawford - Updating and Revising Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law - Preparation for the 8th Edition (Feb/Oct 2011)

Freelance Researcher for RAND Europe - Compliance with and efficiency of the EU Regulation establishing the European Enforcement Order (May/Sep 2011)

Research Assistance to Dr Lorand Bartels - Supranational powers of international courts and tribunals in Africa and the Americas (Nov 2010/Feb 2011) | WTI Advisors, Geneva

Research Assistance to Dr Lorand Bartels - Systems of trade preferences applied by developed countries (Feb 2010) and outcome of WTO disputes  (Oct 2010)

Freelance Researcher for RAND Europe - Transposition of EU Directives and Framework Decisions on confiscation and recovery of assets (Jul/Sep 2010)

Freelance Researcher for RAND Europe - Trends in International Human Rights Law (Jun 2010)

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (May/June 2009) | Intern

Mission of Brazil to the WTO, Geneva (Jan/Mar 2009) | Trainee

Pinheiro Neto Advogados, São Paulo (2004-2007) | Associate Lawyer

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Oxbridge Programs (2010) | Teacher (International Law)

University of São Paulo (2005) | Teaching Assistant (Jurisprudence)

MEMBERSHIP

Bar of São Paulo (2006)

International Law Association - Young Lawyers Brazil (2007)

LANGUAGES

Portuguese, English, French, Spanish (Fluent); Italian (Read); German (Basic)

Public International Law; International & Regional Trade Law; Jurisprudence

Dr. Lorand Bartels