1 Dr. Mamadou HÉBIÉ Assistant Professor of International Law

 Dr. Mamadou HÉBIÉ
Assistant Professor of International Law
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Grotius Centre of International Legal Studies
Leiden Law School – Leiden University
2311 ES Leiden
Netherlands
(0031) 71 527 85 76
[email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
University Lecturer, Grotius Centre for International Studies, (from February 2016)
Leiden Law School, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Teaching courses in international law
Supervising LL.M. theses in international law
Visiting Professor, Law of International Organization Programme, (from September 2015)
Faculté libre de droit, Institut Catholique de Lille, France
Teaching a course on “International Litigation”
PREVIOUS POSITION
Lecturer, Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement, (February 2013-January 2016)
University of Geneva Law School/Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development, Geneva, Switzerland
Teaching courses on peaceful dispute settlement mechanisms with regards to the
International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea,
Interstate arbitration, and the World Trade Organisation
Supervising LL.M theses in these disciplines, as well as in international investment law
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Teaching assistant, International Law Unit, (September 2009-August 2011)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Switzerland
Teaching Assistant of Professor Marcelo Kohen (The Foundations of International Law;
Territorial Conflicts in Contemporary International Law)
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Teaching Assistant of Professor Jorge E. Viñuales (Public International Law; International
Environmental Law)
Academic instructor of the team of the Graduate Institute for the Concours Charles Rousseau de
droit international, Tunis, 2008 (winner of the competition)
Research assistant
Prof. Vincent Chetail and Marco Sassóli, (September 2007-August 2009)
Topic: Private Military Companies and International Humanitarian Law
Arbitrator Georges Abi-Saab, (since December 2013)
ConocoPhillips v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30.
Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Presiding Arbitrator, (2009)
Arbitration between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan’s People Liberation/Army,
on delimiting the Abyei Area.
EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
Legal counsel to the African Union Border Programme, (since September 2014)
Analysis of the validity of various titles invoked in a border dispute; drafting of a treaty delimitating the
borders between two African States.
Legal counsel to the Argentinian Republic, (October 2012-December 2012)
ARA Libertad Case (Argentina v. Ghana), request for provisional measures, International Tribunal
for the Law of the Sea.
EDUCATION
PhD in International Law, (February 2013)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Dissertation topic:
The Agreements between Colonial Powers and Local Political
Entities as Titles of Territorial Sovereignty (in French)
Distinction:
Summa cum laude, with the jury’s congratulations (Professors PierreMarie Dupuy, Marcelo Kohen, Martti Koskeniemmi, António
Remiro Brotóns)
LL.M. in Law, (May 2012)
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Focus:
Commercial arbitration, investment law, WTO law
Distinction:
Dean’s Scholar, Government Lawyering and International Law
Diploma of International Law, (August 2010)
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The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands
Degree in International Human Rights Protection, (August 2009)
International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
Diplôme d’études avancées, Relations internationales, (August 2007)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Specialisation:
Droit international
Grade average:
5.5/6
LL.M in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (August 2006)
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland
Distinction:
With Honours
Bachelor in Law, (September 2005)
Ouagadougou University Law School, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Specialisation:
Business law
Distinction:
Top of the class
Certificate in Transnational Law, (February 2005)
University of Geneva Law School, Geneva, Switzerland
Grade average:
5.65/6
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
2013 Paul Guggenheim Prize of International Law, (February 10, 2016)
Institution:
Paul Guggenheim Foundation of International Law
Brandon Research Fellowship in International Law, (June-August 2013)
Institution:
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge - UK
Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research Fellowship, (September 2011-February 2012)
Institution:
Max Plank Institute of International Law, Heidelberg
Mariano Garcia-Rubio Prize for the hest Master’s thesis in international law, (2007)
Master’s thesis topic:
The Agreements concluded between Colonial Powers and Local
Political Entities under International Law
Excellence Grant of the Swiss Confederation, (September 2004-February 2005)
Studies carried out:
Certificate in Transnational Law, University of Geneva
Excellence Grants of Burkina Faso, (September 2001- August 2005)
Studies carried out:
Bachelor in Law, University of Ouagadougou
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LANGUAGES SKILLS
French (mother tongue); English (working language); Spanish (fluent); German (B+ level); Passive
knowledge of Italian and Portuguese; Dioula (mother tongue).
SPECIAL COURSES
University of Geneva, Genève, (3 July 2015)
Summer course
Course: “The Creation of States in International Law”
London Centre of International Law Practice, Paris, (7-9 April 2015)
Training course
Course: “Boundaries: Delimitation, Demarcation and Administration in Law and in
Practice”
Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa, Arusha, Tanzania, (November 2014)
Executive Training Programme
Course: “Africa and International Trade Negotiations”
École Nationale d’Administration – Paris, Yaoundé, Cameroon, (October 2014)
Executive Training Programme, National Assembly of Cameroon
Course: “Public International Law and International Organizations”
University of Business and International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, (March 2014)
Summer course with the Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan)
Course: “Current Issues in International Human Rights Law”
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK AND MONOGRAPH
1. Souveraineté territoriale par traité : une étude des accords conclus entre puissances coloniales et entités politiques
locales, (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, March 2015)
2. Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law, (London: Elgar, 2016) (with Marcelo
Kohen, ed.)
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ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE PUBLICATIONS
 Published articles and contributions to edited books
1. « The Role of Agreements concluded with Local Political Entities in the Course of French
Colonial Expansion in West Africa », British Yearbook of International Law, 2016, pp. 1-69.
