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Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy

Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy

Interests

  • Public international law
  • International dispute settlement (inter-State, investment and commercial disputes)
  • Environmental law and policy (international, European and comparative perspectives)
  • International investment law
  • Climate, energy and natural resources law
  • Human rights law and policy

CV / Biography

Professor Jorge E. Viñuales holds the Harold Samuel Chair of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge and is the founding Director of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG). He is also a Research Professor of International Law at LUISS, Rome, the Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the UNECE/WHO-Europe Protocol on Water and Health, a Member of the Institut de Droit International, a member of the arbitrator panels of ICSID and of the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong international arbitration centres, and the former Director-General of the Latin-American Society of International Law.

Jorge has lectured widely around the world, including in Azerbaijan (Diplomatic Academy), Brazil (USP and PUC), Burundi (UNESCO Chair), China (PKU, Nanjing, Wuhan), France (College de France, EHESS, Pantheon-Assas, Sciences Po, Sorbonne), Georgia (Tbilisi), Greece (Thessaloniki), Italy (EUI, UC Milano, La Sapienza, Siena), Iran (TeIAS), Hungary (ELTE), Mexico (UAM), Norway (Oslo, ILPI), Rwanda (Kigali IAM), Spain (UAM, Rovira i Virgili), the UK (Edinburgh and Oxford), and the US (Harvard), and he regularly lectures in the UN Regional Courses (Addis Ababa, Montevideo, Santiago), the UN International Fellowship (The Hague), and the OAS courses (Rio de Janeiro).

He has published widely in his specialty areas, most recently his books The International Law of Energy (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Cassese's International Law (Oxford University Press, 2020, with P. Gaeta and S. Zappala), The UN Friendly Relations Declaration at 50: An Assessment of the Fundamental Principles of International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020, editor), ICSID Reports, vols. 18, 19 and 20 (co-ed with M. Waibel), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law (Oxford University Press, 2019, co-ed. with E. Lees), Experiments in International Adjudication: Historical Accounts (Cambridge University Press, 2019, co-ed. with I. de la Rasilla), The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2015), International Environmental Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015, second edition 2018, French edition 2015, Chinese edition 2021, with P.-M. Dupuy), The Foundations of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2014, co-edited with Z. Douglas and J. Pauwelyn), Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2012, reprint 2015), Environmental and Energy Law: International, European and Comparative Dimensions (Edward Elgar, 3 volumes, 2017, co-edited with E. Lees) and Diplomatic and Judicial Means of Dispute Settlement (Martinus Nijhoff, 2012, co-edited with L. Boisson de Chazournes and M. G. Kohen).

His ongoing work includes one book-length study on The Architecture of Environmental Law: A Comparative Analysis (on contract with Oxford University Press) and a monographic course on Aggravated State Responsibility for the Hague Academy of International Law as well as a series of interdisciplinary papers on complexity economics, integrated modelling and sustainability policy in co-authorship with colleagues from C-EENRG and elsewhere. The latter work has been published over time in journals such as Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Global Environmental Change, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy or Climate Policy.  

Jorge has wide experience as a practitioner, both in an advisory and a litigation context. He was associate, counsel, and of counsel with two major law firms specialised in international law for a decade. In addition to his work for the UNECE/WHO, he has served as arbitrator, counsel, co-counsel, expert and, earlier in his career, as secretary of arbitration tribunals in inter-State, investment and commercial disputes. He regularly advises governments, companies, international organisations or major NGOs on different matters of environmental law and policy, investment law, human rights, maritime delimitation and public international law at large.

A dual Swiss/Argentine national, Jorge was educated in France (Doctorat - Sciences Po, Paris), the United States (LL.M. - Harvard Law School), Switzerland (Licence and Diplôme d’études approfondies in international relations - HEI; liz jur – Universität Freiburg; Licence and Diplôme d’études approfondies in political science – Université de Genève), and Argentina (Abogado – UNICEN).

His native language is Spanish and he is fluent in English, French and Italian and has working knowledge of some other languages.

