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Vincent-Joël Proulx
Address: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law
469G Bukit Timah Road, Eu Tong Sen Building #BB-03-08
Singapore 259776
Telephone: +1 (604) 726-3598 (mobile) / +65 6601 3979 (office)
Email: vj.proulx@outlook.com
Nationality: Canadian; Application for Portuguese nationality in process
Webpage: http://www.law.nus.edu.sg/people/vincent-joel-proulx
BIOGRAPHY
I am a Canadian lawyer and law professor with over 17 years of practice, research, and academic experience in the fields of public
international law, international dispute settlement, private international law, counterterrorism and national security, and comparative
legal traditions (with a focus on civil law and common law systems). I have extensive professional experience in the fields of
international dispute settlement and international law, with a particular focus on State-to-State disputes and investor-State arbitration.
Advised the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and other judges on over 20 State-to-State disputes in English and
French at various stages of litigation, including incidental proceedings (i.e. requests for and modification of provisional measures),
third-party intervention requests, joinder applications, counter-claims, preliminary objections, merits proceedings, compensation
proceedings, and nomination of post-judgment experts. Served in same capacity in 2 advisory opinion proceedings. Experienced in
several substantive matters including State responsibility, commercial contract law, international trade and investment law, privileges
and immunities, law of the sea and maritime delimitation, territorial and boundary disputes, treaty law, international environmental
law, international administrative law, international organisations law and practice, international human rights and humanitarian law,
the application of international law by domestic courts and agencies, and counterterrorism law and national security.
Through professional experience, teaching and scholarly work, acquired knowledge of a vast range of legal systems and industries,
and familiarity with all the leading institutional arbitration rules (HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, PCA, SCC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and
ad hoc regimes). Appointed to SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. Assisted with appointing authority matters under the
UNCITRAL Rules in commercial arbitration cases involving construction, oil & gas, sale of goods, mining, finance and joint
ventures, telecommunications, and other contractual disputes. Also assisted with arbitrator challenges. As expert, advised a Canadian
Queen’s Counsel on ongoing litigation in Canadian courts (regarding the application of international law in domestic courts), and a
foreign government on pending litigation before the ICJ (both on procedural and substantive matters). My current research centres
on international dispute settlement and international trade, investment, and commercial law.
EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE’S FACULTY OF LAW (NUS LAW), SINGAPORE
Associate Professor (with tenure) (Dec 2019- )
Courses designed and taught include International Dispute Settlement (international commercial arbitration, investor-State arbitration,
all manner of State-to-State dispute settlement, and ADR), State Responsibility: Theory and Practice (public international law, intersection
with investor-State arbitration and State-to-State disputes), Legal Systems of Asia (including the civil law and arbitration in Asia)
Awarded faculty-level Annual Teaching Excellence Award and nominated for university-level Annual Teaching Excellence Award
for academic year 2018-2019 (NUS)
Presented work at over 35 international conferences, including ASIL, the Society of International Economic Law and the Asian
Society of International Law, and delivered guest lectures at leading institutions in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America
Assistant Professor (Sept 2015-Dec 2019)
Teaching and researching in the areas of international law, international dispute settlement, and comparative law
Invited panellist and discussant on attribution in investment arbitration at the 2019 SIAC-CIL Academic-Practitioner Colloquium
Other Teaching
The Hague Academy of International Law, Director of Studies (French programme), 2022 winter session
Invited faculty at last four editions of Singapore International Arbitration Academy (SIAA), teaching sessions on general principles
of international law and the investment treaty regime
Invited speaker at training workshop commissioned by Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) with the Office of the
Government Corporate Counsel, Republic of the Philippines on the SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules (covering various topics
