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| Mónica Feria-Tinta | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mónica Feria-Tinta |
| Occupation | International litigator, arbitrator, human rights lawyer, academic |
| Known for | Human rights litigation, international arbitration, public international law |
| Alma mater | University College London, Harvard Law School, University of Oxford |
Mónica Feria-Tinta
Mónica Feria-Tinta is an international litigator, arbitrator and human rights advocate known for precedent-setting strategic litigation in international courts and tribunals. She has practiced before institutions including the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and various arbitral fora, and has taught at leading universities and law schools. Feria-Tinta’s work spans disputes involving states, corporations and international organisations, combining public international law, human rights law and international arbitration.
Feria-Tinta was educated at institutions including University College London, Harvard Law School and the University of Oxford, where she studied public international law, comparative law and transnational litigation. During her formative years she engaged with programmes linked to the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and participated in clinics and fellowships associated with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists. Her mentors and influences included scholars affiliated with Columbia Law School, Yale Law School, King's College London and the London School of Economics.
Feria-Tinta has been counsel before a range of adjudicative bodies such as the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and investment and commercial tribunals under rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the London Court of International Arbitration and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She has acted against and for actors including United Kingdom, France, United States, Colombia, Argentina and multinational corporations, appearing in matters that implicated instruments like the European Convention on Human Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights, bilateral investment treaties and conventions such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Her practice has interfaced with organisations including the United Nations Human Rights Council, the World Bank, and regional bodies such as the Organisation of American States.
Feria-Tinta’s arbitration work includes investment disputes, treaty claims and commercial arbitrations seated in forums governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the ICC Court of Arbitration and the LCIA. She has integrated human rights arguments into arbitration proceedings involving corporations such as Chevron Corporation, BP, Shell plc and financial institutions associated with Goldman Sachs and HSBC. In public international law, she has brought cases touching on state responsibility, diplomatic protection and obligations erga omnes before fora including the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice and human rights courts. Her human rights advocacy has been pursued through strategic litigation, submissions to treaty bodies like the Human Rights Committee (United Nations) and interventions at the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission).
Feria-Tinta has led or co-led litigation in high-profile cases argued before bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court and investment tribunals under the ICSID Convention. She has been involved in matters that set precedents on state immunities, corporate accountability, extraterritorial jurisdiction and victims’ reparations, litigating alongside or against law firms and counsel from institutions including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy and academics from Oxford, Harvard and Cambridge. Her cases have intersected with jurisprudence involving instruments such as the European Convention on Human Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights and multilateral treaties like the Energy Charter Treaty.
Feria-Tinta has held visiting and adjunct positions at universities and law schools including University College London, King's College London, University of Oxford, Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, delivering seminars on public international law, international arbitration and human rights litigation. She has published in journals and edited volumes alongside contributors from The Hague Academy of International Law, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Her scholarship engages with topics addressed by bodies such as the International Law Commission, the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Feria-Tinta’s recognitions and memberships include affiliations with bar associations and professional bodies such as the Inner Temple, the Bar Council (England and Wales), the International Bar Association, the American Society of International Law and panels of arbitrators for institutions like the ICC Court of Arbitration and the LCIA. Her awards and listings have been acknowledged by directories and programmes associated with Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and fellowships linked to Harvard University, Oxford University and international legal NGOs including the International Commission of Jurists.
Feria-Tinta regularly speaks at conferences and forums organised by institutions such as the United Nations, the International Bar Association, the International Law Association, the American Society of International Law, the World Economic Forum and universities including Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. She has participated in panels alongside representatives from the European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and major civil society organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and has been cited or interviewed by media outlets covering international law debates linked to the United Nations Security Council, the International Monetary Fund and multinational litigation.
Category:International lawyers Category:Human rights lawyers Category:Arbitrators