Islam Attia is a PhD candidate in International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He was a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Legal Assistant at the UN International Law Commission (ILC). His current research focuses on international courts and tribunals, treaty interpretation, and regime interaction in international law. He holds LLM from the London School of Economics (LSE) and LLB from Alexandria University (Egypt). Views posted here are of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of any institution the author is affiliated to.