Þórdís Ingadóttir
Professor
2022 University of Helsinki, Doctor of Law (LLD).
1998 New York University School of Law, LLM in International Legal Studies. Honors: Fulbright Scholar, Iceland-United States Educational Commission
1993 University of Iceland, Cand. juris.
Activities: Manager, Law Review; Manager, Law Book Publishing Company
2004- University of Reykjavik, Faculty of Law; Professor
2004 Ministry of Justice, Legal Expert
2004 University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, Adjunct Professor
1999-2003 The Project on International Courts and Tribunals (PICT), the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, Faculty/Associate
1993-1995 Lögfræðiskrifstofa Ásgeirs Þórs Árnasonar hrl. og Óskars Magnússonar hrl., Associate
International Law, International Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Institutions, Dispute Settlement and International Courts, Ethics.
Report: Research into living condition and treatment of adults with intellectual disabilities and adults with mental problems, Office of the Prime Minister 2022.
The Relationship between International and National Law: Revisiting Concepts of Dualism and Monism, Unigrafia Helsinki 2022.
"Reopening of criminal cases in Iceland", Svensk Juristtidning 7/21 (1921), Temanummer om resning i Norden. Co-author Kristín Haraldsdóttir.
"Election of judges (International Criminal Court)" in Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (EiPro) (2019).
Report, Recommendations to changes to legislation, and best practices, Regarding procedures in cases of sexual crimes, when the victim or the accused has a disability, cf. Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, co-author, Office of the Director of Public Prosecution, 2018.
"Enforcement of Decisions of International Courts at the National Level", in International Law in Domestic Courts: A Casebook (André Nollkaemper and August Reinisch (eds)), Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2018.
„The Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Nordic Countries: A New Comprehensive Criminalization of International Crimes“, in Astrid Kjeldgaard (ed), Nordic Approaches to International Law (Brill Publishers, 2018).
[Just satisfaction and binding force and execution of judgments, Article 41 and 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights]„Sanngjarnar bætur og bindandi áhrif dóma“ in Björg Thorarensen, Davíð Þór Björgvinsson, Guðrún Gauksdóttir og Hjördís Björk Hákonardóttir (eds), Mannréttindasáttmáli Evrópu, meginreglur, framkvæmd og áhrif á íslenskan rétt, [The European Convention on Human Rights, principal rules, implementation and impact on Icelandic law] (Mannréttindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Lagadeild Háskólans í Reykjavík (2017).
"Financing International Adjudication", in Handbook of International Adjudication (eds. Cesare Romano, Yuval Shany, Karen Alter (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Iceland and Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice: The Landsbanki Freezing Order; UK Statutory Instruments, 2008 No. 2668, Banks and Banking, Logretta (Journal of Law at Reykjavik University, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 103-115)
The Role of the International Court of Justice in Enforcement of the Obligation of States to Investigate and Prosecute Serious Crimes at the National Level, Israel Law Review (Cambridge University Press) / Volume 47 / Issue 02 / July 2014, pp 285-302
Editor: The Realities of the International Criminal System (eds. Dawn Rothe, James Meernik, Thordis Ingadottir: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2013).
Editor: International Criminal Law Review, Volume 13: Special Issue: The Realities of International Criminal Justice (eds. Dawn Rothe, James Meernik, Thordis Ingadottir, 2013)
“Compliance with the Views of the UN Human Rights Committee and the Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in Iceland”, Guðrún Gauksdóttir and Thordis Ingadottir, in Making Peoples Heard, Essays on Human Rights in Honour of Gudmundur Alfredsson (eds. Asbjörn Eide, Jakob Th. Möller & Ineta Ziemele: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011).
"Financing International Organizations", in Research Handbook on International Organizations Law: Between Functionalism and Constitutionalism (eds. Jan Klabbers and Asa Wallendahl, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2009).
"The ICJ Armed Activity Case - Reflections on States´ Obligation to Investigate and Prosecute Individuals for Serious Human Rights Violations and Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions", Nordic Journal of International Law, Volume 78, No. 4, 2009, pp. 581-598.
[Implementing treaties on internatioanl criminal Law at the national level: Iceland] Innleiðing helstu sáttmála á sviði alþjóðlegs refsiréttar í íslenskan rétt, Afmælisrit: Jónatan Þórmundsson sjötugur, desember 2007.
Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts: Iceland , 2007, Oxford University Press.
Researching Icelandic Law, Rán Tryggvadóttir and Thordis Ingadóttir, GlobaLex, New York University School of Law, febrúar 2007.
Umræðuþáttur - Staða laganáms á Íslandi, í Bifröst, Háskólinn á Bifröst, ritstj. Jóhann H. Hafstein, 2006
“Symposium: Extraordinary Chambers of Cambodia - Financial challenges and their possible effects on proceedings”, Journal of International Criminal Justice 4 (2006) (Oxford Journals).
International Criminal Court – Senior Officials take office”, Forum, Journal of the International Law Association, Volume 6, No. 1, 2004.
