Visiting professors and visiting lecturers

Rainers Svoks LL.M

Visiting Lecturer
Introduction to Law

Advanced Master’s (LL.M.) at Leiden University, 2023
Master’s (Mag.iur.) at the University of Latvia, 2022
Bachelor’s (Bac.iur.) at the University of Latvia, 2020

Significant Professional Experience 

  • Legal Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, November 2023 to present
  • Legal Analyst, Tracing Inherent Powers, from October 2023 to Present
  • Of Counsel, Lawyer, Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns, from 2019 to November 2023

Current research

  • Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals, 
  • Enforcement of International Law at Domestic Courts

Main publications

  • Co-authored paper with Dr. Brian McGarry “General Principles of Law as a Source of Judicial Power: The Administration of Evidence by the European Court of Human Rights” submitted to the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law for peer-review for issue of 2027