Dr. Mitch Robinson

I am attached to the interdisciplinary MultiRights Project (www.multirights.net) funded by the European Research Council. My research portfolio centers on the analysis of the legitimacy of international human rights institutions and judiciaries. I particularly examine the relationships between domestic, regional, and international courts with a special emphasis on recent reform proposals relating to the European Court of Human Rights as well as theories of civil disobedience.

My chief responsibility was the logistical management of an extensive case load for a Senior Partner involving disputes between states and multinational corporations in construction, industrial engineering and infrastructure projects, natural resources (in particular oil and gas), pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. At any one time, these duties involved balancing a wide spectrum of documents and projects on numerous cases in multiple countries.

I was employed as a university lecturer in American Studies. Over the course of two years, I instructed more than 400 Chinese graduate and undergraduate students through lectures, examinations, and research projects. Also during this period, I was retained by The People’s Daily Newspaper (人民日报) as an expert on American politics, policy, and foreign affairs. Established in Beijing in 1911, Tsinghua is the highest-ranked and most prestigious university in mainland China.

My position was the central hub to coordinate the work of ten to twelve individuals at a time who were scattered across the globe. Carrying the collated work to completion involved the complex planning and implementation of their production schedules. Headquartered in the first department of international relations in the world and the oldest university in Wales, International Relations is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE.

Ph.D. Subject: Modern Slavery and International Law Thesis Title: The Alien Tort Statute and the Prohibition on Forced Labor in Customary International Law

Thesis Title: Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention and Issues of Legitimacy: Rights, Duties, and Civil Disobedience Theory

Thesis Title: A Legal Analysis of the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention Coursework: International Political Theory I and II, International Security, International Political Economy, International Law, Institutions of the European Union

Focuses of Major: The African-American Civil Rights Movement, Latin American Economic !and Social History, and 20th Century Diplomacy. Graduating Honors: Cum laude, Omicron Delta Kappa Academic Induction, Disciplinary Honors in History, and the President’s Distinction.