The Research Group for Human Rights and International Law brings together junior and senior scholars working in the fields of human rights and international law at the Faculty of Law at UiT in Tromsø. The group creates an arena for discussion and exchange of ideas, academic network-building and cooperation.
The group organizes academic seminars and conferences on topical issues of human rights and international law. Recent examples include international seminars on law and disinformation (2024) and developments in the law of state immunity (2025). The group also hosts visiting researchers working on legal issues of interest to group members.
Members of the group frequently cooperate on publications and research projects with researchers from other UiT departments and universities in Norway and abroad. The group is actively involved in dissemination of research-based knowledge, and its members often participate in public discussions on burning issues of human rights and international law.
We refer to our website in Norwegian for more information about our work, events and publications.
My research focuses on public international law. Most recently, I have written on the principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law, right to fair trial, non-state courts, rules related to jurisdiction of and admissibility of cases before international courts and tribunals.
Preliminary title of the thesis: "Human Trafficking and the System Interactions of European and International Mechanisms of Crime Control.".
EU/EEA law, administrative law
Children's rights, Immigration law, EU and EEA law and Human Rights
My research focuses on international law. My ph.d. thesis is on scholarship as a source of law, but I am also interested in other areas of international law, including the prohibition of the use of force and humanitarian law, the law of the sea and dispute settlement, as well the relationshion between international law and national law.
My research focuses on public international law. Most recently, I have written on the principle of ne bis in idem in international criminal law, right to fair trial, non-state courts, rules related to jurisdiction of and admissibility of cases before international courts and tribunals.
Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law and Public International Law.
Alexander's research interests cross traditional boundaries between the law of the sea, navigational regimes, administrative law, environmental law, human rights, law of naval warfare, and international security law.
Constitutional and international law (primarily jus ad bellum, jus in bello and international human rights law)
Procedural Law and Human Rights
Her main expertise and research interests are in the areas of public international law, international law of the sea and international human rights law.
Her research interests include: public international law; general international law; international law of the sea; maritime security; (maritime) piracy; the regulation of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) operating at sea; human rights at sea; the protection of persons at sea; international human rights law; the Arctic/High North (especially environmental and maritime security issues); the protection of critical offshore infrastructure; international responsibility; shared responsibility; ocean justice; international environmental law; and United Nations law.
Research interests: International Environmental Law; Regime Effectivness, Compliance and Impact; Transnational Governance and Actors
The Research Group in Human Rights and Public International Law is part of the Faculty of Law at UiT. Our offices are located in Teorifagbygget, Building 4, at Universitetsvegen 30, 9019 Tromsø. See digital map.
For inquiries to the research group, please contact the head of the research group, Gaiane Nuridzhanian:
Phone: +47 77623319
Email: gaiane.nuridzhanian@uit.no