Dr Lando’s academic research is in general international law.

Before joining CityU School of Law, he was Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice, working in the chambers of Judge Dalveer Bhandari and Judge ad hoc Charles N. Brower (2017–2020). He previously interned at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Dr Lando completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, writing a thesis on the establishment of maritime boundaries under international law. Before his PhD, Dr Lando obtained an LLM from the University of Cambridge. He also obtained an LLB from the University of Milan and a GDL from the University of Law. He will be called to the Bar of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn).

Dr Lando is a Global Fellow at the Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore.

Dr Lando welcomes supervising research students within his areas of research.

Publications

Books

• Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process (Cambridge University Press 2019)

Journal Articles

• ‘Jurisdiction ratione materiae of the International Court of Justice in Compromissory Clause Cases’ (2023) 139 Law Quarterly Review 52–78
• ‘Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice in Respect of Disputes’ (2022) 61 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (forthcoming)
• ‘Identification as the Process to Determine the Content of Customary International Law’ (2022) 42 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1040–1066
• ‘Secret Custom or The Impact of Judicial Deliberations on the Identification of Customary International Law’ (2022) 81 Cambridge Law Journal 550–580
• ‘Stability of Maritime Boundaries and the Challenge of Geographical Change: A Reply to Snjólaug Árnadóttir’ (2022) 35 Leiden Journal of International Law 379–395
• ‘Enhancing Conflict Resolution “ASEAN Way”: The Dispute Settlement System of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership’ (2022) 13 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 98-120
• ‘Judges ad hoc of the International Court of Justice’ (2020) 33 Leiden Journal of International Law 467–493 (with Charles N. Brower)
• ‘Provisional Measures and the Link Requirement’ (2020) 19 Law & Practice of International Courts & Tribunals 174–196
• ‘Plausibility in the Provisional Measures Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice’ (2018) 31 Leiden Journal of International Law 641–668
• ‘Judicial Uncertainties concerning Territorial Sea Delimitation under Article 15 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’ (2017) 66 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 589–623
• ‘Delimiting the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles at the International Court of Justice: The Nicaragua v. Colombia Cases’ (2017) 16 Chinese Journal of International Law 137–173
• ‘Compliance with Provisional Measures Indicated by the International Court of Justice’ (2017) 8 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 22–55
• ‘The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Comments on the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission’ (2016) 29 Leiden Journal of International Law 441–461
• ‘Intimations of Unconstitutionality: The Supremacy of International Law and Judgment 238/2014 of the Italian Constitutional Court’ (2015) 78 Modern Law Review 1028–1041
• ‘State Jurisdiction and Immunity of Warships in the ARA Libertad Case’ (2015) 58 Japanese Yearbook of International Law 336–355

Book Chapters

• ‘Binding Advisory Opinions’ in N. Tsagourias, R. Buchan and D. Franchini (eds.), The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement: Challenges and Prospects (Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming)

Shorter Articles and Notes

• ‘How to Complicate a Simple Case: The Judgment on the Merits in Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya)’ (2022) 37 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 350-357 (with Jessica Joly Hébert)
• ‘International Procedure between Past and Future – Procedural Developments in Law of the Sea Dispute Settlement in 2021’ (2022) 21 Law & Practice of International Courts & Tribunals 198-224 (with Nilüfer Oral)
• ‘Jurisdictional Challenges and Institutional Novelties – Procedural Developments in Law of the Sea Dispute Settlement in 2020’ (2021) 20 Law & Practice of International Courts & Tribunals 191–221 (with Nilüfer Oral)
• ‘The Croatia/Slovenia Arbitral Award of 29 June 2017: is there a Common Method for delimiting all Maritime Zones under International Law?’ (2017) 100 Rivista di Diritto Internazionale 1184–1190
• ‘The Road along the San Juan River is Paved with Good Intentions: Provisional Measures and the Quest for Compliance in the Costa Rica/Nicaragua Joined Cases’ (2016) 99 Rivista di Diritto Internazionale 179–183​​​​​​
• ‘Questions relating to the Seizure and Detention of Certain Documents and Data’ (2014) 3 Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law 616–624

Research Funding

• Early Career Scheme 2022/23 (Hong Kong Research Grants Council), “Impact of Sea-level Rise on Baselines and Islands: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for the South China Sea Dispute and Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region” (HK$ 392,012), Project no 21604722 (with Nilüfer Oral as co-investigator)

Prizes

• Prix Daniel Vignes 2020, Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer (for the article ‘Judicial Uncertainties concerning Territorial Sea Delimitation under Article 15 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’ (2017) 66 International & Comparative Law Quarterly 589–623)

Responsibilities

• Co-chair, International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group, American Society of International Law (since 2022) (with Freya Baetens)
• Member, Advisory Board, Ocean Development & International Law (since 2021)
• Member, Board of Directors, Vis East Moot Foundation Ltd (since 2021)
• Member, Advisory Board of the International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group, American Society of International Law (since 2019)
• Member, Academic Review Board, Cambridge International Law Journal (since 2018)
• Summary writer, International Law Reports (since 2015)

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Member, Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer (since 2020)
• Member, American Society of International Law (since 2019)
• Member, Italian Society of International Law (since 2018)
• Member, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (since 2016)

Courses Taught

• Law of Contract
• Land Law
• Public International Law
• Legal Research and Writing