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Dr. G. (Geraldo) Vidigal

Faculty of Law
Public International Law
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: 10.04
Postal address
  • Postbus 15859
    1001 NJ Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    Geraldo Vidigal is Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he lectures International Trade Law and Public International Law and coordinates the LL.M. in International Trade and Investment Law. Prior to joining UvA, he worked as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the World Trade Organization (Legal Affairs Division) and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution of the Max Planck Institute in Luxembourg. He is the Managing Editor of Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Kluwer) and, since early 2018, integrates the WTO's indicative roster of dispute settlement panelists.

    Dr. Vidigal publishes regularly on International Economic Law and International Dispute Settlement. He is currently finalizing a book entitled After Adjudication: Judicial Remedies for Non-Compliance in International Law, to come out with Cambridge University Press in 2020. Following the completion of his book, he will be focusing his research on the transformation of international economic law in response to pressures for it to balance the protection offered to the interests of transnational economic agents with the protection of other interests, as well as of immaterial values.

    Dr. Vidigal holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s in International Law from the Sorbonne Law School and a Bachelor’s in Law from the University of São Paulo. He has held a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the European University Institute (2014-2015) and a Marie Curie Fellowship at Bocconi University, Milan (2013-2014), and has been a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Trade and Economic Integration at the Graduate Institute, Geneva (2017).

  • Selected Publications

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2020), ‘A Really Big Button that Doesn't Do Anything? The Anti-NME Clause in US Trade Agreements’, 23 Journal of International Economic Law 45-64.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2020), 'Re-Imagined Communities: The WTO Appellate Body and the Communitization of WTO Law' in Hélène Ruiz Fabri, André Nunes Chaib, Ingo Venzke, Armin von Bogdandy (eds), International Judicial Legitimacy: New Voices and Approaches (Nomos 2020), 203-226.

    Vidigal, Geraldo [2020], After Adjudication: Judicial Remedies for Non-Compliance in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)

    Vidigal, Geraldo [2020], ‘Remedies and Compliance’, in Bethlehem, Daniel, Isabelle Van Damme, Donald McRae, and Rodney Neufeld (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

    Kuijper, Pieter Jan and Geraldo Vidigal [2020], ‘The European Union and the Multilateral Trade Regime: Reciprocal Influences’, in Michael Hahn and Guillaume van der Loo (eds), Law and Practice of the Common Commercial Policy: The First 10 Years after the Treaty of Lisbon (Brill, forthcoming)

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2019), ‘Living Without the Appellate Body: Multilateral, Bilateral and Plurilateral Solutions to the WTO Dispute Settlement Crisis’ 20 Journal of World Investment & Trade 862-890.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2019), 'WTO Adjudication and the Security Exception: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed – Something Blue?' 46 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 203-224.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2019), 'The Return of Voluntary Export Restraints? How WTO Law Regulates (and Doesn't Regulate) Bilateral Trade-Restrictive Agreements' 53 Journal of World Trade 188-210.

    Schill, Stephan and Geraldo Vidigal (2019), ‘Designing Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte: Insights from Comparative Institutional Design Analysis’ 18 The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 311.

    Vidigal, Geraldo and Beatriz Stevens (2018), ‘Brazil’s New Model of Dispute Settlement for Investment: Return to the Past or Alternative for the Future?’ 19 Journal of World Investment & Trade 475–512.

    Schill, Stephan and Geraldo Vidigal  (2018), ‘Reforming Dispute Settlement in Trade: The Contribution of Mega-Regionals’. RTA Exchange. Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (ISSN 2520-2278).

    Schill, Stephan and Geraldo Vidigal  (2018), ‘Cutting the Gordian Knot: Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte’. RTA Exchange. Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (ISSN 2520-2278).

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2017), ‘Why Is There So Little Litigation under Free Trade Agreements? Retaliation and Adjudication in International Dispute Settlement’ 20 Journal of International Economic Law  (2017) 927–950.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2017), ‘Attribution in the WTO: The Limits of “Sufficient Government Involvement”’ 6 Journal of International Trade and Arbitration Law, Special Issue 133-160.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2015), ‘Targeting Compliance: Prospective Remedies in International Law’, 6 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 462-484.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2014), ‘Awarding Damages or Demanding Performance? A Performance-Oriented Approach for International Investment Law’ FGV DIREITO SP Research Paper Series n. 109 (ISSN 2358-1565).