"Financing Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals”, in Internationalized Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Sierra Leone, East Timor, Kosovo and Cambodia (eds. Cesare P.R. Romano, Jann Kleffner, Andre Nollkaemper, Oxford University Press, 2004).
The International Criminal Court: Recommendations on Policy and Practice – Financing, Victims, Judges, and Immunities (Thordis Ingadottir ed.), Transnational Publishers, June 2003. Review: International Journal of Legal Information, Summer 2004 EditionVolume 32, No. 2.
Thordis Ingadottir, Carla Ferstman, Edda Kristjansdottir, “Victims of Atrocities – Access to Reparations”, The Conference on Searching for Justice: Comprehensive Action in the Face of Atrocities, 4.-5. December, 2003 – York University, Canada. Also translated into Spanish.
“The EEA Agreement and homogeneous jurisprudence: The two pillar role given to the EFTA Court and the Court of Justice of the European Communities”, Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence, Vol. 2, 2002.
The International Criminal Court – Nomination and Election of Judges, ICC Discussion Paper #4, The Project on International Courts and Tribunals, June 2002.
Thordis Ingadottir and Paul Szasz, “The Immunities of UN and its officials and the International Criminal Court”, Leiden Journal of International Law, Issue 4, 2001.
The International Criminal Court - The Trust Fund for Victims, ICC Discussion Paper #3, The Project on International Courts and Tribunals, February 2001.
Thordis Ingadottir and Cesare Romano, The Financing of the International Criminal Court, ICC Discussion Paper #2, The Project on International Courts and Tribunals, June 2000.
Thordis Ingadottir, Françoise Ngendahayo, and Patricia Viseur Sellers, The International Criminal Court - The Victims and Witnesses Unit, ICC Discussion Paper #1, The Project on International Courts and Tribunals, March 2000.
Thordis Ingadottir and Dinah Shelton, The International Criminal Court - Reparations to victims of crimes (article 75 of the Rome Statute) and the Trust Fund (article 79), The Center on International Cooperation, July 1999, also published in International Crimes, Peace, and Human Rights, 149-163 (Dinah Shelton ed., Transnational Publisher 2000).
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
2022 Access Info Group (COE Convention on Access to Offical Documents)
2004 Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), delegate of Iceland
2004 Committee of Experts for Development of Human Rights (DH-DEV), delegate of Iceland
2004-2007 Committee of Experts on Terrorism (CODEXTER), delegate of Iceland
International Center for Settlement and Investment Disputes (ICSID)
2015-2021, Designated on Iceland´s behalf to the Panel on Conciliators and the Panel of Arbitrators
UNITED NATIONS
2006 Delegation of the Government of Iceland, United Nations, Committee of the Rights of the Child, Consideration of State Reports, 42nd Session, April 2006
2005 Delegation of the Government of Iceland, United Nations, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Consideration of State Report, 67th Session, August 2005
2004 Delegation of the Government of Iceland, United Nations, meeting of the Human Rights Commission
1999-2002 2nd to 10th meetings of the Preparatory Commission of the International Criminal Court
INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNALS
2006- Nordic Journal of International Law, Member of the Editorial Board
BAR ADMISSION AND AFFILIATIONS
1994-1995 Icelandic Bar Association
2000-2003 American Branch of the International Law Association
2000- American Society of International Law
OTHER
2021 Chair, Committee on research into living conditions and treatment of adults with intelectual disabilities and adults with mental problems, appointed by the Prime Minister
2019-2023 Chairman of the Board, Iceland Geosurvey (www.isor.is), appointed by the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources
2018-2020 Board member, The Icelandic Science Society
2018- Chair, Ethical Committee, Bifröst University
2017-2020 Chair, Ethical Committee, The Agriculural University of Iceland
2013-2019, Member of the Committee on Reopening of Judgements (appointed by the Minister of Interior)
2017-2018 Member of a Working Group regarding procedures in cases of sexual crimes, when the victim or the accused has a disability, appointed by the National Prosecutor.
2016-2019 Chair, Selection Committee, State Financial Investments (ISFI)
The Selection Committee, on behalf of the state, evaluates and nominates candidates for the supervisory boards or boards of directors of banks and undertakings that are managed by ISFI
2009-2018, Member of the Icelandic Judical Council (appointed by the Minister of Justice, reappointed by the Minister of Interior)
2015-present Member of the Board, National Association of Intellectual Disabilities (www.throskahjalp.is)
2015-05/2019 Chair, the Icelandic Down-Syndrome Association (www.downs.is)
2015 Inter-Ministerial Steering Group on Implementing International Agreements against Corruption and Bribery. Appointed by the Minister of Interior.
2010-2014 Board of Directors, Landsbankinn hf. (apointed by the Icelandic State Financial Investments).
2010-2014 Audit and Risk Committee, Landsbankinn hf. (chair 2013-2014)
2008-2017 Chair, Committee on the implementation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Protocols, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Ministry of Justice)
2008-2012 National Committee on Humanitarian Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Referee for various publications
