Arbitration of Business and Human Rights Disputes - Tamar Meshel
Location:
Neil MacCormick room
Edinburgh Law School
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
Date/time
Mon 17 October 2022
14:00-15:30
The Global Justice Academy presents
Arbitration of Business and Human Rights Disputes
Dr. Tamar Meshel, University of Alberta
About the seminar
It will discuss the potential for arbitration to serve as an effective grievance mechanism and an access to remedy tool for individuals and communities whose human rights have been infringed by transnational business related activities.
About the speaker
Dr. Tamar Meshel is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in Edmonton, Canada. She holds academic degrees from the University of British Columbia (J.D.) and the University of Toronto (B.A. Hons, LL.M., and SJD). Tamar researches, teaches, and consults in the areas of domestic and international arbitration, international water law, and transboundary freshwater dispute resolution, and has authored more than 40 publications in these fields. Previously, she worked as an international dispute resolution lawyer in Vancouver, Canada, as Deputy Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration in Paris, France, and as legal advisor to the Jerusalem Arbitration Center in Israel and Palestine. She was also a Research Fellow with the Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law in Luxembourg, and a Scholar-in-Residence with WilmerHale’s International Arbitration Group in London.
This hybrid event is free and open to all. If attending online, please register.