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Patricia Cassar Torregiani
patricia.cassar-torregiani@um.edu.mt
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2009 Full-time Lecturer in the Department of Public International Law
University of Malta
MSD 2080 Msida (Malta)
Education
2008 Head Department of International Law
University of Malta
MSD 2080 Msida (Malta)
Education
2000 – 2008
Full-time Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Public International Law
University of Malta
MSD 2080 Msida (Malta)
Education
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
2003 – 2008 (Graduation May 2009)
Doctor of Philosophy
Thesis researched under the tutelage of Professor Vaughan Lowe (Chichele Professor of International
Law at the University of Oxford) entitled, Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to
Maritime Security through the Creation of a Cooperative Framework.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
International Maritime Law Institute
Msida (Malta)
Level in national or international
classification
Ph.D.
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Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
1999 – 2000
Bachelor of Civil Law
• Conflict of Laws (Mr A. Briggs; Prof. F.M.B. Reynolds; Mr E.W. Peel)
• International Dispute Settlement (Prof. A.V. Lowe)
• European Employment Law (Prof. M.R. Freedland; Prof. S. Fredman; Ms S. Ball)
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providing education and training
University of Oxford
Oxford (United Kingdom)
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classification
Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.)
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Dates
Title of qualification awarded
1997 - 1999
Doctor of Laws
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
University of Malta
Msida (Malta)
Level in national or international
classification
Doctor of Laws
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Title of qualification awarded
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covered
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational skills
covered
Level in national or international
classification
1996 - 1997
Diploma of Notary Public
Grade obtained: A
1993 - 1996
B.A. in Legal and Humanistic Studies
(Category obtained: I)
B.A.
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1991 - 1993
Title of qualification awarded
Sixth Form.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
St. Aloysius
Birkirkara (Malta)
Level in national or international
classification
A levels
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1987 - 1991
Title of qualification awarded
Secondary school
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
St. Joseph School
Sliema (Malta)
Level in national or international
classification
O levels
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
1980 - 1987
Primary school
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Tabuk International Community School/ North Campus School/ Continental School (Primary school)
Tabuk/Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
Level in national or international
classification
Primary school
Competences
Organisational skills and competences
ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION/ UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Extra-Curricular Committee, Quality Assurance Committee (2004-2005),
Professional Development and Post-Graduate SubCommittee, MEDAC Board, Administrator (2008 - )
University Library Committee (2010 - )
Membership of Faculty of Law Committees: Faculty Board member (entered as an observer in 2000,
later as International Law department representative and as from 2008, as head of department),
Strategic Plan Committee, Dissertations Committee, Library Committee, LLB and LLD Board of
Studies; Sub-Committee on Development of MA Human Rights; Sub-Committee on Elective Study
Units.
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Additional information ARTICLING:
Ganado and Sammut Advocates, Archbishop Street, Valletta.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
1996 Colombos Scholarship (Awarded by the University of Malta for having placed first in Public
International Law to further studies in International Law)
1999 British Chevening Scholarship
2003-2008 Scholarship for PhD research on a part-time basis from the University of Malta (Human
Resources Committee) (2003 - 2008).
GUEST LECTURSHIP:
• ‘Introduction to International Law’ (module of 10 lectures) M.A. in Human Rights and
Democratisation.
• ‘The Malta Arbitration Act’ course organised by the Malta Arbitration Centre in collaboration with the
Chartered Institute of Arbitration (UK).
• ‘Introduction to Arbitration’ MITC Commonwealth Training Course.
• IMO, International Maritime Law Institute, Lectures delivered on various international law topics:
o International Dispute Settlement
o International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea
o The International Centre on the Settlement of Investment Disputes
o Maritime Security
o Maritime Migrant Smuggling
o Piracy
• Oration, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, E.E. Mitropolous (Honoris
Causa Conferment Ceremony, May 2009)
Other Academic activities:
• National CARE (Citizens Consular Assistance Regulation in Europe) – Country Correspondent for
Malta. (Project website: http://www.careproject.eu/). Preparation of a national report for Malta and the
compilation of relevant legal documentation.
• Involvement in Malta European Studies Association (MESA) Project on Irregular Migration, under the
leadership of Professor Peter Xuereb. The project will culminate in a Conference (2010) and
publication of proceedings (2011).
• Involvement in the ELENA Network (European Legal Network on Asylum, under the auspices of the
European Council on Refugees and Exiles).
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• On-going efforts to introduce Law at Intermediate and A level (MATSEC) and tie-in text book (See
Current Publication Projects)
• Drafted Report on Amendments to the Education Act together with Professor Charles Farrugia, then
Pro-Rector, University of Malta.
• Judge and/or Student Mentor of the preliminary and final rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International
Law Moot Court Competition (on a yearly basis).
