Prof. Freya Baetens, Cand. Jur., Lic. Jur. (Ghent), LL.M. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Cantab), is Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Head of Programmes at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, and Fellow at Mansfield College. She is also affiliated with the PluriCourts Centre (Oslo University) and the Europa Institute (Leiden University).

Prof. Baetens is a Member of the Brussels Bar and regularly acts as counsel or expert in international and European disputes. She is listed on the EU Roster of Arbitrators and TSD Experts, and serves on panels of ICSID, SCIA, the Xi’An Arbitration Commission, and the HKIAC.

She has held visiting professorships at institutions including KU Leuven, the Max Planck Institute (Luxembourg), Université Paris Nanterre, National University of Singapore, Sydney Law School, Xi’An Jiaotong Law School, FHR Lim A Po Institute, and the World Trade Institute (Bern).

Prof. Baetens is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, and serves on editorial boards including the Belgian Review of International Law, the Cambridge Journal of International Law, and the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law.

Her recent books include Identity and Diversity on the International Bench (OUP, 2020), Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication (CUP, 2019), and Sovereignty, Statehood and State Responsibility – Essays in Honour of James Crawford (CUP, 2015, co-edited with Christine Chinkin).

Her expertise covers public international law, including the law of treaties, state and organizational responsibility, immunities, human rights, law of the sea, trade and investment law, energy, and sustainable development.