Professor Chiara Giorgetti teaches and writes in the areas of public international law, international arbitration, international courts ad tribunals. She has authored over a dozen publications on these topics, including several authored and edited books. She has written in the Colombia Journal of Transnational Law, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, the Georgetown Journal of International Law and in the American Journal of International Law. Professor Giorgetti served as a member of the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the American Society of International Law and co-chaired the ASIL Annual Meeting. She is Vice-President of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Chair of the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and a member of the Academic Forum on ISDS. Prior to joining the Richmond Law faculty in 2012, Professor Giorgetti practiced international arbitration in Washington, D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland, and worked extensively with the United Nations in New York and Somalia. She also served as counsel in several inter-states disputes. Professor Giorgetti clerked at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Independence and Impartiality in Investment Dispute Settlement: Assessing Challenges and Reform Options, Journal of World Investment and Trade (with Steven Ratner et al.) (2020).
Reforming International Investment Arbitration - An Introduction, 19 Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 300 (with Laura Létourneau-Tremblay et al.) (2020).
Independence and Impartiality of Adjudicators in Investment Dispute Settlement: Assessing Challenges and Reform Options, The Journal of World Investment & Trade (Brill) (2020) (with Steven Ratner et al.).
The Diversity Deficit in International Investment Arbitration, The Journal of World Investment & Trade (Brill) (2020) (with Andrea K. Bjorklund et al.).
Model Green Investment Treaty: International Investment and Climate Change, 36 Journal of International Arbitration 95 (with Daniel Magraw et al.) (2019).
Rethinking the Individual in International Law, 22 Lewis & Clark Law Review 1085 (2019).
Ex Pluribus Unum? On The Form and Shape of a Common Code of Ethics in International Litigation, 113 American Journal of International Law Unbound 312 (Cambridge University Press) (with Jeffrey Dunoff) (2019).
Introduction to the Symposium: A Focus on Ethics in International Courts and Tribunals, 113 American Journal of International Law Unbound 279 (Cambridge University Press) (with Jeffrey Dunoff) (2019).
Better Late than Never: Third State Responsibility in the Implementation of the 2003 Ethiopian/Eritrea Boundary Decision, Ethiopian Journal of International Law (2018).
Between Legitimacy and Control: Challenges and Recusals of Arbitrators and Judges in International Courts and Tribunals, 49 The George Washington International Law Review 101 (2016).
Developing International Law at the Bar - Growing Competition among International Courts and Tribunals, 15 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 177 (2016).
Horizontal and Vertical Relationships of International Courts and Tribunals - How Do We Address Their Competing Jurisdiction? , 30 ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal 98 (2015).
International Decisions: The Yukos Arbitrations (Hulley Enterprises Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation, Yukos Universal Limited (Isle of Man) v. The Russian Federation, Veteran Petroleum Limited (Cyprus) v. The Russian Federation), 109 American Journal of International Law 387 (2015).
Is the Truth in the Eyes of the Beholder? The Perils and Benefits of Empirical Research in International Investment, 12 Santa Clara Journal of International Law 263 (2014).
Using International Law in Somalia's Post-Conflict Reconstruction, 53 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 48 (2014).
Challenges of International Investment Arbitrators – How it Works, and Does it Work?, 7 World Arbitration & Mediation Review 303 (2013).
International Health Emergencies in Failed and Failing States, 44 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1347 (2013).
Mass Tort Claims In International Investment Proceedings: What Are The Lessons From The Ecuador-Chevron Dispute?, 35 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 787 (2013).
Syria and the Arab Spring, International Law Society Symposium, 1 University of Baltimore Journal of International Law 259 (2013).
Who Decides Who Decides In International Investment Arbitration?, 35 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 431 (2013).
Introductory Note to the International Court of Justice: Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic Of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of The Congo) Compensation Owed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Republic of Guinea, 51 International Legal Materials 737 (2012).
Why Should International Law Be Concerned About State Failure?, 16 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 469 (2010).
Introductory Note to International Court of Justice: Decision on the Request for Interpretation of the Avena Judgment, 48 International Legal Materials 199 (2009).
Introductory Note to International Court of Justice: Request For Interpretation of the Judgment in the Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, 47 International Legal Materials 723 (2008).
Introductory Note To Decision Of The Ad Hoc Committee On The Application For Annulment Of The Argentine Republic of September 25, 2007, 46 International Legal Materials 1132 (2007).
From Rio to Kyoto: A Study of the Involvement of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Negotiations on Climate Change, 7 New York University Environmental Law Journal 201 (1998).
The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Climate Change Negotiations, 9 Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 115 (1998).
Beyond Fragmentation: Cross-fertilization, Cooperation and Competition Among International Courts and Tribunals (Cambridge University Press) (with Mark Pollack) (2021).
Whither The West? Debates on Concepts of International Law in Europe and The United States (with Guglielmo Verdirame) (2021).
Resolving Conflicts in the Law - Essays in Honor of Lea Brilmayer (Brill Nijhoff) (Natalie Klein) (2019).
Whither The West? Debates on Concepts of International Law in Europe and The United States (Cambridge University Press) (with G. Verdirame) (2019).
International Claims Commissions: Righting Wrongs After Conflict (Edward Elgar Publishing) (with Lea Brilmayer et al.) (2017).
Challenges and Recusals of Judges and Arbitrators in International Courts and Tribunals (ed.) (Brill | Nijhoff) (2015).