Publications

 

Books

The International Legal Order in the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Professor Marcelo G. Kohen (ed), 2023)

Co-editor(s):
L. Boisson de Chazournes, A. Clapham, M. Hébié
Publisher:
Published Nov 2023

The International Law of Energy , 2022)

ICSID Reports - vol. 20: Attribution of Conduct to the State (ed), 2022)

ICSID Reports, vol 19: The Meaning of Investment (ed), 2021)

Cassese's International Law (with P. Gaeta & S. Zappala), 2020) 3rd Edition

Co-Author/s:
P. Gaeta & S. Zappala
ISBN 13:
9780199231287
Published Sep 2020

The Friendly Relations Declaration at 50: An Assessment of the Fundamental Principles of International Law (ed), 2020)

ICSID Reports - Vol 18: Defence Arguments in Investment Arbitration (ed), 2020)

Experiments in International Adjudication: Historical Accounts (with I de la Rasilla) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2019)

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law (with E Lees) (eds) (Oxford University Press, 2019)

Co-Author/s:
E Lees
ISBN 13:
9780198790952
Published Mar 2019

The Organisation of the Anthropocene: In Our Hands? (Brill Research Perspectives, 2018)

Publisher:
ISBN 13:
978-90-04-38135-3
Published May 2018

International Environmental Law (with Pierre-Marie Dupuy) (Cambridge University Press, 2018) 2nd Edition

Environmental and Energy Law: International, European, and Comparative Dimensions (with E. Lees) (eds) (Edward Elgar, 2017)

Co-Author/s:
E. Lees
ISBN:
9781785366222
Published Oct 2017

A Human Rights Approach to Extraterritorial Environmental Protection? An Assessment (in The Frontiers of Human Rights, Oxford University Press [monographic course at the EUI Academy], 2016)

Introduction au droit international de l’environnement (with P.-M. Dupuy) (Bruxelles: Bruylant, 2015)

International Environmental Law (with P.-M. Dupuy) (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Co-Author/s:
P.-M. Dupuy
Published Aug 2015

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary (ed) (Oxford University Press, 2015)

ISBN 13:
9780199686773
Published Mar 2015

The Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing Theory into Practice (with Professor Joost Pauwelyn and Professor Zachary Douglas) (eds) (Oxford University Press, 2014)

Co-Author/s:
Professor Joost Pauwelyn and Professor Zachary Douglas
ISBN:
019968538X
ISBN 13:
978-0199685387
Published May 2014

Unité et diversité du droit international/Unity and Diversity of International Law (with D. Alland, V. Chetail, O. de Frouville) (eds) (Martinus Nijhoff, 2014)

Co-Author/s:
D. Alland, V. Chetail, O. de Frouville
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9789004262386
Published Mar 2014

Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection: Incentives and Safeguards (with Pierre-Marie Dupuy) (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Diplomatic and Judicial Means of Dispute Settlement (with M. G. Kohen and L. Boisson de Chazournes) (Martinus Nijhoff, 2012)

Co-Author/s:
M. G. Kohen and L. Boisson de Chazournes
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9789004209978
Published Mar 2012

El régimen jurídico internacional relativo al cambio climático: Perspectivas y prospectivas (Organisation of American States/Inter-American Juridical Committee, Universalism and Regionalism at the Beginning of the 21st Century, vol. XXXVI [monographic course], 2010)

Articles

"Comparing Environmental Law Systems" (2024) 73 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 247-258

Citation:
(2024) 73 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 247-258
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589323000453
Published: Jan 2024

"The Energy Transition at a Critical Juncture" (2023) 26 Journal of International Economic Law 627-648

Co-Author/s:
Oliver Hailes
Citation:
(2023) 26 Journal of International Economic Law 627-648
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgad045
Published: Dec 2023

"The Role of Advocates in the Conception of Advisory Opinion Requests" (2023) 117 American Journal of International Law Unbound 277

Co-Author/s:
M. Wewerinke-Singh, J. Aguon
Citation:
(2023) 117 American Journal of International Law Unbound 277
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2023.46
Published: Dec 2023

"Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies" (2022) 12 Nature Climate Change 532

Co-Author/s:
G. Semieniuk, B. Holden, J.-F. Mercure, P. Salas, H. Pollitt, K. Jobson, P. Vercoulen, U. Chewpreecha, N. R. Edwards
Citation:
(2022) 12 Nature Climate Change 532
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01356-y
Published: May 2022

