Freya Baetens (Cand. Jur./ Lic.Jur. (Ghent); LL.M. (Columbia); Ph.D. (Cambridge)) is Professor of Public International Law (Faculty of Law, Oxford University), Research Director at the Oxford Human Rights Hub (Pembroke College) and Project Director for the LGBT+ Summer School Programme (Regent’s Park College).

At Regent’s Park College, Prof. Baetens heads the two-part ‘GIC+ Summer School’ (funded by the FCDO) for non-affirming senior religious leaders that provides a space to discuss with affirming religious colleagues, learn from leading academics and be challenged on matters relating to sexuality and gender identity. She also teaches public international law and EU law.

Prof. Baetens holds the Chair of EU External Economic Law at the Europa Institute (Faculty of Law, Leiden University), is affiliated with the Department of Private Law (Faculty of Law, Oslo University) and was awarded the 2024 Francqui Chair at Ghent University. She has been a visiting professor at the KU Leuven (Belgium), Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (Luxembourg), Université Paris Nanterre (France), National University Singapore (Singapore), Sydney Law School (Australia), Xi’An Jiaotong Law School (China), FHR Lim A Po Institute (Suriname) and the World Trade Institute, Bern University (Switzerland).

As a Member of the Brussels Bar, she regularly acts as counsel or expert before domestic, regional and international courts and tribunals. She is listed on the EU Roster of Arbitrators and Trade & Sustainable Development (TSD) experts and the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), among other. She is a general public international lawyer, with a particular interest in the law of treaties, responsibility of states and international organisations, privileges and immunities, law of the sea, human rights, WTO and investment law, energy law and sustainable development.

 

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