including investor-State dispute settlement and differences with other similar procedures, jurisdictional criteria, appointment of and
challenges to arbitrators, emergency arbitration, early dismissal of claims and defences, submissions by non-disputing parties, third-
party funding arrangements, and confidentiality and publication of key information relating to disputes)
1|P a g eInvited faculty at a course commissioned by Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, training high-level governmental and diplomatic
personnel on the United Nations Charter, diplomatic and consular relations, and the application of international law by government
agencies and domestic courts
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ), THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
Special Assistant to the President of the ICJ, H.E. Judge Peter Tomka (Feb 2012-March 2015)
Legal advisory role to the President of the World Court
Provided research and drafting assistance on all pending cases and for extra-judicial activities
Attended all confidential deliberations and Court meetings and participated in all meetings of judgment drafting committees leading
to final judgments, providing analytical summaries and advice on both procedural and substantive matters
Conducted substantive research for investor-State cases involving breaches of investment treaty obligations
Drafted speeches, official statements, and public lectures
Carried out various administrative, diplomatic, and liaison tasks
Associate Legal Officer to the Vice-President of the ICJ, H.E. Judge Peter Tomka (Sept 2010-Feb 2012)
Provided research and drafting assistance on pending cases and served in advisory role
Drafted extra-judicial documents, including speeches, statements, and public lectures
Assisted H.E. Judge ad hoc Jean-Pierre Cot in a maritime delimitation case
Law Clerk to H.E. Judge Mohamed Bennouna (Aug 2008-June 2009)
Provided research and assistance in preparation of hearings and written judgments
Drafted memoranda detailing the arguments, issues, and facts arising in pending cases
Analysed and summarised treaties, jurisprudence, and various other texts and publications
Researched various topics and drafted memoranda in support of the Judge’s personal assignments
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Secretariat Reporter (Secrétaire-rédacteur) (2011-2019)
Served in that capacity at five biennial sessions (in Greece, Japan, Estonia, India, and The Netherlands)
Drafted, reviewed, and translated various documents on international legal matters, including international arbitration, in support of
the Institute’s sessions, both in French and English, including for publication in its Yearbook
COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO, TORONTO, CANADA
Law Clerk to Judges Robert J. Sharpe and Eleanore A. Cronk (Sept 2009-Sept 2010)
Provided research assistance, drafted pre-hearing memoranda detailing the arguments, issues, and facts of each case
Domestic law cases included criminal, administrative and constitutional law, all manner of private law, and private international law
Analysed and summarised legislation, jurisprudence, and scholarly literature
Attended hearings, produced post-hearing memoranda and research memoranda, and edited draft judgments
Drafted speeches and research papers in support of Judges’ personal assignments
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, DC, USA
Quebec Scholar (June-Aug 2009)
Carried out policy work on international affairs, national security, and scholarly work on international law at both the Canada Institute
and the Division of International Security Studies
MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW, MONTREAL, CANADA
Programme Coordinator, International Judicial Internships Programme (2005-2008)
Designed, implemented, and managed a global judicial internships programme for more than 15 internships
Research Assistant to Professors Stephen J. Toope, Fabien Gélinas, René Provost, and Frédéric Mégret (2005-2006)
Provided research assistance and support on various international law, dispute settlement, and administrative matters
INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF CANADA, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, OTTAWA, CANADA
Summer Law Student (Apr-Aug 2003)
Drafted memorandum of fact and law for permission to seek leave to the Supreme Court of Canada
Drafted various legal opinions on constitutional, administrative and access to information law, federal civil procedure
Assisted in preparing access to information litigation and related documents for federal court proceedings
CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (DFAIT), OTTAWA, CANADA
Administrative Assistant, European Union Division (2001-2002; full and part-time)