"Reframing incentives for climate policy action" (2021) 6 Nature Energy 1133

Co-Author/s:
J.-F. Mercure, P. Salas, P. Vercoulen, G. Semieniuk, A. Lam, H. Pollitt, P. B. Holden, N. Vakilifard, U. Chewpreecha, N. R. Edwards
Citation:
(2021) 6 Nature Energy 1133
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00934-2
Published: Dec 2021

"Risk-opportunity analysis for transformative policy design and appraisal" Global Environmental Change 70 (2021) 102359

Co-Author/s:
J.-F. Mercure, S. Sharpe, M. Ives, M. Grubb, H. Pollitt, F. Knobloch, F. J. M. M. Nijsse
Citation:
Global Environmental Change 70 (2021) 102359
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102359
Published: Sep 2021

"A global pandemic treaty should aim for deep prevention" (2021) 397 The Lancet 1791

Co-Author/s:
G. Le Moli, G.-L. Burci, S. Moon
Citation:
(2021) 397 The Lancet 1791
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00948-X
Published: Apr 2021

"Le project de Pacte mondial de l’environnement de 2017" (2020) 44 Revue Juridique de l’Environnement 279-307.

Co-Author/s:
Y Aguila
Citation:
(2020) 44 Revue Juridique de l’Environnement 279-307.
Published: Apr 2020

"'Two layers of self-regulation' (2020) 11 Transnational Legal Theory 16"

"Today as Yesterday? Unilateral Coercive Measures and Human Dignity" (2019) 18 Chinese Journal of International Law 437

Co-Author/s:
G. Le Moli
Citation:
(2019) 18 Chinese Journal of International Law 437
DOI:
10.1093/chinesejil/jmz019
Published: Sep 2019

"A Global Pact for the Environment: Conceptual Foundations" (2019) 28/1 RECIEL 1

Co-Author/s:
Y. Aguila
Citation:
(2019) 28/1 RECIEL 1
DOI:
10.1111/reel.12277
Published: Feb 2019

"'The Protocol on Water and Health as a Strategy for Global Water Governance Integration'" (2019) 68 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 175-192

Citation:
(2019) 68 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 175-192
Published: Jan 2019

"'Too many butterflies? The micro-drivers of the international investment law system’" (2018) 9 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 628-653

Citation:
(2018) 9 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 628-653
Published: Sep 2018

"‘Macroeconomic impact of stranded fossil-fuel assets’" (2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 588

Co-Author/s:
JF Mercure et al
Citation:
(2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 588
Published: Jun 2018

"‘Climate-Carbon Cycle Uncertainties and the Paris Agreement’" (2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 609

Co-Author/s:
PB Holden et al
Citation:
(2018) 8 Nature Climate Change 609
Published: Jun 2018

"'Environmental impact assessment for climate change policy with the simulation-based integrated assessment model E3ME-FTT-GENIE1’ " (2018) 20 Energy Strategy Reviews 195

Co-Author/s:
JF Mercure et al
Citation:
(2018) 20 Energy Strategy Reviews 195
Published: Mar 2018

"'The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Less is More’ " (2017) 59 German Yearbook of International Law 11

Citation:
(2017) 59 German Yearbook of International Law 11
Published: Sep 2017

"'La Protección Ambiental en el Derecho Consuetudinario Internacional’ " (2017) 69/2 Revista Española de Derecho Internacional 71

Citation:
(2017) 69/2 Revista Española de Derecho Internacional 71
Published: Jun 2017

"'Investor diligence in investment arbitration: Sources and arguments’ " (2017) 32 ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal 346

Citation:
(2017) 32 ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal 346
Published: Apr 2017

"'Intellectual Property Rights as Protected Investments: How Open are the Gates?’ " (2016) 19 Journal of International Economic Law 91

Co-Author/s:
C. Correa
Citation:
(2016) 19 Journal of International Economic Law 91
Published: Oct 2016

"'Modelling complex systems of heterogeneous agents to better design sustainability transitions policy’" (2016) 37 Global Environmental Change 102

Co-Author/s:
JF Mercure et al
Citation:
(2016) 37 Global Environmental Change 102
Published: Jun 2016

"'Rétroactivité et non-rétroactivité en droit international: Essai de clarification conceptuelle a partir de l’expérience du Tribunal de Nuremberg’" (2013/2014) 59 Annuaire français de droit international 327

Co-Author/s:
V Pratt
Citation:
(2013/2014) 59 Annuaire français de droit international 327
Published: Mar 2016

"'Customary Law in Investment Regulation’ " (2014) 23 Italian Yearbook of International Law 23.