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2014), ‘Conservação de Recursos Marinhos e o Uso de Medidas de Coerção Econômica: Impacto do Direito da OMC sobre o Direito do Mar’, in Wagner Menezes (org.), Direito do Mar: Desafios e Perspectivas (Arraes), 386-399

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2013), ‘From Bilateral to Multilateral Law-making: Legislation, Practice, Evolution and the Future of Inter Se Agreements in the WTO’ 24 European Journal of International Law 1027-1053

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2013), ‘Re-Assessing WTO Remedies: The Prospective and the Retrospective’ 16 Journal of International Economic Law (505-534

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2013), ‘Enforcing Democracy at the Regional Level: Paraguay’s Suspension before the Mercosur Court’ 2 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 337-349.

    Vidigal, Geraldo and Roberto Kanitz (2013), ‘A Regulação do Comércio Internacional e a Organização Mundial do Comércio’, in Umberto Celli Jr, Maristela Basso, Alberto do Amaral Jr (coords), Arbitragem e Comércio Internacional: Estudos em Homenagem a Luiz Olavo Baptista (Quartier Latin), 455-503.

    Vidigal, Geraldo (2013), ‘Appellate Body Report, United States – Measures Affecting the Production and Sale of Clove Cigarettes’ 24 Italian Yearbook of International Law 310-317.

  • Publications

    2022

    • Venzke, I., & Vidigal, G. (2022). Are Trade Measures to Tackle the Climate Crisis the End of Differentiated: Responsibilities? The Case of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) . Netherlands Yearbook of International Law.
    • Vidigal, G. (2022). International Trade Dispute Settlement 2.0. In Proceedings of the 115th ASIL Annual Meeting (pp. 182 - 185). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/amp.2021.120
    • Vidigal, G. (Accepted/In press). Regional Trade Adjudication and the Rise of Sustainability Disputes: International Economic Law Reconfigured? American Journal of International Law.
    • Vidigal, G., & Venzke, I. (Accepted/In press). Of False Conflicts and Real Challenges: Trade Agreements, Climate Clubs, and Border Adjustments. AJIL unbound.

    2021

    2020

    2019

    2018

    • Vidigal, G. (2018). From the Board: The Nativist Turn One Year On: Is the System Holding? Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 45(2), 111-119. [details]
    • Vidigal, G., & Stevens, B. (2018). Brazil’s New Model of Dispute Settlement for Investment: Return to the Past or Alternative for the Future? The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 19(3), 475-512. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340100 [details]

    2017

    • Vidigal, G. (2017). Attribution in the WTO: The Limits of "Sufficient Government Involvement”. Uluslararası ticaret ve tahkim hukuku dergisi = Journal of International Trade and Arbitration Law, 6(special issue), 133-160. [details]
    • Vidigal, G. (2017). Why Is There So Little Litigation under Free Trade Agreements? Retaliation and Adjudication in International Dispute Settlement. Journal of International Economic Law, 20(4), 927-950. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgx037 [details]

    2015

    • Vidigal, G. (2015). Targeting Compliance: Prospective Remedies in International Law. Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 6(3), 462–484.

    2013

    • Vidigal, G. (2013). From Bilateral to Multilateral Law-making: Legislation, Practice, Evolution and the Future of Inter Se Agreements in the WTO. European Journal of International Law, 24(4), 1027–1053.
    • Vidigal, G. (2013). Re-Assessing WTO Remedies: The Prospective and the Retrospective. Journal of International Economic Law, 3(1), 505–534.

    2019

    2018

    2020

    • Vergeer, R., Rozema, J., Odegard, I., Sinke, P., Vidigal, G., & van der Schans, F. (2020). A sustainability charge on meat. CE Delft.

    2016

    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2016). Compliance Adjudication at the ICJ – The Alleged Violations Case. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.

    2015

    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). A Bacon Dispute at the WTO? International Trade Regulation and the WHO Decision on Red Meat and Processed Meat. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Trade Agreements, EU Law, and Occupied Territories (2): The General Court Judgment in Frente Polisario v Council and the Protection of Fundamental Rights Abroad. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Trade Agreements, EU Law, and Occupied Territories – A Report on Polisario v Council. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). WTO: The First 500 Disputes and the Last 100 Disputes. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.
    • Vidigal, G. (Author). (2015). Whose Club Is It Anyway? PTAs 2.0 and the Creeping Non-Trade Rules. Web publication/site, EJIL: Talk!.

    2018

    • Vidigal, G. (2018). Westphalia Strikes Back? Coping with Conflicts of Conceptions in WTO Dispute Settlement. Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference of European Society of International Law: Universality, Manchester, United Kingdom.

    Award

    • Vidigal, G., Weimer, M., Cebulak, P., Schleifer, P. & Krapohl, S. (2021). Free, Fair & Green? Governing Europe’s Trade Relations in a Changing Global Economic Order.

