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Alina is a founding partner of FAR Avocats. She is a full professor of international law at the University of Angers (France), where she teaches international and European law.
Alina has an outstanding experience as counsel and advocate representing numerous States before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and arbitral tribunals.
She holds a PhD in international law from the Université Paris Nanterre and is author of a number of textbooks and articles concerning the entire spectrum of international law. In particular, she is co-authoring with Professor Alain Pellet and Professor Mathias Forteau the major French-language textbook on International Law. Alina is regularly invited by the United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to give lectures on international litigation, law of the sea, diplomatic and consular law, and international responsibility.
Experience
Examples of Alina’s work in inter-State disputes before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and arbitral tribunals include:
Assisting a State in the advisoriy proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
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Representing a State in Equatorial Africa in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning titles relating to territorial and maritime delimitation and sovereignty over islands
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Representing a Central American State in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning territorial, insular and maritime claims
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Advising an Asian State in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965
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Advising a Sout American State in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the validity of an arbitral award determining boundaries
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Representing a Central European State in infringement proceedings under Article 259 TFEU before the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning violations of several obligation under European Union law
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Representing an Eastern African State in proceedings concerning the delimitation of its maritime boundary before the International Court of Justice
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Representing an African State before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in a dispute concerning the delimitation of its maritime boundary
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Representing an Asian State in proceedings concerning a request for interpretation of a previous judgment concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear rendered by the International Court of Justice
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Assisting and representing an Asian State in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning whaling in the Antarctic
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Representing a Central American State in provisional measures proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning activities carried out in the border area
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Representing a Central American State in proceedings concerning the intervention of third States in a territorial and maritime delimitation dispute before the International Court of Justice
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Representing a Southern European State in a dispute before the International Court of Justice concerning the application of a agreement concerning the official designation of a State and its admission to an international organization
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Assisting and representing an Central European State in arbitration proceedings concerning the delimitation of its land and maritime boundary conducted before an ad hoc Arbitral Tribunal
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Representing an Eastern European State in proceedings concerning the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination before the International Court of Justice
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Alina represents States and investors in investment arbitration disputes and proceedings. Examples include:
Representing a South-Eastern European State in an investment dispute before an arbitral tribunal (UNCITRAL) concerning nationalisations
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Representing investors in the fishing industry in arbitral proceedings before ICSID against a Northern European State
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Apart from contentious proceedings, Alina has an important track record in advising States and private actors on issues of international law. This includes:
Pro bono consultations and advice on international and European law issues and in respect of social dialogue negotiations for a union representing men at sea
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Pro bono consultations and legal advice for a NGO
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Consultations and advice on law of the sea issues and border disputes for several European and Asian States
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Advising a private individual in preliminary ruling proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union in respect of the implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions
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Publications
Droit international public (Nguyen Quoc Dinh) (with A. Pellet and M. Forteau). 9th edn. Paris, LGDJ, 2021, 2048 p.
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Les grandes décisions de la jurisprudence française de droit international public. edited with A. Pellet. Paris: Dalloz, 2015. 783 p.
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Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It's easy on the eyes and a great go to font for titles, paragraphs & more.
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Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It's easy on the eyes and a great go to font for titles, paragraphs & more.
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Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It's easy on the eyes and a great go to font for titles, paragraphs & more.
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