State responsibility
Attribution, breach, causation, countermeasures, reparation and the relationship between primary and secondary rules.
Public International Law
Professor Yarik Kryvoi advises, researches and teaches public international law. His work covers State responsibility, the law of treaties, general principles of law, international organisations, privileges and immunities, international dispute settlement, sanctions and the relationship between international and domestic law.
His experience combines legal practice, academic research and government advisory work. He has worked with international courts and tribunals, international organisations, governments, law firms and academic institutions in Europe, North America, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, the Middle East and Asia.
International administrative law forms part of this broader public international law expertise. It concerns the legal rules governing international organisations and the resolution of disputes between those organisations and international civil servants.
Areas of public international law expertise
Law of treaties
Treaty interpretation, application, conflicts, reservations, termination, succession and the interaction between treaties and domestic law.
General principles of law
Identification, comparative methodology, res judicata, non-retroactivity, procedural fairness and their role before international courts and tribunals.
International organisations
Legal personality, powers, internal law, privileges and immunities, responsibility and dispute-resolution mechanisms.
International dispute settlement
International courts and tribunals, claims commissions, arbitration, jurisdiction, admissibility, remedies and enforcement.
Sanctions and countermeasures
Economic sanctions, access to justice, treaty obligations, countermeasures and the interaction between domestic and international legal regimes.
Professional and academic background
Practical, scholarly and policy experience across international courts, tribunals, international organisations and government advisory projects.
- Former Co-Chair of the American Bar Association International Courts and Tribunals Committee.
- Part-time counsel to the Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States on questions of international administrative law.
- Research and professional work concerning the World Bank Administrative Tribunal and employment disputes within international organisations.
- Experience advising governments and international organisations on international dispute settlement, treaty obligations and legal reform.
- Teaching and training on public international law, State responsibility, investment law, sanctions and international adjudication.
- Research on international claims commissions, general principles of law, non-retroactivity, corruption, cybersecurity and State responsibility.
International administrative law
Professor Kryvoi has significant experience in international administrative law, particularly the regulation and resolution of disputes between international civil servants and intergovernmental organisations. He has worked on international administrative and employment law matters involving the Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the World Bank Administrative Tribunal.
While at Harvard Law School, he won a competition to analyse the jurisprudence of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal. He has also spoken at conferences on the interaction between public international law, international labour law, the internal rules of international organisations, and privileges and immunities.
Show key issues in international administrative law
- The sources and hierarchy of law applied by international administrative tribunals.
- The relationship between employment contracts, internal organisational rules, general principles and public international law.
- Procedural fairness, access to justice and the immunity of international organisations.
- The role of international labour standards in the employment systems of international organisations.
- Judicial review, remedies and institutional legitimacy in disputes involving international civil servants.
Featured book on public international law
Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity
This interdisciplinary volume examines how States, international organisations, businesses and other private actors govern cybersecurity. It addresses attribution and responsibility, public–private cooperation, international data transfers, cyberattacks, human rights and the limits of domestic and international legal frameworks.
The book is particularly relevant to Professor Kryvoi’s work on State responsibility, international organisations, sanctions, international economic law and the legal regulation of public and private cyber operations.
View the bookSelected publications and resources
International Organizations Law Review, vol. 13, pp. 255–272 (2016). The article examines the relationship between procedural fairness, access to justice and the immunity of international organisations.
George Washington International Law Review, vol. 46, pp. 267–301 (2015). The article examines the sources of law applied by international administrative tribunals and argues for a clearer hierarchy giving appropriate weight to public international law.
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International Courts
In The Year in Review, an annual publication of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, pp. 129–147 (co-authored with Emerson Beishline and others, 2013).
In Roger Blanpain and Claire Grant (eds), Regulation of Fixed-Term Employment Contracts: A Comparative Overview, pp. 47–59 (Wolters Kluwer, 2009). The chapter compares the approaches of the World Bank and the International Labour Organization to employment regulation.
A comparative study of domestic and international law examining whether non-retroactivity constitutes a general principle beyond the criminal-law context.
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Related public international law work
Related work includes investor-State dispute settlement and investment treaty law, international arbitration, economic crimes and corruption in international disputes, Russian law expert evidence and lectures and presentations.
Professional enquiries
Enquiries concerning public international law, State responsibility, treaty interpretation, international organisations, sanctions, international administrative law, research or professional training may be sent through the main professional profile.