Citation:
(2014) 23 Italian Yearbook of International Law 23.
Published: Jul 2014

"'L’immunité d’exécution dans l’affaire de l’Ara Libertad devant le TIDM’ " (2013) 140 Journal du droit international (Clunet) 13-

Co-Author/s:
S. El-Sawah
Citation:
(2013) 140 Journal du droit international (Clunet) 13-
Published: Jun 2013

"'The Rise and Fall of Sustainable Development’ " (2013) 22 RECIEL 3.

Citation:
(2013) 22 RECIEL 3.
Published: Jun 2013

"'Cartographies imaginaires: Observations sur la portée juridique du concept de « régime spécial » en droit international’ " (2013) 140 Journal du droit international (Clunet) 405

Citation:
(2013) 140 Journal du droit international (Clunet) 405
Published: May 2013

"'La distribución del riesgo regulatorio ambiental en el derecho de las inversiones internacionales’" (2012) 12 Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional 169 (with F. Perez Aznar).

Co-Author/s:
F. Perez Aznar
Citation:
(2012) 12 Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional 169 (with F. Perez Aznar).
Published: Aug 2012

"'The Secret of Tomorrow: International Organisation through the Eyes of Michel Virally’" (2012) 23 European Journal of International Law 543

Citation:
(2012) 23 European Journal of International Law 543
Published: Jul 2012

"'The “Resource Curse” – A Legal Perspective’ " (2011) 17 Global Governance 197.

Citation:
(2011) 17 Global Governance 197.
Published: Aug 2011

"‘Balancing Effectiveness and Fairness in the Redesign of the Climate Change Regime’ " (2011) 24 Leiden Journal of International Law 223.

Citation:
(2011) 24 Leiden Journal of International Law 223.
Published: Jul 2011

"'Du bon usage du droit international: Les négociations climatiques en perspective’ " (2010) 56 Annuaire français de droit international 437.

Citation:
(2010) 56 Annuaire français de droit international 437.
Published: Sep 2010

"'Legal Techniques for Dealing with Scientific Uncertainty in Environmental Law’ " (2010) 43 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 437.

Citation:
(2010) 43 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 437.
Published: Aug 2010

"'Iced Freshwater Resources: A Legal Exploration’ " (2009) 20 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 188

Citation:
(2009) 20 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 188
Published: Nov 2009

"'Michel Virally ou penser le phénomène juridique’ " (2009) 55 Annuaire français de droit international 1.

Citation:
(2009) 55 Annuaire français de droit international 1.
Published: Sep 2009

"'Access to Water in Foreign Investment Disputes’ " (2009) 21 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 733.

Citation:
(2009) 21 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 733.
Published: Aug 2009

"'Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law: An Ambiguous Relationship’ " (2009) 80 British Yearbook of International Law 244.

Citation:
(2009) 80 British Yearbook of International Law 244.
Published: Jul 2009

"'The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Environmental Law’ " (2008) 32 Fordham International Law Journal 232.

Citation:
(2008) 32 Fordham International Law Journal 232.
Published: Aug 2008

"'L'amicus curiae dans l'arbitrage d'investissement’ " (2007) 22 ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal 380

Co-Author/s:
F Grisel
Citation:
(2007) 22 ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal 380
Published: Aug 2007

Book Chapters

"Corruption par les hauts représentants de l’État et immunité de juridiction pénale étrangère" in J. E. Viñuales, L. Boisson de Chazournes, A. Clapham, M. Hébié (ed(s)), The International Legal Order in the XXIst Century, 2023), pp. pp. 422-454

Publisher:
Pages:
pp. 422-454
Published Nov 2023

"Les sources du droit international sont-elles adaptées aux défis environnementaux ?" in C. Santulli, P. Martin-Bidou (ed(s)), Le droit international pour un monde nouveau , 2023), pp. 23-38

"Of fragments, concepts and missions: General principles of law in the work of the Institut de Droit International" in M. Kohen, I. van der Heijden (ed(s)), Sesquicentennial Book of the Institute of International Law 1873 – 2023 , 2023), pp. 395-410

