Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

Biography and publications

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Biography

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is a professor of international law and the law of international organisations at the University of Geneva, where she heads the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS). She is also Director of the Platform for International Freshwater Law at the Geneva Water Hub and was a member of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace (2015–2017). In 2008, she was awarded the Elisabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law. She is a member of the Institute of International Law (IDI) and served on the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council between 2011 and 2017. She also acts as an expert for international organisations (including the UN, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO)). In the field of dispute resolution, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes is an arbitrator (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)), and acts as counsel and lawyer before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). She has acted as counsel in negotiations concerning the management of international watercourses ( inter alia, the Senegal and Nile rivers).

Selected bibliography

  • Fresh Water in International Law

    Boisson de Chazournes L., Fresh Water in International Law, Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2021, 368 p.

  • The UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: A Commentary

    Boisson de Chazournes L., Mbengue M., Tignino M. et Sangbana K. (dir.), The UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2018, 544 p.

  • Edward Elgar Research Collection on International Water Law

    Boisson de Chazournes L. et Tignino M., Edward Elgar Research Collection on International Water Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2 volumes, 623 p. and 685 p.

  • International Law and Freshwater: the Multiple Challenges

    Boisson de Chazournes L., Leb C. et Tignino M. (dir.), International Law and Freshwater: the Multiple Challenges, New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013, 512 p.

  • Water Resources and International Law

    Boisson de Chazournes L. et Salman M.A. (dir.), Water Resources and International Law, Leiden/Boston, Hague Academy of International Law, Nijhoff, 2005, 798 p.

  • Freshwater and International Economic Law

    Boisson de Chazournes L., Brown Weiss E., Bernasconi-Osterwalder N. (dir.), Freshwater and International Economic Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, 480 p.