Mojtaba Kazazi
- Nationality
- Iran
- Year of election
- 2009
- Year of titular member
- 2013
- Commissions
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- Eighth Commission: Internet and the Infringement of Privacy : Issues of Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
- Eighteenth Commission: Equality of Parties before International Investment Tribunals
- Sixth Commission: Choice of Law in International Courts and Tribunals
- Eighteenth Commission: Climate Change Obligations and International Investment Law
- Special Commission: Methods of Work of the Institute of International Law
Function(s)
International Arbitrator
former Executive Head, United Nations Compensation Commission
Area(s) of Expertise
- International Law
- Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
- International Courts and Tribunals
- International Organizations
- International Environmental Law
Biography
Docteur en droit (Louvain); LLM ( University of Tehran)
Independent Arbitrator
Executive Head, United Nations Compensation Commission, Geneva (2007-2013)
Lecturer, The Hague Academy of International Law (Summer 2017)
(former) Senior Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
(former) Senior Visiting Fellow, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Executive Commissioner: Rana Plaza Claims Administration; and Tazreen Claims Administration; Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014-2016)
(former) Senior Legal Advisor, Iran-US Claims Tribunal, The Hague
(former) Judge, Judiciary, Tehran
Selected publications
Burden of Proof and Related Issues: A Study on Evidence Before International Tribunals (Kluwer 1996)
“Environmental Damage in the Practice of the United Nations Compensation Commission”, in: Environmental Damage in International and Comparative Law: Problems of Definition and Valuation, ed. M. Bowman and A. Boyle (OUP 2002)
“The UNCC Follow-Up Programme for Environmental Awards” in: Ndiaye and Wolfrum (eds.), Law of the Sea, Environmental Law and Settlement of Disputes — Liber Amicorum Judge Thomas A. Mensah (Martinus Nijhoff 2007)
“Commentary on the Hague Principles on Ethical Standards for Counsel Appearing before International Courts and Tribunals” in: 10 The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (2011)
“United Nations Compensation Commission and Liability for Use of Force” in: C. Marxsen and A. Peters (eds.) Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict: Impulses from the Max Planck Trialogues (Heidelberg Journal of International Law 3/2018)
