Rima Tkatova

Teaching and research assistant , International non-profit, Higher education

Lyon, France

Trilingual (Russian, French, English) international lawyer (PhD) with 4 years of varied professional experience seeks challenging opportunity

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Area of Expertise:
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
Professional Experience:

- Temporary Teaching and Research Assistant (ATER), Faculty of Law, Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University, Lyon, France
- Junior Professional Officer at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Human Rights Department. Warsaw, Poland
- Junior Professional Officer at OSCE Secretariat, Action Against Terrorism Unit, Vienna, Austria
- Internship at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Secretariat, Legal Services, Vienna, Austria
- Internship at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Economic cooperation and integration division, Geneva, Switzerland

Education:

- PhD in international law at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (Lyon, France). Thesis topic: International Law of the Post-Soviet States: Essay on the Renewal of the International Doctrine and Practice (in French). Thesis to be defended mid-September 2012.
- Master’s degree in Public International Law and Law of the Sea, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (Lyon, France). Dissertation topic: Caspian Sea and International Law: Delimitation and Management of Resources (in French)
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, first class honours, Adilet Higher Law School (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Dissertation topic: Comparative Analysis of the Civil Law in France and in Kazakhstan (in Russian)
- Bachelor’s degree in International Economic Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of International Economic Relations (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Dissertation topic: Role of Internet in International Trade (in Russian)

Affiliations and Achievements:

CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

• Speaker at the 4th ESIL Research Forum "International Law and Power Politics: Great Powers, Peripheries and Claims to Spheres of Influence in the International Normative Order", Tallinn, Estonia, 27-28 May 2011 Paper topic: “Russian Spirit, Soviet Heritage and Western Temptation: un-“peaceful coexistence” in international legal theory in Russia” (to be published in BYIL)
• Publication « Organisations régionales post-soviétiques et l’énergie », in proceedings of conference « Défis énergétiques et droit international », 9-10 décembre 2010 Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, published with LARCIER
2009
• « L’affaire relative à l’Application de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale (Géorgie c.Fédération de Russie) », Journal du CDI, N°3, 2009
• Speaker at the Second Biennial General Conference of the Asian Society of International Law “International Law in a Multi-Polar and Multi- civilizational World: Asian Perspectives, Challenges and Contribution” on 1- 2 August 2009 at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Paper topic: “Central Asian States and International Law: Between Post-Soviet Culture and Eurasian Civilization” (published in Chinese Journal of International Law, 23 January 2010)
• Speaker at the International Law Association (British Branch) 2009 Spring Conference “Instability and Uncertainty? International Law in a Multi-polar World” on 17-18 April 2009 at the University of Hull, Great Britain.
Paper topic: “Post-Soviet States and International Law in a Multi-polar World” (published in 2011 with ROUTLEDGE)
• Speaker at the 3rd Biennial Conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) ‘International Law in a Heterogeneous World’ on 4-6 September 2008 in Heidelberg, Germany.
Paper topic: «Le droit international des Etats post-soviétiques en quête de son identité dans un monde hétérogène” (publication in 2010 with HART)
• Speaker at the Conference of the French Society of International Law (SFDI) ‘The Rule of Law in International Law’ on 5-7 June 2008 in Brussels, Belgium.
Paper topic: « Les particularités du développement de l’Etat de droit dans la Communauté des Etats indépendants” (published with PEDONE in 2009)
•Participation in the 7th International Conference within the framework of RusEnergyLaw – 2007 ‘The Problems of Legal Regulation of the Use of Energy Resources in Russia and CIS’
•« Tribunal spécial pour le Liban : un pas vers un tribunal
international antiterroriste ? », Journal du CDI, N°1, 2008

Available for:

  • Job opportunities

Years of Experience:

2-5 years

Highest Qualification:

Doctorate

Languages:

English, French, Russian, Kazakh

Nationality:

Kazakstan

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