    Membership

    • Vidigal, G. (2022-2024). Member of the Executive Council, Society of International Economic Law.
    • Vidigal, G. (2017-2019). Society of International Economic Law.
    • Vidigal, G. (2017-2019). European Society of International Law, Interest Group on International Economic Law.

    Media appearance

    Journal editor

    • Vidigal, G. (editor) (2017-2019). Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Journal).
    • Vidigal, G. (reviewer) (2017-2019). Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Journal).

    Talk / presentation

    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (12-12-2021). International Trade Agreements and Transnational Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Netherlands, The Hague.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (28-10-2021). The Decentralization and De-Institutionalization of Trade Governance, SIEL October Conversation: ‘Institutions and Dispute Settlement under WTO’, Amsterdam.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (25-9-2021). Discussion on Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit (DS512), Security Exception and the WTO, New Delhi.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (24-3-2021). The 2021 ASIL Virtual Annual Meeting, The 2021 ASIL Virtual Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-3-2021). Roundtable: Current State and Challenges to the WTO Dispute Settlement System, WTO Secretariat.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (9-2-2021). Examining Options for the EU-Mercosur Agreement, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (8-12-2020). National Security Provisions in Trade and Investment Agreements, Principles of Treaty Interpretation – Does Vienna Wait for You?, Washington, DC.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (9-9-2020). Preparing for the Patent Lawfare: Compulsory Licensing and the Production and Trade of Treatments and Vaccines, Online Workshop of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) .
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (4-9-2020). Trade-Restrictive Measures for Ocean Conservation: Unilateralism, Multilateralism, and the Role of WTO Rules, Sustainable Ocean Conference , Utrecht.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (2-9-2019). Mega-Regional Agreements, a Threat to the International Trading System?, Second World Meeting of Societies for International Law, The Hague.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (14-2-2019). Rules-Based Trade Under Fire: the EU Customs Union in Uncertain Times, EFS Conference, '50 Years of the EU Customs Union and EU VAT System
      , Rotterdam.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) & Schill, S. W. B. (speaker) (1-2-2019). Investment Dispute Settlement à la Carte within a Multilateral Institution, Reforming International Investment Arbitration, Oslo.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (13-9-2018). Westphalia Strikes Back: The 2018 Trade Wars and the Threat to the WTO Regime, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Manchester.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker), Kuijper, P. J. (speaker) & Hommes, W. E. (speaker) (10-9-2018). Trade Wars, or the War on Trade, UvA Spui25.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (3-9-2018). A Trade Perspective on Investment Law, University of Göttingen - University of São Paulo Summer School on Investment Law, Göttingen.
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) (12-7-2018). Westphalia Strikes Back: The 2018 Trade Wars and the Threat to the WTO Regime, Society of International Economic Law Biannual Conference, Washington, D.C..
    • Vidigal, G. (speaker) & Schill, S. W. B. (speaker) (13-6-2018). Comparing Key Features of Investment Policymaking - ISDS, RTA Exchange Dialogues, Geneva.

    Others

    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (30-4-8). Arbitrator at 10th Annual PCA Vis Pre-moot (other).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (4-11-2021). SIEL Conversation October 2021 - Institutions and Dispute Settlement under the WTO. Society of International Economic Law, SIEL Conversation October 2021 (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Schill, S. (organiser) & Vidigal, G. (organiser) (14-11-2019 - 15-11-2019). International Economic Law and Security Interests Conference, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (chair) (12-4-2019). The Legal Challenges of Starting Up a New Multilateral Development Bank:, Amsterdam. The legal challenges of starting up an international institution, in particular one as complex as a multilateral development bank, are considerable. (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (3-4-2019). The International Rule of Law and Domestic Dimensions: Synergies and Challenges, Göttingen. The Rule of Law and International Economic Law: The WTO System (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (organiser) (23-11-2018). International Law Across Regimes: International Litigation and Extra-Regime Norms, Amsterdam. This event brings together three practitioners of international law covering one overarching topic of interaction among the different ‘regimes’ that (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (12-7-2018 - 14-7-2018). Society of International Economic Law Biannual Conference, Washington, D.C.. Biannual Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (11-5-2018). Symposium on Current Issues in International Law, Florence (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) & Schill, S. W. B. (participant) (8-2-2018). RTA Exchange Dialogues, Geneva. RTA Exchange (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Vidigal, G. (participant) (6-9-2017 - 9-9-2017). 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law, Naples. Presenting at the International Economic Law Interest Group (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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