Malgosia Fitzmaurice

Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Born	1955 (age 68–69) Łódź, Poland
Education	PhD, University of Warsaw, 1980
Occupations	Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London The Nippon Foundation Professor of Marine Environmental Law at the International Maritime Law Institute
Organization	Associate member of the Institute de Droit International
Known for	International Law Marine Environmental Law
Honours	Honorary doctorate by the University of Neuchâte, 2021

Malgosia Fitzmaurice (born 1955) is a Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London. She is a renowned international lawyer with a specialist interest in marine environmental matters, the law of treaties, and indigenous peoples.

Early life and education

Malgosia Fitzmaurice was born at Łódź, Poland in 1955. She studied Law at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1977. I.n 1980 she obtained her Ph.D at the same university, and became a member of the Polish Bar.

Career

In 2000, Fitzmaurice was appointed to the Professorship of International Law at Queen Mary University of London. She became The Nippon Foundation Professor of Marine Environmental Law at the International Maritime Law Institute in October 2012. She was elected to Associate membership of the Institute de Droit International in 2019. In 2021, Fitzmaurice was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Neuchâtel.

Writing

Fitzmaurice has written and published extensively on her various areas of expertise, contributing numerous academic articles and book chapters as well as the following books:

• International Environmental Protection of the Baltic Sea (Martinus Nijhoff)
• International Protection of the Environment (RCADI 2002)
• Watercourse Cooperation in Northern Europe - A Model for the Future (with O.Elias) (TMC Asser Press 2004)
• Contemporary Issues in International Environmental Law (Edward Elgar 2009)
• Contemporary Issues in the Law of Treaties (with O. Elias) (Eleven Publishing 2005)
• The International Protection of the Environment (RCADI 2002)
• Whaling and International Law (Cambridge University Press 2015)
• Whaling in Antarctic: Significance and Implications of the ICJ Judgment (with Dai Tamada as co-editor) (Brill/Nijhoff 2016)
• Treaties in Motion: The Evolution of Treaties from Formation to Termination (with Panos Merkouris), published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.