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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
    Discussion group summaries >>

Experience

2005-Present Associate Fellow, International Law, Chatham House
2003-Present Visiting Professor, University College, London University
1999-Apr 2003 Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1994-1999 Legal Counsellor at United Kingdom Mission 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)