Worked on various trade-related and political projects relevant to Canada-EU relations
Summer Law Student, Southern Europe Division (2001)
Worked on a Canadian trade mission and various trade-related projects relevant to Canada’s international relations
2|P a g eINDUSTRY CANADA, INFORMATION HIGHWAY APPLICATIONS BRANCH, OTTAWA, CANADA
Junior Programme Officer/Senior Clerk, Voluntary Sector Network Support Program (VolNet) (1998-2001; full and part-time)
Worked on various projects related to internet connectivity and cyberspace development in the voluntary sector and on a major
project on Y2K preparedness across the public sector
EDUCATION
Doctorate in International Law (D.C.L./Ph.D.), McGill University Faculty of Law (various scholarships) 2011
Master of Laws in International Legal Studies (LL.M.), New York University School of Law 2004
Baccalaureate of Laws (Common Law) (LL.B./J.D. equivalent) (cum laude), University of Ottawa 2003
Licentiate in Law (Civil Law) (LL.L.) (cum laude), University of Ottawa 2002
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1) ‘The World Court’s Jurisdictional Formalism and its Lost Market Share: The Marshall Islands Decisions and the Quest for a
Suitable Dispute Settlement Forum for Multilateral Disputes’ (2017) 30 Leiden Journal of International Law 925–946
2) ‘The Evidentiary Practice of the World Court’ in Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo et al (eds), Liber Amicorum in Honour of a Modern
Renaissance Man: His Excellency Gudmundur Eiríksson (Universal Law Publishing/LexisNexis 2017) 361–382 (with H.E. ICJ Judge
Peter Tomka)
3) Institutionalizing State Responsibility: Global Security and UN Organs (Oxford University Press 2016) 400pp
4) ‘Les Affaires africaines devant les chambres de la Cour internationale de Justice’ in Makane Mbengue & Maurice Kamga (eds),
Liber Amicorum Raymond Ranjeva: Africa and International Law: Reflections on the International Organization (Editions Pedone 2013)
323–349 (with H.E. ICJ President Peter Tomka)
5) Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention (Hart Publishing 2012) 378pp
See attached appendix for full list of publications.
Awarded the 2014 Myres S. McDougal Prize for best book in Law, Science, and Policy from the Society of Policy Scientists for first
monograph and the best paper award from the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law at its 2018 Global Annual
Conference for co-authored paper, titled ‘Requiem for a Deal, or the End of American Influence in the Investment Chapters of
Asia-relevant FTAs?’
LANGUAGES
Bilingual in English/French
Spanish (written and spoken)
APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Ontario, Canada (2010- )
Member, Reserve Panel of Arbitrators, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Member, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Director of Studies, The Hague Academy of International Law (French programme, 2022 winter session)
Secretariat Reporter (Secrétaire-rédacteur), Institute of International Law (2011-2019)
Member, Executive Council, Asian Society of International Law
Member, Executive Committee, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL)
Member, Board of Experts, Talking about Terrorism (non-partisan think tank based in Washington, DC)
Member, International Law Association (ILA) Study Group on Individual Responsibility in International Law
Rapporteur, Oxford International Organizations (OXIO)
Member, Asian Society of International Law
Member, American Society of International Law
Member, Canadian Council on International Law
Member, International Law Association (ILA) – Singapore Branch
3|P a g eAPPENDIX – LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
1. Institutionalizing State Responsibility: Global Security and UN Organs, with a Foreword by His Excellency Judge Peter
Tomka, former President of the International Court of Justice (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016) (Oxford
Monographs in International Law) 400pp
• Cited in Fourth Report: ‘Legal Aspects of the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes’, International
Law Association Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non Proliferation & Contemporary International Law
(Professor Jonathan L. Black-Branch, Chair and Professor Dieter Fleck, Rapporteur), at para 19,
, published in
(2018) 78 International Law Association Reports of Conferences 816, 834
• Book reviews forthcoming in (2021) 32 European Journal of International Law and (2021) 27 Australian Journal of
Human Rights
2. Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability: A New Theory of Prevention, with a Foreword by His Excellency ICJ
Judge Bruno Simma (Oxford and Portland: Hart Publishing 2012) (Hart Monographs in Transnational and
International Law, No. 9) 378pp
