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Gaga Gabrichidze

Professor in International Law

Gaga Gabrichidze holds a law degree from the Tbilisi State University, Georgia (1996); he earned a Ph.D. from the Tbilisi State University (2005) and also holds a Master in European Law from the Europa-Institut of the Saarland University, Germany (2000). He has been teaching courses in the EU law and public international law since 1999; he held the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law at the Tbilisi State University from 2008 to 2011 and was awarded more than ten international fellowships including fellowships from the Humboldt Foundation, the European Commission and the Government of Austria; has been a visiting researcher at the Saarland University, Germany (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010), the University of Frankfurt, Germany (2007, 2008) and the University of Vienna, Austria (2001). His research is mainly focused on issues of constitutional nature in the field of the EU law, as well as law approximation and migration law; he is the author of a textbook on the EU law and more than forty scientific publications. Prof. Gabrichidze is also a member of the editorial board of “Georgian Law Review” (Georgia), a member of the scientific committee of „Moldovan European Studies Journal“ (Moldova) and a member of the scientific committee of „The Review of European Affairs“ (Poland). He is one of the founders and the President of the European Union Studies Association (ECSA Georgia) and also one of the founders and a member of the managing board of the European Studies Association for Caucasus.

Contact: [email protected]

Publications

 

Books:

  • Dictionary of International Law, Tbilisi 2006 (Co-author)
  • EU Law Approximation Guidelines, online edition, 2011 (Co-author)
  • Legal Dictionary (German-Georgian), Tbilisi 2012 (Co-author)
  • European Union Law (textbook), Tbilisi 2012
  • Legal Dictionary - Juristisches Fachlexikon, Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2012 (Co-author)
  • Experiencing Europeanization in the Black Sea and South Caucasus Inter-Regionalism, Norm Diffusion,
  • Legal Approximation, and Contestation, Oliver Reisner, Selin Türkeş-Kılıç, and Gaga Gabrichidze (eds.),
  • ibidem Press, Stuttgart 2021
  • European Union Law- 2023

Articles: 

