International Law
Matrix has a wide-ranging and renowned expertise in International Law. Our team are regularly instructed in high profile and complex cases in this field, both in domestic courts and before international tribunals. Members include leading academics who are at the forefront of the development of international legal principles.
Our members are ranked across numerous areas including Public International Law, Private International Law, International Criminal Law, Extradition, International Human Rights Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Law, Sanctions, Environmental Law, and European Law.
Members of Matrix practice and litigate in a variety of domestic and international tribunals and fora, including the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC), the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC), and the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT).
Recent and on-going cases include leading human rights cases (including two of the three cases under the Genocide Convention in the ICJ); environmental cases (including the ground-breaking Climate Advisory Opinion before the ICJ); and actions for a range of clients pursuing civil claims for human rights abuses and environmental damage by corporations operating worldwide.
International Arbitration
Matrix members are frequently instructed as counsel and arbitrators in international commercial, investment treaty and inter-state arbitration.
International Environmental Law and Law of the Sea
Members of Matrix are recognized specialists in international environmental law, including climate change, the protection of biodiversity, the protection of the marine environment and international regulation of trade in hazardous waste.
International Refugee Law
Matrix members have specialist expertise in all aspects of international protection, including international refugee law, the law of humanitarian protection, and relevant aspects of international human rights law.
Offshore Dispute Resolution
Matrix is home to some of the leading lawyers of their generation who frequently appear as counsel in courts and tribunals across the globe in all of their main areas of practice.
Private International Law
Matrix has been at the forefront of the development of modern private international law, providing access to justice for tens of thousands of litigants before the courts of England & Wales.
Public International Law
Matrix members cover all areas, including the more specialist fields such as: international organisations and courts and tribunals; diplomatic and other immunities; trade and investment; land and maritime boundary disputes; natural resources; the environment, including climate change; and human rights.
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