• Awarded the 2014 Myres S. McDougal Prize for best book in Law, Science, and Policy from the Society of
Policy Scientists
• Reviewed in: (2014) 73 Cambridge Law Journal 451–455
(2012) 50 Canadian Yearbook of International Law 671–675
(2012) 58 Annuaire Français de Droit International 982–983
(2013) Revue Québécoise de Droit International, 1 October (4 pages),
(2013) ASIL Cables, American Society of International Law, 18 April
(2 pages)
LEAD ARTICLES
1. ‘A Postmortem for International Criminal Law?: Terrorism, Law and Politics, and the Reaffirmation of State
Sovereignty’ (2020) 11 Harvard National Security Journal 151–213
2. ‘International Civil Individual Responsibility and the Security Council: Building the Foundations of a General
Regime’ (2019) 40 Michigan Journal of International Law 215–287
• Featured in Talking About Terrorism, a non-partisan think tank specialised in terrorism-related issues based
in Washington, DC,
• Featured in 14(6) War Crimes Prosecution Watch, ‘Worth Reading’ section (27 April 2019),
3. ‘The World Court’s Jurisdictional Formalism and its Lost Market Share: The Marshall Islands Decisions and the
Quest for a Suitable Dispute Settlement Forum for Multilateral Disputes’ (2017) 30 Leiden Journal of International
Law 925–946
• Reprinted in William A. Schabas (ed), The International Court of Justice: Volume 2 (Cheltenham and
Northampton: Edward Elgar 2020) 632 (chapter 29)
4. ‘An Incomplete Revolution: Enhancing the Security Council’s Role in Enforcing Counterterrorism Obligations’
(2017) 8 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 303–338
4|P a g e• Cited in Second Annual Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter-terrorism and Human
Rights to the General Assembly, UN Doc. A/73/361 (3 September 2018), at page 13, available at
5. ‘The Marshall Islands Judgments and Multilateral Disputes at the World Court: Whither Access to International
Justice?’ (2017) 111 American Journal of International Law Unbound (AJIL Unbound) 96–101
6. ‘International and Municipal Law before the World Court: One or Two Legal Orders?’ (2016) 35 Polish Yearbook
of International Law 11–46 [with His Excellency ICJ Judge Peter Tomka and Jessica Howley]
• Cited in Fifth Report on Identification of Customary International Law (Addendum) by Sir Michael Wood,
Special Rapporteur, International Law Commission, UN Doc. A/CN.4/717/Add.1 (6 June 2018), at page
30, available at
7. ‘The Use of Academic Writing in Appellate Judicial Decision-Making’ (2011) 50 Canadian Business Law Journal
550–571 [with The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe]
8. ‘Babysitting Terrorists: Should States Be Strictly Liable for Failing to Prevent Transborder Attacks?’ (2005) 23
Berkeley Journal of International Law 615–668
• Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education and www.chronicle.com: David Glenn, ‘Scholar Would Place
Liability on Countries That Harbor Terrorists (Vincent-Joel Proulx of McGill University Faculty of Law’s
opinion on Pakistan’s responsibility in London Terrorist Bombings, 2005) (Interview)’, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Volume 52, Issue 31, 7 April 2006, at page A24
• Reprinted (slightly revised) in Sanford Silverburg (ed), International Law: A Reader on Contemporary Issues and
Future Developments (Boulder: Westview Press 2011) 406–447
9. ‘Borrowing from our Common Law Cousins: American and British Influences on the Merger of Canadian
Trademark and Internet Domain Name Laws’ (2005) 22 Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law 505–
582
10. ‘If the Hat Fits, Wear It, If the Turban Fits, Run for Your Life: Reflections on the Indefinite Detention and
Targeted Killing of Suspected Terrorists’ (2005) 56 Hastings Law Journal 801–901
• Cited by the Supreme Court of Israel in The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel 2, HCJ 769/02 1, 13
December 2006, at para 30, available at
(unanimous decision) (cited by the Honourable President (Emeritus)
Aharon Barak, Justices Dorit Beinisch and Eliezer Rivlin concurring)
11. ‘Rethinking the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the Post-September 11th Era: Should Acts of
Terrorism Qualify as Crimes against Humanity?’ (2004) 19 American University International Law Review 1009–1090
• Cited in Terrorism and International Law: Accountability, Remedies, and Reform: A Report of the International Bar
Association Task Force on Terrorism (Chaired by Justice Richard Goldstone) (Oxford: Oxford University Press
2011), at page 171
12. ‘Un Droit qui laisse sa marque (de commerce), même dans le cyberespace: peut-on transposer au web les règles
terrestres de propriété intellectuelle?’ (2004) 16 Les Cahiers de Propriété Intellectuelle 767–817
CHAPTERS IN EDITED COLLECTIONS
1. ‘Counterterrorism and National Security: The Domestic/International Law Interface’ in Holly Cullen, