Malgosia Fitzmaurice (born 1955) is a Professor of Public

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. She is a renowned international lawyer with a specialist interest in marine environmental matters, the law of treaties, and indigenous peoples.

Early life and education

Malgosia Fitzmaurice was born at

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in 1955. She studied Law at the

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, graduating in 1977. I.n 1980 she obtained her Ph.D at the same university, and became a member of the Polish Bar.

Career

In 2000, Fitzmaurice was appointed to the Professorship of International Law at Queen Mary University of London. She became The

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Professor of

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at the

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in October 2012. She was elected to Associate membership of the Institute de Droit International in 2019. In 2021, Fitzmaurice was awarded an honorary doctorate by the

University of Neuchâtel The University of Neuchâtel (UniNE) is a French-speaking university based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The university has four faculties (schools) and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law and ec ...

Writing

Fitzmaurice has written and published extensively on her various areas of expertise, contributing numerous academic articles and book chapters as well as the following books: * International Environmental Protection of the Baltic Sea (Martinus Nijhoff) * International Protection of the Environment (RCADI 2002) * Watercourse Cooperation in Northern Europe - A Model for the Future (with O.Elias) (TMC Asser Press 2004) * Contemporary Issues in International Environmental Law (Edward Elgar 2009) * Contemporary Issues in the Law of Treaties (with O. Elias) (Eleven Publishing 2005) * The International Protection of the Environment (RCADI 2002) * Whaling and International Law (Cambridge University Press 2015) * Whaling in Antarctic: Significance and Implications of the ICJ Judgment (with Dai Tamada as co-editor) (Brill/Nijhoff 2016) * Treaties in Motion: The Evolution of Treaties from Formation to Termination (with Panos Merkouris), published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzmaurice, Malgosia 1955 births Living people Academics of Queen Mary University of London 21st-century Polish lawyers University of Warsaw alumni Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom