Dr Henry Lovat
- Senior Lecturer (School of Law)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-3433Biography
Henry Lovat is a Lecturer in International Law and Politics at the University of Glasgow.
Henry has advanced qualifications in International Law and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Toronto and McGill University. His professional background is as a UK solicitor in private and government practice and with the United Nations and other international organisations.
Henry’s research focuses on the nexus of international law and politics, with interests spanning international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law, international trade governance, international dispute settlement and UK constitutional issues and devolution. He has a particular interest in interdisciplinary approaches to international governance issues, and in identifying associated policy as well as academic implications.
Henry leads an ongoing research programme on International Adjudication Under Pressure. Associated publications have addressed issues around the design of the laws of armed conflict, political backlash against international adjudication generally, the operation and evolution of the European Court of Human Rights, judicial discretion at the International Criminal Court, and World Trade Organization reform.
Henry is active in a range of activities beyond the university. He is a member of the Law Society of Scotland International Trade Policy Working Group, and is international theme lead for the RSE Young Academy of Scotland, where he co-led the “Mapping Scotland’s International Future” initiative. He is co-convenor of the BISA International Law Working Group and a past Secretary of the ISA International Law Section.
Research interests
Henry’s interests span International Law and International Relations. His doctoral research examined the political origins of the international treaty rules regulating the conduct of internal armed conflict, using a pluralist theoretical approach to illustrate the interaction of rationalist and social factors in multilateral treaty negotiation outcomes. Other work has examined the efficacy of international tribunals (with a focus on the European Court of Human Rights), and the interplay of legal and political issues in the operation of the International Criminal Court.
Henry’s current research focuses on the politics of international tribunal backlash, investigating the causes of backlash in different institutional and political contexts and identifying measures available to international and domestic actors to ameliorate the risk of backlash. His current project focuses on backlash in the context of the International Criminal Court and the WTO Appellate Body.
Supervision
Henry welcomes enquiries from doctoral candidates looking to pursue studies in his areas of interest.
- Fuhrmann, Rémi
Civil war in international humanitarian law : between inclusion and exclusion - Szabelka, Klaudia
The Role of State Responsibility in Cyberspace: the Ukrainian IT army and the legal framework applicable to its operations
