It is our great pleasure to introduce our new IntLawGrrls contributor Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller! Natia is a Lecturer in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at Tbilisi State University, Institute of International Law, Faculty of Law. Natia’s professional activities include working as a Chief Legal Specialist in the Division of International Law and International Organizations at the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration, a key ministry that dealt with the conflicts in Georgia (January 2008 – August 2009); giving legal advice in International Law to the same ministry (January–March 2013) as well as being an Invited Lecturer for selected classes in the field of IHL at the Geneva University (April 2013), the ETH Zurich (April 2015), and the University of Basel (March 2016). Natia’s professional affiliations include the International Law Association – Swiss Branch. She has recently submitted her PhD thesis in IHL (on military occupation) at the University of Essex, School of Law, and is currently under examination.

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