The Chair of International Justice

The Chair of International Justice brings together representatives of the School of International Law who are actively involved in research, teaching and practical activities in the field of international dispute resolution. Members of the chair (the only such profile in the country) have real experience in resolving significant cases in international tribunals and the highest Russian and foreign national courts as judges, arbitrators, representatives of the parties, court’s secretariat and legal experts.

The chair focuses on the study of topical aspects of international dispute resolution at the intersection of law, politics and economics. The scope of study and teaching includes issues of interstate and investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration and transnational civil procedure, the activities of the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, other international tribunals, foreign courts.

The study of these and other issues that arise in the field of international justice and process requires a profound, fresh, free from ideological prejudice view, the use of an interdisciplinary approach, as well as the involvement of young talented lawyers and cooperation with leading foreign experts. It is these approaches that form the basis of the work of the chair.

The mission of the chair is to help students to become competitive world-class lawyers in the field of international dispute resolution, who are able to successfully realize themselves in the era of transformation of law and become part of the global professional community.

To implement this mission, the chair has developed a unique set of English-language courses that involve studying the entire range of procedural tools used by international tribunals and national courts, and allowing students to gain useful and relevant knowledge, significantly expand their professional horizons.

Members of the chair:

1.  Mikhail Galperin - Head of the Chair, Doctor of Science in Law, Master of Laws (University of London), Professor of the School of International Law, Arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights (2017- 2021);
2.  Dmitry Dedov - Doctor of Science in Law, Professor of the School of International Law, retired judge of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation, judge of the European Court of Human Rights (2013-2022);
3.  Maria Filatova - PhD in Law, Master of Laws (University of Strasbourg), Head of the Scientific and Educational Laboratory of International Justice, Associate Professor of the School of International Law;
4. Polina Lomakina - PhD in Law, Associate Professor of the School of International Law;
5.  Vladimir Kostsov - Lecturer of the School of International Law, LLM (Harvard University).