Institute of International and European Law

Agata Daszko, LL.M. (Leiden)

Agata Daszko has been serving as a junior research fellow and pursuing her PhD under the guidance of Professor Stoll since December 2021. She previously worked as a student assistant at the chair, while participating in an Erasmus exchange program from the University of Nottingham in 2018. Agata holds a BA in Law with German (qualifying law degree) from the University of Nottingham and an LL.M. in Public International Law from Leiden University.

In addition, Agata works as a consultant at the OECD and is the Editor in Chief of the EFILA Blog as well as Assistant General Editor of the Commentaries on World Trade Law (Brill). Her research and teaching interests lie in international investment law, international environmental law, IHL and general public international law.

Research Interests
• International investment law and arbitration
• International humanitarian law
• General public international law
• International economic law
• International environmental law

Academic History

12.2021-presentDoctoral candidate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Prof. Peter-Tobias Stoll) PhD Project: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Impact Assessments in International Investment Law and Arbitration
09.2022PhD Course of World Trade Institute (WTI) - Law and Economics of International Law taught by Prof. Anne van Aaken
2019-2020LL.M in Public International Law, Leiden University
2014-2019BA in Law with German and German Law, University of Nottingham
2017-2018Erasmus+ year abroad at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Research Stays
• 03.2024-05.2024 Research Stay at Kyoto University (under the supervision of Prof. Hamamoto)
• 03.2023-04.2023 Research Stay at the University of Bologna (under the supervision of Prof. Baroncini)

Memberships
• Member of the International Law Association (German chapter) (ILA Young Scholar 2022)
• Member of the European Society of International Law
• Member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (Young EFILA)
• Member of the Society of International Economic Law

Publications (Selected)
• Daszko, ‘The Energy Charter Treaty at a critical juncture: of knowns, unknowns, and lasting significance’, Journal of International Economic Law, 26:4, (2023), 720-736.
• Daszko, ‘Humanising European Investors: BITs are Dead, Long Live the ECHR? A Look to RWE v. The Netherlands’, European Yearbook of International Economic Law (2023, forthcoming).
• Daszko, ‘Germany’s Top Civil Court Declares: “primacy of application of Union law – also vis-à-vis public international law” in intra-EU investment arbitration’, EFILA Blog, 30 July 2023.
• Daszko, ‘Models ECI’ in Pacheco and Lopes (eds) European Citizens’ Initiative: A Tool for Engagement and Active Citizenship (Universitätsverlag Goettingen, 2023).
• Daszko, 'ICSID Annual Report 2022: Same Old but Different?' Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 10 December 2022.
• Daszko, 'No Longer Feeling the Energy: Unpacking Poland’s reasoning behind its decision to withdraw from the ECT' Verfassungsblog, 9 September 2022.
• Daszko & Wagner, 'Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty', Lexis Nexis/Lexis PSL, 30 August 2022.
• Daszko & Wagner, 'Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: A necessary turning point for investment protection in the energy sector?' EFILA Blog, 7 August 2022.
• Young EFILA, Reply to OECD Consultation on Investment Treaties & Climate Change, Part VI & Conclusion (2022).
• Daszko, 'Appendix 4 DSU', in: Commentaries on World Trade Law Online, Peter-Tobias Stoll and Holger Hestermeyer (General Editors); Laura Wanner (Volume Editor) (Brill 2022).
• Daszko, ‘Practice and Theory (or lack thereof) of Arbitrator Appointment: Balancing strategy, rules and standards’(Forthcoming, presenting at the 2nd Bucerius Conference on Investment Law and Arbitration, April 2022).
• Daszko et al. in: Irving and Cockerill (eds), Prosecution of International Crimes Using Digitally Derived Evidence in National Courts (2020). Available here.
• Daszko et al., Prosecution of International Crimes Using Digitally Derived Evidence in National Courts, Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum, Leiden University (2020).
• Daszko et al., ‘United Kingdom’ in ELSA and Council of Europe, International Legal Research Group on Migration Law, pp. 1606-1613. Available here.

Presentations (Selected)
• SIEL Conversation 2023: The Screening of Investment Activities in International Investment Law. See here and here.
• University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Tercentenary Week 2023: Adam Smith and International Trade: the Future of the Multilateral Trade Regime, contribution on the future of WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
• Online Webinar Series on International Law (International Institute for Strategic Research (IISR), Georgian Young Reformers' Association (GYRA) and Tbilisi Humanitarian University) April 2023: "Between Black & White: Understanding International Investment Law and Arbitration".
• Re-Globe Seminar (Jean Monnet Module, University of Bologna) 27-29 March 2023: "The Energy Charter Treaty: The Past, the Present and the Future". Available here.
• Adam von Trott Graduate Workshop 2022: "The Role of International Law in Delivering Positive Outcomes".
• Oslo International Environmental Law Conference (IUCN) 2022: "Environmental Impact Assessments and Foreign Direct Investment: the myth of the good, the bad and the future".
• ICON-S Annual Conference 2022: "ECI and the Question of Participation".
• ENLIGHT Webinar: "From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy: trade and investment options - defining the research agenda 2022: Setting the scene: international investment through the lens of the IPCC".
• 2nd Bucerius Conference on Investment Law and Arbitration 2022: "Practice and Theory (or lack thereof) of Arbitrator Appointment: balancing strategy, rules and standards".
• ESIL Research Forum 2022: "In a World Full of Civilians be a Foreign Investor: Compensation Post-Conflict".