On the Threshold of a New Decade: Time to Rethink and Develop the Scope of the EAEU Court’s Jurisdiction
In November last year, Aleksei Petrenko, Senior Researcher on Public International Law at the ICLRC, took part in a conference in Minsk dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union and ensuring the uniform application of EAEU law.
We are pleased to announce that following this conference, a collection of materials was published, which includes Aleksei’s article: “On the Threshold of a New Decade: Time to Rethink and Develop the Scope of the EAEU Court’s Jurisdiction”.
It is available online (in Russian) on the EAEU Court’s website.
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Areas of professional expertise: Education In 2013, Aleksei graduated from the IKBFU (Kaliningrad). In 2015, he obtained an LL.M. degree with a specialization in international law from the University of Göttingen (Germany). He also completed an exchange semester at the University of Kiel (Germany). In 2024, the degree of Doctor of Law (Dr. jur.) was awarded following the defence of the dissertation at the University of Göttingen. The dissertation was written in the field of international law and concerned the right to regulate in investment and trade law. In 2016, Aleksei received the “International Law in the 21st Century” Award from the ICLRC. The previous year, the Society of International Economic Law highly commended his paper on WTO law in an essay competition on international economic law. Professional Experience From 2016 to 2017, Aleksei worked as a research assistant at the Institute of International and European Law at the University of Göttingen. Later, Aleksei joined the WTO Expertise Center in Moscow, where he handled inter-State trade disputes from 2017 to 2019. He was a member of the litigation team that achieved the first win in a WTO dispute initiated by Russia. Aleksei participated in over ten inter-State disputes, including panel and Appellate Body proceedings, representing complainants, respondents and third parties. He also took part in WTO committee meetings and conducted practical seminars on trade law for representatives of government agencies and large businesses. Aleksei has developed and taught law courses at three universities in both Russian and English. In 2022, he joined the School of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow), as an Associate Professor, where he teaches subjects related to public international law. In 2024, Aleksei coached the winning team in the moot court competition «Dispute Settlement in the Eurasian Economic Union.» He also received a certificate of appreciation from the School of International Law (HSE University). Before joining the ICLRC, Aleksei worked with the Center as an expert, and in 2020, he officially became part of the team, focusing on issues linked to public international law.
Author of the monograph: Petrenko, Aleksei. The Right to Regulate in International Economic Law: Towards a General Theory with Lessons from the GATS / A. Petrenko. - Göttingen : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2024. - 227 p.