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Jordi AGUSTI PANAREDA

Spoken languages
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Arabic, Mandarin
Areas of expertise
  • International law and the law of international organizations
  • International labour standards
  • International standard setting and supervisory mechanisms
  • Conflict management

Profile


Jordi Agustí-Panareda is a senior official at the International Labour Organization, where he has served as Head of Unit at the Freedom of Association Branch of the International Labour Standards Department, as well as Senior Legal Officer at the Office of the Legal Advisor.  Previously he worked as Associate at the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, and as Counsel at the World Bank's Legal Vice-Presidency . He holds a Master in Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Masters and a Doctorate of the Science of Law from Stanford University. His areas of interest currently lie in international labour standards, the law and practice of international organizations, both as to their internal functioning as well as to international rulemaking and supervisory activities, together with conflict management, axiologies and socio-legal research methodologies. 

Selected publications

  • ‘What is Work? A Malleable Notion in the ILO’s Legal Pursuit of Social Justice’ in Law for Social Justice, 2019.
  • ‘Labor protection and investment regulation: Promoting a virtuous circle’ Stanford J. of Intl Law, 51(1), 2015.
  • ‘ILO Labor Standards and Trade Agreements: A Case for Consistency’, Comp. Lab. L. & Pol'y J., 36, 2014.
  • ‘Groupe Banque mondiale’ in Manuel de droit international social. Bruylant, 2013.
  • ‘A Dialogue and Context Based Approach to Human Rights at the World Bank’. HR&GLR 2, 2009.
  • ‘Cross-cultural brokering in the legal, normative and institutional domains.’ Social & Legal Studies, 15(3), 2006.
  • ‘The Possibility of Personal Empowerment in Dispute Resolution.’ Res. Soc. Mov. Confl. & Change, 26, 2005.
  • ‘Power Imbalances in Mediation.’ Dispute Resolution Journal, 59, No. 2, May-July 2004.
  • ‘Disarming Cultures: Beyond the Liberal Legal Framework.’ Interculture, No. 146, April 2004