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Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution

The Neuberger-Jesin Professor is a conflict resolution expert internationally and engages students from uOttawa in such work to enhance their own training in resolution, mediation and arbitration of international conflicts. The Neuberger-Jesin Professor also operates a clinical course in international conflict resolution as part of an international mediation lab under the auspices of the professorship.

Chairholder

Vladyslav Lanovoy

Vladyslav Lanovoy

Vladyslav Lanovoy is an Associate Professor of Public International Law at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada. His research focuses primarily on international courts and tribunals, sources and codification of international law, the responsibility of States and international organizations, as well as climate change and reparations. He is a Co-chair of the International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, an Associate Editor of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law, and a Book Review Editor of the Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals. 

Prior to joining Université Laval, he served as an Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice (2017-2021) and Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2014). He holds a PhD in International Law from the Graduate Institute in Geneva and his monograph entitled Complicity and its Limits in the Law of International Responsibility (Hart 2016) received the 2017 Paul Guggenheim Prize. He practised in international arbitration at one of the leading international law firms in London and consulted for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Environment Programme in Geneva. Professor Lanovoy has appeared as counsel in both contentious and advisory proceedings before international courts and tribunals. He is admitted to practice law as a solicitor in England & Wales.

Donors

The Neuberger-Jesin International Conflict Resolution Professorship was created thanks to a generous gift by spouses Edie Neuberger and Norm Jesin, who attended the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section together and graduated in 1981.

“We believe that we have the responsibility to make this world a better place,” said Ms. Neuberger and Mr. Jesin upon the inaugural awarding of the professorship.

Edie Neuberger is a lawyer in private practice in Toronto. Norm Jesin, a labour lawyer, arbitrator and mediator, knows first-hand the importance of conflict resolution skills.