2. « Article 13: La convention de Vienne sur la succession d’États en matière de traité et le principe
de la souveraineté permanente sur les ressources naturelles », in G. Distefano et G. Gaggioli
(eds.), La Convention de Vienne de 1978 sur la succession d’États en matière de traités : commentaire article
par article et questions transversales, (Brussels: Bruylant, 2015), (with Catherine Maia).
3. « Was there anything missing in the Decolonization Process in Africa? The Territorial
Dimension », Leiden Journal of International Law, 2015, vol. 28, n° 3, pp. 529-526.
4. « Principle 6: The Special Situation and Needs of Developing Countries », in J. E. Viñuales (ed.),
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Commentary, (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2015).
5. « Les accords conclus entre puissances coloniales et entités politiques africaines: quelques
éléments pour reconsidérer la décision de la Cour dans l’affaire de la Frontière terrestre et maritime
(Cameroun c. Nigéria; Guinée Équatoriale (intervenant)) », African Yearbook of International Law, 2015,
vol. 20, pp. 97-119.
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« Frontières » in P. Mbongo, F. Hervouët and C. Santulli (eds.), Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l’État,
(Paris: Berger-Levrault, 2014), pp. 462-465.
7. « Sécession », ibid., pp. 838-842.
8. « Territoire (droit) », ibid., pp. 904-908.
9. « L’implication des sociétés militaires privées dans les conflits armés contemporains et le droit
international humanitaire », in V. Chetail (dir.), Permanences et mutations du droit des conflits armés,
(Brussels: Bruylant, 2013), pp. 251-305.
10. « Territory, Acquisition » in R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law, vol. 9,
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 887-900 (with Marcelo Kohen).
11. « Territory, Discovery », ibid., pp. 900-904 (with Marcelo Kohen).
12. « Article 20 alinéa 1 », in M. Kamto (ed.), La Charte africaine des droits de l’Homme et des peuples et le
protocole y relatif portant création de la Cour africaine des droits de l’Homme, (Brussels: Bruylant, 2011),
pp. 452-487.
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13. « L’attribution aux États des actes des sociétés militaires privées et de leurs employés en vertu de
l’article 4 du Projet d’articles sur la responsabilité internationale des États », in R. Wolfrum et al.
(eds.), Select Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of the European Society of International Law,
(London: Hart, 2008), pp. 598-623.
 Articles and contributions to edited books accepted for publication
14. « Human Considerations in adjudicating Border Disputes in International Law », Wisconsin
Journal of International Law, (2015).
15. « The Law and Practice of the Acquisition of Territorial Sovereignty during European Colonial
Expansion », in M. Kohen and M. Hébié (eds.), Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in
International Law, (London: Elgar, 2016).
16. « Islamic International Law and the Acquisition of Territorial Sovereignty », in Ignacio Rasilla
del Moral (ed.), History of International Law and Islam (Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2016)
CONFERENCES
1. « The Legal Significance of Aristotle’s Theory of Natural Slavery in the European Colonial
Expansion from the 15th to the 16th Century », in Les souverainetés indigènes Royautés, principautés,
républiques et empires autochtones dans les mondes atlantiques (Amérique et Afrique, XVe-XIXe siècle),
Nantes, France, (March 24-26, 2016).
2. “Facilitation through National Codes”, 5th Expert Seminar on Contemporary Perspectives on
International Investment Law : Foreign Investment and Facilitation, Genève, Suisse, 18 – 19
February 2016.
3. « Immunity in the Internet Era: Lessons and Perspectives from Public International Law »,
Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution in the Internet Era: Governance and Good Practices, Geneva,
Switzerland, (June 17-18, 2015).
4. « The Human Factor in Territorial and Boundary Adjudication in International Law », Wisconsin
International Law Journal Annual Symposium: International Law Walks the Line: Border Disputes and
Resolution for the 21st Century, Wisconsin, United States of America, (March 2015).
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5. « Mootness, Res judicata and Successive Proceedings in International Adjudication », Colloque en
l’honneur du cinquième anniversaire du Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement, Geneva,
Switzerland, (September 2015).
6. « The Legal History of Colonialism and the Contemporary Protection of Indigenous Peoples’
Rights », Queen’s Mary University Workshop on the History and Theory of Treaty-Making with Indigenous
Peoples, London, United Kingdom, (October 2014).
7. « Method in History of International Law Studies », UTAH Conference on the Histories of
International Law, Salt Lake City, United States of America, (May 2014).
8. « The Rio Declaration and the Needs and Interests of Developing Countries », in J. E. Viñuales
(ed.), The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: Assessing its Impact after 20 years, Geneva,
Switzerland, (April 2014).
9. « Les accords conclus entre les puissances coloniales et les entités politiques africaines en droit
international », L’Afrique et l’évolution du droit international : Colloque co-organisé par l’Association
africaine de droit international et l’Institut en l’honneur du 80e anniversaire du professeur Georges Abi-Saab,
Genève, Suisse, (mai 2013).
10. « La responsabilité des États pour les actes des sociétés militaires privées et de leurs employés »,
Biennial Conference of the European Society of International Law: Refocusing the Laws on Warfare,
Heidelberg, Germany, (September 2008).
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL)
Member of the International Institute of Human Rights (IIHR)
Member of the African Association of International Law (AAIL)
Member of the European Society of International Law (ESIL)
REFERENCES
Prof. Marcelo Kohen (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (Law Faculty, University of Geneva)
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Prof. Pierre-Marie Dupuy (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Prof. Martti Koskenniemi (Université of Helsinki – Erik Castrén Center)
Prof. Anthea Roberts (Columbia Law School)
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