Dr. Sanja Đajić, full professor

Professor Djajić earned her law degree from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1995. She received her LL.M. degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law (USA) in 1999, and her Magister of Law degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. She defended her doctoral dissertation (“Relationship between International and National Law with Special Reference to the Effect of International Judicial Decisions”) at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 2003.

Fellowships and grants: Ron Brown Fellowship (U.S.), Chevening Fellowship (U.K.), LSE/OSI/FCO Chevening Non-degree Faculty Fellowship, WUS (Austria), Academy of European Law European University Institute, Coimbra Group Hospitality Scheme Program, Erasmus + Programme.

Courses attended and/or visiting scholar/professor: University of Connecticut School of Law, U.S., (1998/1999); Academy of European Law – European University Institute (2000);  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Institute for International Law (2002); London School of Economics – associate fellow, (2003, 2004/2005); Institute for European Law, International Law and Comparative Law – University of Vienna (visiting scholar) (2014); LUMSA University – Department of Law (visiting professor) (2018); University of Verona – Department of Law (visiting professor) (2015); Hague Academy of International Law – 1998, 2021.

Employment: The University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law (1995- ).

Areas of Research and Expertise: International law, international courts and tribunals, international investment law and arbitration, human rights, European system of human rights protection, freedom of expression, relationship between international and national law.

Languages: English and working knowledge of French.

• member of legal teams and/or counsel in international judicial and arbitral proceedings before the International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, and in international investment arbitration (ICSID, UNCITRAL)
• national Consultant of the Council of Europe – Project “Strengthening Effective Legal Remedies to Human Rights Violations in Serbia” (2020-2022)
• consultant for international law with law firms, state ministries, domestic courts
• Arbitrator with the Permanent Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia.
• permanent Court’s Interpreter for English language (2002- )

Bachelor of Law Studies

• Public International Law
• Public International Law – Special Course
• Prohibition of Discrimination in International Law

Master of Law Studies

• International Protection of Human Rights
• International Judiciary
• International Refugee Law

Doctoral Studies

• Public International Law – Advanced Course
• Theory of International Law
• Freedom of Expression

For a complete list of publications see (Google Scholar)

