Anna Ventouratou

Anna is a DPhil candidate and tutor in Public International Law. Her thesis explores the availability of the defences codified in Part I, Chapter V of the Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts in international adjudication. She focuses on disputes before the International Court of Justice, the WTO Dispute Settlement System and Investment Arbitration. Her doctoral studies are supervised by Professor Catherine Redgwell, Chichele Professor of Public International Law at All Souls College and Professor Miles Jackson, Associate Professor of Law at Jesus College.

Anna has studied law at the University of Athens (LLB; LLM in Public International Law (dist.)) and the University of Oxford (MJur (dist.); MPhil). Her studies in Oxford have been supported by the University of Athens "A. Gazis" Trust, the Peter Carter Graduate Scholarship in Law (Oxford Faculty of Law and Wadham College) and the Academy of Athens.

In addition to her academic studies Anna is a researcher for the Athens Public International Law Research Center and a research assistant at the ‘Monaco Project’ on Satellite Monitoring of the High Seas, supervised by Prof Catherine Redgwell and Dr Efthymios Papastavridis. She has also taught Public International Law as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Oxford Law Faculty and as a tutor in law for exchange students in several Oxford colleges.

Anna has completed her legal traineeship at a leading law firm in Athens and is admitted to practice law in Greece (Athens bar). In 2020-2021, she also worked as a trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission (CFSP and external relations team).

For the academic year 2021-2022, Anna has received a Fulbright-Schuman award and has been invited to Columbia Law School as a Visiting Scholar.