  • “Judgements of the European Court of Justice and the Principle of Institutional Balance“, „Georgian Law Review“, Fourth Quarter 1999, Tbilisi
  • “Non-enforcement of the Decisions of International Courts“, Bulletin of the Center of Strategic Research and Development, 39 (2000), Tbilisi
  • “The Action of NATO in Kosovo Region and International Law“, Bulletin of the Center of Strategic Research and Development, 43 (2000), Tbilisi
  • “Constitution of the Republic of Portugal and European Community Law“, „Georgian Law Review“, 1-2 Quarters 2000, Tbilisi
  • “The Action of NATO in Kosovo Region and International Law“, Bulletin of the Center of Strategic Legal Aspects of the Accession to the EU”, “Georgia and International Law”, (2001) 1, Tbilisi
  • Protection of Human Rights and European Law”, Protection of Human Rights in National and International Law, (2002), Tbilisi
  • Treaties Establishing the European Communities and the European Union – a European Constitution?”, „Georgian Law Review“, 2-3 Quarters 2003, Tbilisi
  • “The Principle of Proportionality in the Field of EC Fundamental Rights”, European Standards of Protection of Human Rights and their Influence on Legislation and Practice in Georgia, (2005) Tbilisi
  • “Article 13 of the EC Treaty – A Legal Basis for the Anti-Discrimination Policy of the European Community”, National and International Systems of Protection of Human Rights, (2006) Tbilisi
  • “The Responsibility of the Insurgents for the Breach of the International Law – An Analysis of the Practice of the Parliament of Georgia”, Festschrift in honour of Prof. L. Alexidze on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 2007 Tbilisi
  • “The effect of Hierarchy of Norms on the Protection of Human Rights”, Contemporary Challenges of the Protection of Human Rights’, (2009) Tbilisi
  • Terminology of European Law, Working Papers on European Law (1) 2009
  • „Human Rights Clause in EU Trade Agreements“, International Standards of the Protection of Human Rights and Georgia, (2011) Tbilisi
  • The Place and Meaning of the Bologna Process within European Integration, in: Bologna Process, European Construction, European Neighbourhood Policy, Brussels 2011
  • Case study: Georgia, in: Effect of Migration Policies on Human Rights in the European Neighbourhood, Brussels 2011 (Co-author)
  • „Engagements zur nicht vertraglich gestützten Rechtsangleichung - sind sie was wert?“, in: The Eastern Partnership and the Europe 2020 strategy: Visions of leading policymakers and academics, Luxembourg 2012
  • „Integration of Migrants and Reintegration of Returnees in Georgia: Legal Perspective“, CARIM-East RR 2013/22, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, 2013
  • „Auswirkung der Beziehungen zwischen Georgien und der Europäischen Union auf die Georgische Judikative“, in: Zeitschrift für Europarecht 15 (2013), Nr. 6
  • „Legal Approximation and Application of EU Law in Georgia“, in: Roman Petrov, Peter Van Elsuwege (eds.), The Application of EU Law in the Eastern Neighbourhood of the European Union – Towards a Common Regulatory Space?, Routledge, London 2014
  • „Legal approximation to the EU acquis – a Georgian perspective“, in: Andreas Kellerhals, Tobias Baumgartner (eds.), EU Neighbourhood Policy – Survey and Perspectives, Zürich 2014
  • „Impact of the EU Foreign Policy Instruments on the Competition Legislation in Georgia“, in: 10 lat członkostwa Polski w Unii Europejskiej. Ocena i perspektywy, Warsaw 2014
  • „From the PCA to the Association Agreement – Some considerations on the scope of approximation“, in: Andreas Kellerhals, Tobias Baumgartner (eds.), The Eastern Partnership of the EU – Current Developments and Perspectives for the European Integration Process, Zürich 2015
  • „Association Agreement as a Tool of the EU Security Policy“, in: Andreas Kellerhals, Tobias Baumgartner (eds.), Perspectives of security in Europe – Current challenges, EU strategies, international cooperation, Zürich 2016
  • „Implementation Challenges of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement“, in: EU Relations with Eastern Partnership: Strategy, Opportunities and Challenges, Chisinau, Chernivtsi, Tbilisi 2016
  • „Approximation Clauses in the EU-Georgia Association Agreement“, in: Carlos E. Pacheco Amaral, Vasile Cucerescu, Gaga Gabrichidze, Ioan Horga, Anatoliy Kruglashov, Ewa Latoszek, Marta Pachocka (eds), EU Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Through Cooperation Towards Integration, Chişinău; Tbilisi; Chernivtsi 2017
  • „The Instrument of Human Rights Clause as a Part of Conditionality in European Union–Georgia Relations“, Review of European Affairs, Volume 1:2(2), Warsaw 2017
  • Monitoring and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukrainein: Ewa Latoszek, Magdalena Proczek, Małgorzata Dziembała, Anna Masłoń-Oracz, Agnieszka Kłos (eds.), European Security and Stability in a Complex Global Order – the Case of Neighbourhood Policy, Warsaw 2017
  • „Multiple Citizenship in Georgia – Security Concerns vs. Proportionality“, in: Vasile Cucerescu, Carlos E. Pacheco Amaral, Gaga Gabrichidze, Ioan Horga, Anatoliy Kruglashov [et al.] (eds.), The European Union and the Eastern Partnership: Security Challenges, Chişinău; Chernivtsi; Tbilisi, 2018
  • „The Constitutional Order of Georgia and its Adaptability to the EU-Georgia Association Agreement“, in: Roman Petrov, Peter Van Elsuwege (eds.) Post-Soviet Constitutions and Challenges of Regional Integration Adapting to European and Eurasian integration projects, Routledge, London 2018
  • “Impact of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement on the Legal Order of Georgia”, Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal 4 (2018), Kyiv 2018
  • “Constitutional Orders of Non-Recognised Entities in Georgia and Ukraine. Can façade Constitutions Ensure Adequate Protection of Human Rights?”, co-authored with Roman Petrov and Paul Kalinichenko, 45(1) Review of Central and East European Law (Brill, Nijhoff) (2020)
  • “The Impact of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the Georgian legal system”, in: Arie Reich, Hans Micklitz (eds.), The Impact of the European Court of Justice on Neighbouring Countries, Oxford University Press, London 2020
  • „Constitutional Orders of Georgian Breakaway Regions“, in: Benedikt Harzl, Roman Petrov (eds), Non- Recognised Entities in International and EU Law, Brill Nijhoff Book Series Law in Eastern Europe, 2021
  • „Impact of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement on the Legal Order of Georgia“, in: Stefan Lorenzmeier, Roman Petrov, Christoph Vedder (eds.), EU External Relations Law: Shared Competences and Shared Values in Agreements between the EU and its Eastern Neighbourhood, Springer, Berlin 2021