Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos
About
Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos is a general international lawyer and has published widely on international law, including on the settlement of international disputes, the UN Security Council, the law of treaties, the law of the sea, the law of immunity, and international investment law. Professor Tzanakopoulos advises states, international organizations, and private entities on matters of public international law. He has acted as counsel and has provided expert opinions in a number of cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, EU courts, the European Court of Human Rights, ad hoc and ICSID arbitral tribunals, and the High Court of England and Wales. Professor Tzanakopoulos has also provided training on international law to domestic judges, as well as to diplomats, military officers, and other government officials, including on behalf of the United Nations.
Expertise
- International law
- Law of war and armed conflict
- Law of state responsibility
- Law of international organisations
- Law of treaties
- Law of the sea
- International investment law
- International human rights law
Selected publications
- Humanitarian Intervention (with Vaughan Lowe)
- The Development of the Law of the Sea by the International Court of Justice (with Vaughan Lowe)
- Barcelona Traction at 40: The ICJ as an Agent of Legal Development
- Domestic Courts in International Law: The International Judicial Function of National Courts
- Resolving Disputes Over the South China Sea Under the Compulsory Dispute Settlement System of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- The Right to Be Free from Economic Coercion
- Sharing Responsibility for UN Targeted Sanctions
- Disobeying the Security Council (2011, 2013)
- National Treatment and MFN in the (Invisible) EU Model BIT (2014)
Media experience
Professor Tzanakopoulos has experience in working with radio, TV and print. He has appeared on the BBC World Service, CNN, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, China Central Television and other national and international broadcasters, and has provided commentary or quotes for news agencies such as Reuters and the Press Association.
Recent media work
- Interview with BBC Newshour on South Africa v Israel in the ICJ
- interview with Al Jazeera - Israeli Bill to Impose Death Penalty for Terrorists
- Interview with Al Jazeera on the Somalia-Kenya maritime boundary dispute before the International Court of Justice
- Kenya boycotts ICJ hearing on Somalia sea boundary row
- South China Sea Arbitration Is Actually Issue of Territorial Sovereignty
- Interview on Greek-Turkish maritime delimitation dispute (in Greek)
- Interview on the Prespa Agreement between Greece and North Macedonia (in Greek)
- Les limitations du système de règlement de l’ONU (in French)
Languages
English, French, German, Greek