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Degrees

PhD in Law (University of Cambridge), LL.M Adv. in International Law (Universiteit Leiden), Magister Juris (Sofia University)

Research Interests

Public International Law, International Dispute Settlement, International Investment Law, EU External Relations, International Biomedical Law

Teaching Interests

International Law (Tripos), International Investment Law, International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law

Awards and Prizes

Hague Academy Diploma in Public International Law cum laude (Hague Academy of International Law) 2009

Publications

The Public Policy of International Law: Communitarian norms and their legal effects (monograph, CUP, forthcoming)

‘Anticipatory Duties under the Human Right to Science and in International Biomedical Law’ forthcoming in a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights 2023

‘Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health Care’ expert report for the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights in the Fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) (June 2023)

'Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in International Investment Law and Arbitration' in M Waibel and A Kulick, Commentary on General International Law in International Investment Law (forthcoming, OUP, 2023)

‘The Right to Benefit from Science: What Implications for Big Health Data?’ (2020) 31:2 European Journal of International Law 665

‘Regulating Genome Editing: What Role for International Human Rights Law?’ (2020) 69:3 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 653

‘Gene Editing of Human Embryos is not Contrary to Human Rights Law: A Reply to Drabiak’ (2021) 35:9 Bioethics 956 co-authored with Andrea Boggio

R. Yotova, ‘The Regulation of Genome Editing and Human Reproduction under International Law, EU Law and Comparative Law’, Nuffield Council of Bioethics (2018) 

R. Yotova, ‘Integrating Environmental Considerations in the new EU Investment Agreements: A Brave New World?’ in Kate Miles (ed), Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law (Edward Elgar, 2018)

R. Yotova, ‘Compliance with Domestic Law: an Implicit Condition in Treaties Conferring Rights and Protections on Foreign Nationals?’ in J Klingler, Y Parkhomenko and C Salonidis (eds), Canons of Construction and Other Interpretative Principles in International Law (Wolters Kluwer, 2018) 

R. Yotova, ‘Opinion 2/15 of the CJEU: Delineating the Scope of the New EU Competence in Foreign Direct Investment’ (2018) 77:1 Cambridge Law Journal (February 2018)

R. Yotova, ‘Challenges in the Identification of “the General Principles of Law Recognized by Civilized Nations”: the Approach of the International Court’ (2017) 3:1 Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law 269

R. Yotova, ‘Balancing economic objectives and social considerations in the new EU Investment Agreements: commitments v realities’ in C Barnard et al (eds), A European Social Union after the Crisis (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

R. Yotova, ‘Arbitrating the Public Interest’ Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 2016, Vol. 110

R. Yotova, ‘Systemic Integration: an Instrument for Reasserting the State’s Control Over Investment Arbitration?’ in Andreas Kulick (ed), States’ Reassertion of Control over International Investment Agreements and International Investment Treaty Dispute Settlement (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

R. Yotova, ‘The Principles of Due Diligence and Prevention in International Environmental Law’ (2016) 75:3 Cambridge Law Journal 445

R. Yotova & E. Nanopoulos ‘Repackaging Plain Packaging in Europe: Public Interest Considerations and Strategic Litigation’ (2016) 19:1 Journal of International Economic Law 175

R. Yotova, ‘The New EU Competence in Foreign Direct Investment and Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties: Does the Emperor Have New Clothes?’,  in F. Baetens (ed), Investment Law within International Law: An Integrationist Perspective (Cambridge University Press 2013)

R. Yotova & F. Baetens, ‘The Abyei Arbitration: A Model Procedure for Intra-State Dispute Settlement in Resource-Rich Conflict Areas?’ (2011) 3:1 Goettingen Journal of International Law 417

Other Interests

Hiking, board games, amateur photography