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CV Gocha Lordkipanidze

EDUCATION

Fordham Law School, New York,
NY                                   
                                    
                      

S.J.D. Candidate (expected May 2014) and Doctoral Fellow (2011-present)

Dissertation: “Subsequent Conduct of International Organizations:
Theory and Practice”

 

Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
MA                                   
                                  
                      

LL.M. in International Legal Studies (May 2004)

 

Essex University, School of Law, Colchester, UK

LLM in International Human Rights (June 1995)

 

Sokhumi University, Sokhumi, Georgia

Law Degree, June 1991

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Ministry of Justice of Georgia     
                                    
                                    
                    2012 – until now

Deputy Minister

Directs international public law department, treaty review department,
representation in international courts, arbitration department

 

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, New
York, NY	2009-until now

Adjunct Professor

Taught the postgraduate course “Human Rights in Post-Communist
Eurasia” on legal developments, human rights, rule of law and
democracy in Eurasia; led workshops on Trafficking in Persons and
Violence in Georgia, Gender Mainstreaming and IDP’s Political
Participation in Peacebuilding and Governance in Georgia

 

Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY	2008-2010

Visiting Scholar

Conducted research into the law of international organizations and
institutions

 

Columbia Law School, New York, NY	2007-2008

Fulbright Scholar

Conducted research into deficient acts of international institutions in
international law

 

Government of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia	2005-2009

Foreign Affairs & International Law Adviser to Prime-Minister of Georgia

Advised the Prime-Minister of Georgia on international law, human rights
and foreign affairs

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia	2004-2005

Adviser, then Ambassador-at-Large 

Advised on international law and transitional justice issues; acted upon
special assignments involving conflict resolution and peace agreements
in the framework of the UN-led peace process in Abkhazia and OSCE driven
peace process in Tskhinvali region;

 

Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations, New York, NY
1999-2003

Senior Counsellor

Served as legal counsel on international treaty issues, international
organizations and human rights, administrative issues; represented
Georgia in the Third (human rights) and Sixth (legal) committees and
Preparatory Commission on establishment of the International Criminal
Court; participated in the multilateral negotiations on the
Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, the Convention on
the Rights of the People with Disabilities, International Convention
against Reproductive Cloning of Human Being, and the Statute of
International Criminal Court

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia	1991-1999

Chief, UN Division

Advised on law and policy in relations with the UN and UN agencies;
served as legal counsel in the matters related to international
organizations and human rights in the time of the conflicts; drafted and
reviewed agreements in the UN framework as well as proposed draft
legislation on its compliance with international standards; drafted
reports to the UN Human Rights treaty and non-treaty based mechanisms;
advised on legal and humanitarian policy of the conflicts resolution in
Georgia

 

ELECTED/APPOINTED INTERNATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS

Vice-Chairman of the 19th meeting of the States Parties to the
International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination, 2002

Vice-Chairman of the UN Special Committee on Charter, 2001

Vice-Chairman of the 19th meeting of the States Parties to the
International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, 1997

National expert, the UN Human Rights Cooperation Program with Georgia
(administered by Young Lawyers Association of Georgia)

 

LANGUAGES:  Proficient English and Russian, native Georgian

 

PUBLICATIONS

European Security Identity and the South Caucasus, Longo, Geistlinger,
Lordkipanidze, Nasibov,. Vienna 2007, Neuer Wissenschaft Verlag GmbH
2008

Segmentation and Integration in the Foreign Policy of Georgia in
Problems of Federalism, B. Coppieters, D. Darchiashvili and N. Akaba,
Vriije University, Brussels, 2000

1373(2001) Resolution, Human Rights Obligations of Georgia and
International Human Rights Law, editor Kote Korkelia/Tbilisi 2002;

Scope of Reservations’ Acceptance to Human Rights Treaties,
International law Journal of Tbilisi State University, 1998

Some Reflections on the Scope of the UN Security Council’s
Acquiescence, Journal of International Law, Young Lawyers Association
1998    

Some Reflections on the Issue of State Succession with respect to
Georgia, Journal of International Law, Tbilisi State University, 1998