Hosna Sheikhattar

Institution: Leiden University

Period of stay: 25 April - 23 June 2024

Contact: 

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/1/hosna-sheikhattar#tab-1

Profile: 

Hosna Sheikhattar is doing her PhD at Leiden University's Department of Civil Law. Her research focuses on the impact of economic sanctions on international commercial arbitration.

Hosna’s PhD position was preceded by a two-year Academic Coordinator and Lecturer position on the LL.M. in Advanced Studies course in International Civil & Commercial Law.

She obtained her bachelor’s degree in law from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran and her master’s degree in International Dispute Settlement from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva. She then graduated cum laude with her LL.M. in Advanced Studies in International Civil & Commercial Law at Leiden University in 2017. Her LL.M. thesis was on 'Conflict of Laws in the Adjudication of Non-Contractual Intellectual Property Disputes'. Hosna did internships at United Nations Compensation Commission (Geneva) and law firm NautaDutilh (Amsterdam). She also worked as an Arbitrator’s Assistant at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal (The Hague) for three years.

Her main research interests are international commercial arbitration, private international law, intellectual property law, economic sanctions, transnational law and normative interactions.

Research Area:

International Commercial Arbitration, Economic Sanctions

Research Title:

When Economic Sanctions Meet International Commercial Arbitration: The Quest for Effective Dispute Resolution

Research Outline:

Arbitration process faces intricate challenges when confronted with a powerful public policy tool such as economic sanctions. Given their mandatory nature, economic sanctions can interfere with the conventional process of dispute resolution in arbitration, a private justice mechanism based on party autonomy. In particular, economic sanctions can impact the financial arrangements between a sanctioned parties and arbitral professionals involved in the case, the jurisdiction of the tribunal as well as the law governing the dispute.

This intricate situation underscores the multifaceted nature of disputes involving parties and transactions affected by economic sanctions, warranting a comprehensive examination of the interplay among diverse legal frameworks and norms. These include public international law norms that govern unilateral economic sanctions, norms of transnational law that pertain to arbitration, and various domestic legal considerations.

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