• Stanivuković M., Djajić S.: Something Old, Something New: The 1930 Reform of the Trianon Mixed Arbitral Tribunals and the Contemporary Discussion of the Appeal Mechanism in Investment Arbitration; In: The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, 1919–1939 : An Experiment in the International Adjudication of Private Rights / Herausgegeben von Hélène Ruiz Fabri, Michel Erpelding, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2023, pp. 459-506, ISBN 978-3-7489-3971-9
• Sanja Djajić (2023). Standing Alone but Standing Tall: A Female Perspective of International Law from the Interwar Yugoslavia. In: Krstić, I., Evola, M., Ribes Moreno, M.I. (eds) Legal Issues of International Law from a Gender Perspective. Gender Perspectives in Law, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13459-3_10, pp. 200-224
• Sanja Djajić, Ground-Breaking Win or Castle in the Air? Relevance of the Green Power v. Spain Award in the EU-ISDS Feud, Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Novom Sadu, vol. 56, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1005-1032, DOI:https://doi.org/10.5937/zrpfns56-41698.
• Sanja Djajić, Renaissance of the Good Faith Principle in Recent International Investment Arbitration and Treaty-Making, In: Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian law with the European Union Law: thematic collection of papers. Vol. 8, Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, ISBN 978-86-7774-247-8, UDK 341.63:339.727.22, 2022, 145-163.
• Sanja Djajić, Freedom of Expression, Strong Language and Public Servants, Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta, Novi Sad, vol. 55, br. 3, 2021, str. 803-827, doi:10.5937/zrpfns55-35291
• Sanja Djajić, Dubravka Lazić (2021). Artistic Expression: Freedom or Curse? Some Thoughts on Jurisprudence of The European Court of Human Rights from the Theoretical Perspective of Visual and Performance Arts and Rationales Behind Freedom of Political Expression, The Age of Human Rights Journal, 2021, No. 17, pp. 97-124, ISSN 2340-9592, DOI: 10.17561/tahrj.v17.6269.
• Sanja Djajić, Maja Stanivuković (2021). Changed Perspectives and Conflicting Treaty Obligations: What Is the Message of the CJEU Achmea Decision and the 2020 Plurilateral Termination Agreement for Candidate Countries such as Serbia? Central European Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 2, no. 1, 2021, pp. 53-82, DOI:https://doi.org/10.47078/2021.1.53-82.
• Sanja Djajić (2020). Good Faith in International Investment Law and Policy, in: Chaisse et al. (eds.), Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, Springer, pp. 1-34, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5744-2, ISBN: 978-981-13-5744-2
• Sanja Djajić (2020). Post-Achmea Apocalypse for EU Law in International Investment Arbitration, in: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Radovan V. Vukadinović (eds. Allan Tatham et al.), Banja Luka – Kragujevac, pp. 133-158
• Sanja Djajić, Maja Stanivuković (2019). The Local Remedies Rule in non-ICSID Investment Arbitration, in: Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2019 (eds. Christian Klausegger et al.), Manz’sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung – Wien, Verlag C.H. Beck – München, Stämpfli Verlag – Bern, ISBN: 978-3-214-04325-4, pp. 421-466
• Maja Stanivuković, Sanja Đajić (2019). From Losinger to ATA v Jordan: Retroactive application of national law to arbitration agreement, Yearbook on International Arbitration and ADR, VI, (eds. Marianne Roth, Michael Geistlinger), NWV Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna – Graz – Zurich, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7083-1247-7, pp. 149-170
• Sanja Djajić, Rodoljub Etinski (2018). Summary Procedure before the Strasbourg Court under Article 28(1)b of the European Convention on Human Rights: Judicial Economy under Scrutiny, 38 Polish Yearbook of International Law, 73-98. ISSN 0554-498X
• Sanja Djajić (2018). The Concept of Precedent at the European Court for Human Rights and National Responses to the Doctrine with Special Reference to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia, in: Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian Law with the European Union Law, vol. VI, Faculty of Law Novi Sad Publishing Center: Novi Sad, pp. 223-240
• Sanja Đajić (2018). The Achmea Cases – Story on Treaty Interpretation, Forum Competition and International Law Fragmentation, Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law University of Novi Sad, no. 2, 491-509, 341.24:340.132, doi:10.5937/zrpfns52-19021
• Sanja Djajić (2017). International Legal Protection of Medical Personnel in Warfare and Peace Missions, Vojnosanit Pregl 2017; 74(7): 681–686, UDC: 61-051:: 355.357]:341, https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP170516072D
• Sanja Djajić (2016). Searching for purpose: Critical assessment of teleological interpretation of treaties in investment arbitration, International Review of Law, 3/2016, 2016:iit.4 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5339/irl.2016.iit.4. pp. 1–28, available at: http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdfplus/10.5339/irl.2016.iit.4
• Rodoljub Etinski, Sanja Djajić (2015). Direct effect of the European Convention on Human Rights, Annals of the Belgrade Faculty of Law, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 91-111
• Sanja Djajić (2015). True Purpose of the Most-Favoured-Nation Clause in International Proceedings: Substantive Guarantee or Only a Procedural Tool?, Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian Law with the European Union Law, vol. 3, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law. UDK: 341.24:341.63, str. 323-341, ISBN: 978-86-7774-153-2. Available at SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2637565
• Sanja Djajić (2014). Provisional Application of Treaties: Critical Assessment of the Rule and International Investment Awards, in: Harmonisation of Serbian and Hungarian Law with the European Union law (ed. Ranko Keča), Szeged – Novi Sad, pp. 339-362. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2490146
• Sanja Djajić, Petar Djundić (2012). Creeping Expropriation: In Search for a More Comprehensive Approach, in: Yearbook of International Arbitration, vol. II, (eds. M. Geistlinger, M. Roth), Intersentia, Antwerp-Copenhagen-Zurich-Vienna-Graz, ISBN: 978-1-78068-074-3, pp. 239-276
• Sanja Djajić (2011). Serbia, in: International Law in Domestic Legal Systems, ed. Dinah Shelton, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 526-555, ISBN 978-0-19-969490-7
• Sanja Djajic (2011). Contractual Claims in Treaty-Based Arbitration – With or Without Umbrella and Forum Selection Clauses, International Arbitration Law Review, Vol. 14, Issue 5, pp. 173-181 (Sweet & Maxwell, ISSN: 1367-8272)