Litigating International Investment Disputes (ed.) (Brill Nijhoff) (2014).
The Rules, Practice and Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals (ed.) (Martinus Nijhoff) (2012).
A Principled Approach to State Failure, International Community Actions in Emergency Situations: (Brill Nijhoff) (2010).
Beyond Fragmentation: Cross-Fertilization, Cooperation And Competition Among International Courts And Tribunals , in Beyond Fragmentation: Cross-Fertilization, Cooperation And Competition Among International Courts And Tribunals (Cambridge University Press) (with Mark Pollack) (2021).
International Courts and Tribunals in the USA and in Europe – The Increasingly Divided West, in Whither The West? Debates on Concepts of International Law in Europe and The United States (2021).
Of Gardeners and Bees: Theorizing the Actors of Cross-Fertilization, in Beyond Fragmentation: Cross-fertilization, Cooperation and Competition Among International Courts and Tribunals (with Mark Pollack) (2021).
"This is your wake-up call": Lea Brilmayer's Influence as a Scholar and Teacher, in Resolving Conflicts in the Law - Essays in Honor of Lea Brilmayer (Brill - Nijhoff) (Natalie Klein, ed.) (2019).
Are International Mass Claims the Right Mechanism to Provide Redress to Individuals Injured Under International Law?, in Resolving Conflicts in the Law - Essays in Honor of Lea Brilmayer (Brill - Nijhoff) (Natalie Klein, ed.) (2019).
Jurisprudential Space Junk: Treaties and New Technology, in Resolving Conflicts in the Law: Essays in Honour of Lea Brilmayer (Brill Nijhoff) (Natlie Klein) (with Rebecca Crootof) (2019).
The Selection and Removal of Arbitrators in Investor-State Dispute Settlement, in Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration Vo. 2 (Brill) (September 2019).
Challenges as a Control Mechanism in International Arbitration, in Empirical Perspectives on the Legitimacy of International Investment Tribunals (Cambridge University Press) (2018).
Health and International Investment Law, in Research Handbook on Global Health Law (Edward Elgar) (Gian Burci et al., eds.) (2018).
What Happens After a Judgment is Given? Judgment Compliance and the Effectiveness of International Courts & Tribunals, in The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals (Cambridge University Press) (Theresa Squatrito et al., eds.) (2018).
International Adjudicative Bodies, in The Oxford Handbook on International Organizations (Oxford University Press) (2017).
Between Flexibility and Stability: Ad Hoc Procedures and/or Judicial Institutions?, in Reconceptualising the Rule of Law in Global Governance (Bloomsbury) (Photini Pazartzis et al., eds.) (2016).
Cross-Fertilisation of Procedural Law Among International Courts and Tribunals: Methods and Meanings, in Procedural Fairness in International Courts and Tribunals (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) (Arman Sarvarian et al., eds.) (2015).
The Challenge and Recusal of Judges of the International Court of Justice, in Challenges and Recusals of Judges and Arbitrators in International Courts and Tribunals (2015).
The Arbitral Tribunal: Selection and Replacement of Arbitrators, in Litigating International Investment Disputes: A Practitioner's Guide (Brill Nijhoff) (2014).
Introduction, in The Rules, Practice and Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals (Martinus Nijhoff ) (2012).
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in The Rules, Practice and Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals (Martinus Nijhoff ) (with C. Lamm et al.) (2012).
International Norms and Standards Applicable to Situations of State Fragility and Failure, in International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance, World Bank Legal Review Vo. 2 (D. Bradlow et al., eds.) (2011).
Has the Time Come For An ICSID Ethics Code For Counsel?, in The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy (Oxford University Press) (with C. B. Lamm et al.) (2010).
Interim Measures and Dismissal Under the 2006 ICSID Rules, in The Future of Investment Arbitration (Oxford University Press) (C. B. Lamm et al., eds.) (with H. Pham) (2009).
Balancing Security and Human Rights: Post 9/11 Reactions in the United States and Europe, in Europe Confronts Terror (Palgrave Macmillan) (K. Von Hippel, ed.) (2005).
Review: Kolb's The International Court of Justice, 109 American Journal of International Law 246 (2015).
Review: Bjorklund and Reinisch's International Investment Law and Soft Law, Global Arbitration Review (2012).
Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law: Confronting Complexity, 106 The American Society of International Law Proceedings 1 (with Harlan Cohen et al.) (2013).
Latest Chairman Designations to the ICSID Panels Substantially Increase Diversity, Klewer Arbitration Blog (November 2017).
Caratube v. Kazakhstan: For the First Time Two ICSID Arbitrators Uphold Disqualification of Third Arbitrator, Vol. 18 ASIL Insight (September 2014).
Challenges of Arbitrators in International Disputes: Two Tribunals Reject the "Appearance of Bias" Standard, 16 ASIL Insights (June 2012).
The Yukos Interim Awards on Jurisdiction and Admissibility Confirms Provisional Application of Energy Charter Treaty, 14 ASIL Insights (August 2010).
Costs and Their Apportionment in International Investment Arbitration, International Disputes Quarterly (Fall 2009).
International Claims Commissions: Salient Procedural Issues, Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (Oxford University Press) (2021).
Listing and De-listing Terrorist Organizations: a comparative analysis of the legal regimes in the US and the UN, Consultancy Report Prepared for the Humanitarian Dialogue Center (April 2006).
