Academic staff

The LLM in International Law and Security is taught by a team who combine academic excellence with first-hand knowledge of the practical workings of international law.

• Professor Christian J Tams
• Dr Anni Pues
• Dr Akbar Rasulov
• Charlie Peevers
• Dr James Devaney
• Dr Henry Lovat
• Dr Giedre Jokubauskaite
• Dr Anna Chadwick

Practical experience

• worked at the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations, the Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the UN International Law Commission.
• advised litigants in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Human Rights, ICSID tribunals and domestic courts.
• been involved in the work of the UN peacekeeping missions, have drafted government reports on compliance with human rights obligations, have worked for NGOs on human rights and refugee issues, and have contributed to OSCE studies in the field of minority rights.

Academic excellence

• hold degrees from Harvard, Oxford, NYU, the LSE and Cambridge, as well as from the Universities of Uzbekistan, Greece, Germany, Canada and the United States
• published widely in leading publications, on questions of international security, international humanitarian law, human rights, the use of force, international criminal law, international legal theory, UN law, dispute settlement and  statehood force
• contributed to leading research projects such as the Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the Oxford Commentaries on International Law and International Law in Domestic Courts

Staff outreach

• participate in the work of important legal associations such as the International Law Association and the European Society of International Law
• are regularly invited to present papers in the UK and abroad and frequently organise guest lectures or workshops in Glasgow
• judge on international mooting competitions