Personal details

Date and place of birth – 11 April 1974, Tbilisi

Married, has a son

Professional Activities

2008 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of Latvia

2005-2007 - First Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia

2005 – Deputy Secretary, National Security Council of Georgia

2002 – 2005 - Legal Expert, Georgian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre, EU, Tbilisi, Georgia

2002 – 2005 - Deputy Director, Institute of State and Law, Georgian Academy of Sciences

2000-2002 – Government Representative to the European Court of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice

1998 – 2000 - Deputy Director, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998 – Head of the Division, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1997 – 1998 – Deputy Head of the Division, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1997 – First Secretary, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1996 - Third Secretary, International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1995 – Attach , International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Education

2000-2003 - Doctor of Legal Science, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

1999-2000 - Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law (cum laude), Faculty of Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands

1998-1999 – Candidate of Legal Science, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

1991-1997 – Law Degree, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Academic Qualification

2001 – Visiting Scholar, Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

1998 – Research Fellow , Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

1997 – Researcher, TMC  Asser Institute, the Hague, the Netherlands

1995 – Researcher, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, UK

Academic  Experience

Since 2005 – Full Professor of International Law of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University

1997 – 2005 – Lecturer, Faculty of International Law and International Relations, Tbilisi State University

Author of more than 40 academic publications, including 16 books.

Languages:

Georgian (native), English (Fluent), Russian (Fluent)