Pages:
395-410
Published Aug 2023

"Attribution of Conduct to the State in Investment Arbitration" in J. Vinuales, M. Waibel, O. Hailes (ed(s)), ICSID Reports - vol 20: Attribution of Conduct to the State, 2022), pp. 16-95

"Sustainable Development" in L. Rajamani, J. Peel (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2021), pp. 285-301

"Customary International Law and the Environment" (with P.-M. Dupuy, G. Le Moli) in L. Rajamani, J. Peel (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2021), pp. 385-401

"'The Fundamental Principles of International Law - An Enduring Ideal?'" in J. E. Vinuales (ed(s)), The UN Friendly Relations Declaration at 50: An Assessment of the Fundamental Principles of International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 1-11

"Defence Arguments in Investment Arbitration" in J. E. Vinuales and M. Waibel (ed(s)), ICSID Reports - Vol 18: Defence Arguments in Investment Arbitration (Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 13-108

Pages:
13-108
Published Jan 2020

"'Experiments in International Adjudication: Past and Present'" in J. E. Vinuales and I. de la Rasilla (ed(s)), Experiments in International Adjudication: Historical Accounts (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 11-31

"'Comparative Environmental Law: Structuring a Field'" in E Lees and J E Vinuales (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Law (Oxford University Press, 2019), pp. 4-34

"‘La distribution de la charge de protéger l’environnement: Expressions juridiques de la solidarité’" in A. Supiot (ed(s)), Face à l’irresponsabilité: La dynamique de la solidarité (Conferences du College de France) (College de France, 2018), pp. 19-36

Publisher:
Pages:
19-36
Published Jun 2018

"‘Sources of International Investment Law: Conceptual Foundations of Unruly Practices’" in S. Besson and J. d'Aspremont (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of the Sources of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 1069-1094

"'The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. Preliminary Study-" in J. E. Vinuales (ed(s)), The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 1-64

"‘On Legal Inquiry’" in D. Alland, V. Chetail, O. de Frouville and J. E. Vinuales (ed(s)), Unity and Diversity of International Law. Essays in Honour of Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy (Martinus Nijhoff, 2014), pp. 45-75

Publisher:
Pages:
45-75
Published Jun 2014

"‘Recherches sur le fondement de la légitimité judiciaire’" in V. Chetail and P.-M. Dupuy (ed(s)), Les fondements du droit international. Mélanges en l’honneur du Prof. Peter Haggenmacher (Martinus Nijhoff, 2014), pp. 531-597

Publisher:
Pages:
531-597
Published Jun 2014

"‘Sovereignty in Foreign Investment Law’" in Z. Douglas, J. E. Vinuales and J. Pauwelyn (ed(s)), The Foundations of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2014), pp. 317-362

"'The Challenge of Proliferation: An Anatomy of the Debate’" (with P-M Dupuy) in C. Romano, K. Alter, Y. Shany (ed(s)), The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 135-157

Pages:
135-157
Published Dec 2013

"'The Environmental Regulation of Foreign Investment Schemes under International Law’" in P.-M. Dupuy and J. E. Vinuales (ed(s)), Harnessing Foreign Investment to Promote Environmental Protection: Incentives and Safeguards (Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 273-320

"‘Managing Abidance by Standards for the Protection of the Environment’" in A. Cassese (ed(s)), Realizing Utopia. The Future of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 326-339

Reports

The Nexus between Global Environmental Change and Human Security

Body / Institution:
UN Environment
Published: Jan 2020

A Global Pact for the Environment: Legal Foundations

Co-Author/s:
Yann Aguila
Reference Number:
Report 01-2019
Body / Institution:
C-EENRG Report
Published: Feb 2019

International Investment Agreements and Sustainable Development (Geneva: PAGE, 2018)

The Application of Environmental Law to Nuclear Weapons Production, Deployment and Use

Co-Author/s:
Ginevra Le Moli
Body / Institution:
Chatham House Briefing Paper
Published: Apr 2018

Green Industrial Policy and Trade (Geneva: PAGE)

Body / Institution:
PAGE (Partnership for Action on Green Economies)
Published: Nov 2017

Green Economy and Trade - Training Manual (Geneva: PAGE)

Body / Institution:
PAGE (Partnership for Action on Green Economies)
Published: Sep 2016