• Organisation of talk by then President of the European Court of Human Rights, Mr Luzius Wildhaber
(Aula Magna, January 2003)
PUBLICATIONS:
A. Local publications and Newspaper articles:
• ‘The Siamese Twins’ Case: Some Legal Considerations’ – Sunday Times of Malta (15th October
2000)
• ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ – Sunday Times of Malta (November 2002)
• ‘The Impact of the Lugano Convention on the discretion of the Maltese court to stay proceedings
under section 742(2) of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure.’ Law and Practice (December
2003)
• ‘The Renvoi Debate’, Id-Dritt Law Journal, Volume XIX (2006).
• ‘Irregular Migration and the case for Cooperation’, Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta
Encounter (October 2009). Proceedings to be published 2010.
• Irregular Maritime Migration in Context’, Id-Dritt Law Journal, Volume XXI (publication date: March
2011)
• ‘Piracy: An Overview and Current International Regulation’ (Information document submitted on the
request of Asst Director, Defence Matters, Office of the Prime Minister, Malta, April 2010)
• ‘The Exercise of Jurisdiction over Vessels on the High Seas’ (Report submitted on the request of the
Armed Forces of Malta, December 2010)
B. Foreign / Peer-Reviewed Publications:
(a) Articles in Foreign Journals:
• ‘Staying Litigation for Arbitration: One Angle of the interface between the Courts and Arbitration.’ 68
Arbitration 4, 389-396 (November 2002)
• ‘Addressing Security Threats on the High Seas: What of Flag State Exclusivity?’ Benedict's Maritime
Bulletin Volume 8, No. 4, 251-261 (February 2011)
• Introductory Note on MSS v Belgium and Greece, International Legal Materials (In publication: ILM)
• Case of M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece: A Catalyst in the Re-thinking of the Dublin II Regulation (In
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publication: Refugee Survey Quarterly)
(b) Entries in Books published by foreign publishing houses:
• ‘The Fight against Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships off the Coast of Somalia: International
Cooperation Illustrated’ in NA Martinus Gutierrez (ed) Serving he Rules of International Maritime Law:
Eassays in Honour of Professor David Joseph Attard (Routledge, London, 2009), 216
• ‘When Rights and Duties Collide: the Challenge facing Malta in the Fight against Irregular Maritime
Migration’ in I Ureta and D Lutterbeck (eds) Migration, Development and Diplomacy: Perspectives
from the Southern Mediterranean (RSP, Eritrea, 2010), 147
(c) Textbooks published by foreign publishing houses:
• Migrant Smuggling by Sea: Combating a Current Threat to Maritime Security through the Creation of
a Cooperative Framework. (Martinus Nijhoff, The Netherlands, 2010)
C. Current Publication projects:
• The Maltese Legal System (a multi-volume set), co-authored with Professor David Attard and
Professor Kevin Aquilina.
• ‘The Disembarkation of Migrants Rescued at Sea: Where is the ‘Solidarity’?’ (In publication in
conjunction with the MESA project, mentioned above)
D. Editorship
• Maltese Corresponding Editor of International Legal Materials (a publication of the American Society
of International Law, Washington DC, USA)
• Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights Special Edition – Proceedings of November 2002
Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (Guest Editor) Vol 7 No 1 (2003)
• Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights Special Edition – Selection of Dissertation Abstracts
presented in the 2001/2002 M.A. in Human Rights and Democratisation Course.
• Member of Board of Editors of the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights
CONFERENCES – Contributions and Organisation:
• Academic co-ordinator of international conference on ‘Human Rights and Corporate Social
Responsibility’ held in Malta 13-14 November, 2002.
• The Individual and the International Legal Regime, ‘Law in Search of Justice’, Congresso
Internazionale per Giovani Giuristi, Castel Gandolfo, 27-28 February/1 March 2009.
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• Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta Encounter, contribution entitled: ‘Irregular Migration
and the case for Cooperation’, (October 2009). [Proceedings to be published.]
• Ulysse 2009: A Mediterranean Voyage, Malta Encounter, Chair of Migration Workshop (October
2009).
• The Mediterranean Sea between Territoriality and Cooperation, 18-20 February 2009, organized by
the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, Carthage University. [Conference
Proceedings in publication].
• European Patrol Network Regional Meeting 4-6 July 2011, ‘Maritime Migrant Smuggling: A Facet of
Organized Crime’ (July 2011, Riga, Latvia)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
• American Society of International Law
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Chartered Institute of Arbitration
• International Law Association
• Oxford University Society
• AMSDE (Assoccjazzjoni Maltija ghall-istudju tad-Dritt Ewropew) Founding Member
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL INTEREST GROUPS:
• ASIL International Refugee Law
• ASIL Law of the Sea
• ASIL Teaching International Law
Other Activities:
• Domestic Arbitration: assisted the Malta Arbitration Centre in various projects (1999-2001).
• Member of the Strategic Educational Pathways Scholarships (STEPS) Committee (2009 – ).
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