The Centre for International Law and Globalisation (CILG) was established in 2022 and brings together researchers working in a broad range of fields of international and global law.
The core aims of the Centre are, first, to foster innovative research and policy engagement by experts in distinct substantive areas of international law. Secondly, recognising that contemporary global challenges are multi-dimensional, the Centre provides a space within which researchers can work collaboratively, cutting across distinct substantive areas, to explore law’s role and potential contribution in addressing contemporary international and global challenges through the identification and development of multi-disciplinary, integrative responses and approaches.
Members:
Emily Reid (Director)
Ali Sahin
Mabel Newton
Associate Members:
Please contact the Director, Professor Emily Reid if you would like any further information.
Research interests of Centre members include:
African Customary Law – Dina Lupin
Climate Change Law – Dina Lupin, Emily Reid
Conflict Law – Melinee Kazarian
Criminal Law (international and comparative) – Melinee Kazarian, Nina Jorgensen
Cultural Heritage Law – Michail Risvas
Deep seabed mining – Andrew Serdy
Dispute Settlement – Andrew Serdy, Stephanie Law
EU Law – Emily Reid, Stephanie Law
Global Health Law – Michael da Silva, Melinee Kazarian
Governance – Dina Lupin, Emily Reid, Stephanie Law
Human Rights (including Cultural, Health, Minority, Social, Business and Human Rights, Housing) Ainhoa Campas Velasco, S Chelvan, Dina Lupin, Emily Reid, Mabel Newton, Mark Jordan, Michael da Silva, Mohammed Sarkiz, Melinee Kazarian
International Economic Law (including trade, investment, regional and plurilateral trade agreements) Emily Reid, Michail Risvas, Tengjiao Xu
International and Global Environmental Law (including climate law) – Ali Sahin, Dina Lupin, Emily Reid, Werner Scholtz, Michail Risvas
International Fisheries Law- Andrew Serdy
Public International Law –Aminayanasam Tekena-Fubara, Nina Jorgensen, Michail Risvas,
International Law of the Sea – Ainhoa Campas Velasco, Andrew Serdy, Michail Risvas
International Maritime Law – Fatima Ozcan, Madison Stevens
International Refugee Law – Ainhoa Campas Velasco, S Chelvan
Maritime Boundary delimitation – Andrew Serdy
Maritime search and rescue of sea migrants – Ainhoa Campas Velasco
Migration Law – S Chelvan, Ali Sahin, Mabel Newton,
Political Economy- Stephanie Law
Post-conflict justice - Nina Jorgensen
Regulation and Decision-making – Emily Reid, Madison Stevens, Stephanie Law
Sustainable Development – Emily Reid, Werner Scholtz
World Trade Organization Law – Emily Reid, Michail Risvas
Please see each individual member’s staff profile for a list of their publications.
The Centre for International Law and Globalisation is delighted that Southampton Alumnus Dr S Chelvan has been appointed as a Visiting Adjunct Professor. Chelvan is a globally recognised legal expert on refugee and human rights claims based on sexual or gender identity and expression. He is instructed on cases in the UK up to and including the Supreme Court, and the Strasbourg Court, and is specifically renowned to adopt a symbiotic approach to spearhead strategic litigation, academic research, and policy development in refugee and migration law.
Chelvan holds a First in Politics and Law from the University of Southampton (1998), an LLM from Harvard Law School (2001, Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholar), and was awarded a PhD in Law from King’s College London (2019). Chelvan was called to the Bar by Inner Temple (1999, Major Scholar). Chelvan practices from 33 Bedford Row Chambers, London, where he is Head of Immigration and Public Law. In July 2022, Chelvan was awarded the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at Southampton's Outstanding Alumni Awards.