Dr Anil Yilmaz Vastardis

Biography

Anil is a Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre. She is also an Honorary Associate Professor at Warwick Law School based at the GLOBE Centre and a non-practising lawyer at the Istanbul Bar Association. She holds a law degree from Marmara University, an LLM in International Trade Law and a PhD in Law from the University of Essex. Anil co-directs the Essex Business and Human Rights Project. Her main research interests are in the fields of international investment law and business and human rights. Her research bridges the gap between corporate law, international investment law, human rights law, and tort law, examining how these areas can and should interact so as to operationalise human rights standards in the modern business context. She has published works in leading international law journals and edited collections on parent-subsidiary relationships in the business and human rights context, non-financial reporting, duty of care in supply chain relationships, human rights in investment contracts and the embedded inequalities in the investment treaty regime. Her recent book ‘The Nationality of Corporate Investors under International Investment Law’ was published with Hart Publishing in 2020.

Appointments

University of Essex

• Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School, University of Essex (1/10/2020 - present)

• Director of Postgraduate Research, Essex Law School, University of Essex (1/1/2023 - present)

• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Essex Law School, University of Essex (15/1/2019 - 30/9/2021)

Other academic

• Lecturer, Essex Law School, University of Essex (1/9/2015 - 30/9/2020)

• Honorary Associate Professor, Warwick Law School, University of Warwick (1/10/2024 - 1/10/2027)