Member Profile

Professor Eirik Bjorge (of Counsel)  

Profile and Work Experience:

He has advised and appeared on behalf of States and other entities in litigation before  international courts and tribunals, such as the International Court of Justice; the European Court of Human Rights; and ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and PCA tribunals.

Experience as Arbitrator

Company v Government Body of the Republic of the Sudan, ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) arbitration, performance of contract regarding irrigation projects in the Sudan. Appointed by the respondent State (2018–)

Experience as Counsel

  • State v State, instructed in inter-State matter as member of international legal team, led by QC (2019–) 
  • North Star v Norway, investor–State matter, co-counsel to claimant, led by Pierre Olivier Savoie (2019–)
  • Karibu v Norway, European Court of Human Rights, petition relating to property rights under Article 1 of Protocol I, cocounsel to applicant, led by Professor Mads Andenas QC (hon.) (2019–);
  • Saudi Arabian Investor v Pakistan, Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Case No. 2018–34, UNCITRAL arbitration involving questions of jurisdiction and alleged breach of treaty standards, co-counsel to the respondent State, with Sean Aughey (2018–);
  • North Star v Public Prosecuting Authority (2019) 185 ILR 199, criminal proceeding involving questions of criminal law and jurisdiction under international law, led by Hallvard Ostgard (judgment by Supreme Court, 19 January 2019) (2017–19); 
  • Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya), Merits stage of inter-State proceeding before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning maritime delimitation between Somalia and Kenya, co-counsel to Kenya, led by Professor Vaughan Lowe QC (2017–2019); 
  • I.F. & I.F.F. v Norway (Application Nos. 62363/16 and 62803/16) proceeding before European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), questions relating to exhaustion of domestic remedies and child immigrant detention, counsel to the applicants (Admissibility Decision, 28 June 2018) (2017–18);
  • Huseini v Ministry of Justice and Public Security (2017) 181 ILR 419, proceeding before Norwegian Court of Appeal, detention of migrant children, counsel to intervener UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Detention (judgment, 31 May 2017) (2016–17);
  • Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia v Turkey (Application No. 79607/16), proceeding before the ECHR, questions relating to jurisdiction ratione temporis, the right to freedom of religion, and expropriation, co-counsel to the applicant, led by Tim Otty QC (Admissibility Decision, 30 March  2017) (2016–17);
  • Belenergia v Italian Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/40), proceeding relating to the jurisdiction of intra-EU investment tribunals and fair and equitable treatment under the European Energy Charter Treaty, co-counsel to the applicant, with Cameron Miles (Award, 6 August 2019) (2015–2019); 
  • Imran Ali et al v Norway (Communication No. 2926/2017), proceeding before the UN Human Rights Committee, detention of child migrants, counsel to the applicants, led by Professor Mads Andenas QC (hon.) (2017–); 
  • Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya), Preliminary Objections, ICJ Reports 2017, p. 3, jurisdictional stage of inter-State proceeding before the ICJ, co-counsel to the respondent State, led by Professor Vaughan Lowe QC (2014–17). 
  • Agility v Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/8) cocounsel to the respondent State, questions relating to jurisdiction and various bilateral investment. 
  • Treaty standards, led by Professor Maurice Mendelson QC and Andreas Gledhill QC (Award, 1 August 2016) (2014–16).