Counsel Assisting States before International Courts and Tribunals: Role and Duties. Courses of the Summer School on Public International Law
This volume contains the text of lectures delivered by Mr Paolo Palchetti, Professor of Public International Law at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, during the Summer School on Public International Law in 2025. The lectures focus on the role and duties of agents and counsel representing states before the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. They examine the conditions for appointment, the interests that agents and counsel are expected to represent, and the legal effects of their statements, and explore the relationship between counsel and the court, including the possible need for professional codes of conduct and ethical standards.
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Paolo Palchetti (PhD, University of Milan) is professor of International Law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, where he is the director of the Master on International Law and International Organizations. He was previously professor of international law at the University of Macerata (Italy). He is the author of books and articles on various topics of international law, especially in the fields of the law of international organizations, the external relations of the European Union, international responsibility, international dispute settlement. Paolo Palchetti has held visiting positions at several universities. He is one of the managing editors of QIL-Questions of international law, member of the board of directors of the Rivista di diritto internazionale and of Diritti Umani e Diritto Internazionale, and member of the editorial committee of International Organizations Law Review and of OXIO-Oxford International Organizations Database. He advises States on interstate disputes and acted as advocate and counsel in several cases before the International Court of Justice, including Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany), Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela), Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. India) (Marshall Islands v. Pakistan) (Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom), Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy).