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Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock: Weak Economy is Iran's Achilles' HeelBreaking the Nuclear Deadlock: Weak Economy is Iran's Achilles' Heel
Wednesday 17 December 2008
'…..we have not exhausted our non-military options in confronting this threat; in many ways, we have yet to try...

Elections in Ghana: Tensions BuildElections in Ghana: Tensions Build
Tuesday 2 December 2008
President Kufuor has successfully promoted Ghana as a haven of political and economic stability but, as he comes to...

Yemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional StabilityYemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional Stability
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Yemen presents a 'perfect storm' of problems for Western governments confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically...

Iran: Breaking the Nuclear Deadlock
December, 2008
The report considers the ways in which the West can most effectively engage with Iran. It both analyses the...

Prospects for Georgian Civil Society
November, 2008
This is a summary of a meeting held at Chatham House on 10 November 2008.

Business and Human Rights: Closing the Gaps
November, 2008
This is a summary of the International Law Discussion Group meeting held on 6 November 2008 at Chatham House.

Reflections on Russia and the West
November, 2008
Those concerned with policy-making towards Russia must determine how best to listen to the country's changing conversation with itself,...

 

 

Elizabeth Wilmshurst, CMG

 Elizabeth Wilmshurst, CMG

Associate Fellow, International Law

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Expertise

International Law:

  • The use of force
  • International criminal law including the international criminal court
  • The law of the United Nations and its organs
  • Consular and diplomatic law
  • State and sovereign immunity
  • International humanitarian law

Projects

  • Enforcement of international standards on companies by civil litigation
  • Monthly international law discussion group

Experience

2003-Date Visiting Professor, University College, London University
1999-Apr 2003 Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1994-1999 Legal Counsellor at United Kingdom Misson to the United Nations, New York, then in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1990-1994 Legal Counsellor, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1986-1990 Assistant Legal Adviser, then Legal Counsellor, Attorney General's Office
1974-1986 Assistant Legal Adviser, then Legal Counsellor at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1972 Lecturer, Bristol University

Broadcast Experience

Some

Languages

French, German (not for broadcast)