Dr Arman Sarvarian

Biography

After taking a first-class bachelor of laws degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) in 2007 and a first-class master of laws degree in public international law at Jesus College, University of Cambridge in 2008, Arman completed a PhD in public international law at University College London in May 2012 under the supervision of Professor Philippe Sands QC entitled ‘Professional Ethics at the International Bar’.  

From 2009-2010 he acted as legal secretary to the International Law Association Study Group on International Courts and Tribunals throughout the drafting of the ILA Hague Principles on Ethical Standards for Counsel before International Courts and Tribunals. Arman completed the Bar Vocational Course on a Lord Denning Major Scholarship from the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar in 2010.

Since 2011, he has been a member of the International Bar Association Task Force on Counsel Ethics in International Arbitration and he joined the International Law Association Committee on the Use of Force in 2013. 

Research Interests

Arman’s primary research interests lie in public international law, including: general international law, international responsibility, procedural law of international courts and tribunals, territorial dispute resolution, statehood and secession, international personality, international environmental law, the law of the UN, the law on the use of force and international humanitarian law. Additional interests include: investment and commercial arbitration, British and Armenian constitutional law and European human rights law.   

In addition to his doctoral research in the procedural law of international courts and tribunals, recent and current research projects include: the law of international responsibility and the European Union and European Court of Human Rights, the manifestation of Christianity in the public sphere under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and the 2014 Referendum on Independence for Scotland and the law of State succession. 

Arman welcomes approaches for supervision from potential doctoral candidates in public international law, particularly in his current fields of research. 

Publications

Teaching

Property Law 1A, Property Law 1B (Convenor)

Property Law 2A, Property Law 2B

The Law of International Organisations (Convenor)

Departmental Duties

Arman is the coach of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot team. 

Affiliations

Member of the International Law Association, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, International Bar Association, European Society of International Law, Bar of England and Wales and the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.