Partner
semir@sali-legal.com
Semir specializes in public international law and complex appellate litigation. He advises clients on all aspects of international civil service law and can appear before most international administrative tribunals, such as the ILOAT, UNDT, UNAT, NATO Administrative Tribunal, and others.
He has previous experience with a defence team at the EU-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Thaçi et al. case, where he served as lead drafter, as well as provided advice on defence strategy and investigation. His experience with international organisations also includes work at the Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs, NATO Headquarters, and at Chambers (both Trial Chamber III and Appeals Chamber) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Semir has experience in complex domestic legal matters. During his tenure as Legal Advisor at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Albania, he provided legal opinions on hundreds of appeals against lower courts and drafted several judgments of the Supreme Court, including three judgments of the Joint Benches in 2014 and 2015, addressing issues related to trial in absentia, the concept of res judicata, and conditional release.
He is the author of several academic writings in the field of international law and is a doctoral candidate in the law of international organizations at the University of Helsinki. In 2017, he spent time at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg as a visiting research fellow.
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M) Public International Law, Leiden University (2011)
- Laurea Specialistica in Giurisprudenza, University of Turin (2009)
- Laurea in Scienze Giuridiche, University of Turin (2007)
Memberships
- Tirana Bar (2013)
- International Law Association (Albanian branch)
Publications
- Engagement of Albanian Courts with International law, (co-authored), in Nollkaemper, Shany, Tzanakopolous (eds.), Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law, Oxford University Press (2024).
- Functional Immunity of Defense Counsel and Defense Staff, (co-authored), in Rohan and Zyberi (eds.), Defense Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, Cambridge University Press (2017), 173-203.
- The Conventions on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies: A Commentary, edited by August Reinisch and Peter Bachmayer, International Organizations Law Review (2017).
- ICL 1728 (ICC 2016), ‘Decision on the Prosecutor’s ‘Request for an order directing the Registrar to transmit the request for arrest and surrender to Mr al-‘Ajami AL-‘ATIRI, Commander of the Abu-Bakr Al Siddiq Battalion in Zintan, Libya’’, Case no ICC-01/11-01/11-634-Red.
- ILDC 2508 (AL 2011), ‘Brahimllari v Consulate General of Greece in Korçë’, Appeal Judgment.
- ILDC 2507 (AL 2011), ‘Haxhiaj v Chemonics International Inc’, Appeal judgment.
- ICL 1600 (ICC 2014), ‘Reasons for the decision on excusal from presence at trial under Rule 134quater’, Case no ICC-01/09-01/11-1186.
- ICL 1601 (ICC 2013), ‘Decision on the Prosecutor’s appeal against the ‘Decision on the prosecution’s request to amend the updated document containing the charges pursuant to article 61(9) of the Statute’, Case No ICC-01/09-01/11 OA 6.
- ICL 1617 (ICC 2014), ‘Judgment on the appeal of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya against the decision of Pre-trial Chamber I of 31 May 2013 entitled ‘Decision on the admissibility of the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi’, Case ICC-01/11-01/11-547-Red.
- ICL 1618 (ICC 2013), ‘Decision on the admissibility of the case against Abdullah Al-Senussi’, Case no ICC-01/11-01/11-466-Red.
- ICL 1619 (ICC 2013), ‘Decision on Libya’s postponement of the execution of the request for arrest and surrender of Abdullah Al-Senussi pursuant to Article 95 of the Rome Statute and related Defence request to refer Libya to the UN Security Council’, Case ICC-01/11-01/11-354’.
- ICL 1584 (ICC 2012), ‘Judgment on the appeal of Mr Laurent Koudou Gbagbo against the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I of 13 July 2012 entitled ‘Decision on the “Requête de la Défense demandant la mise en liberté provisoire du président Gbagbo”’, ICC-02/11-01/11-278-Red.
- ICL 1583 (ICC 2012) – ‘Decision on the fitness of Laurent Gbagbo to take part in the proceedings before this Court’, Case ICC-02/11-01/11-286-Red.
- ICL 1581 (ICC 2013) – ‘Decision on the admissibility of the case against Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi’, Case no ICC-01/11-01/11-344-Red.
- ICL 1577 (ICC 2011) – ‘Dissenting opinion by Judge Hans-Peter Kaul to Pre-Trial Chamber II’s ‘Decision on the Prosecutor’s application for summons to appear for William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang’, Case no ICC-01/09-01/11-2.
- ICL 1558 (ICC 2011) – ‘Decision on the Prosecutor’s Application for Summons to Appear for William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang’, Case no ICC-01/09-01/11-01.
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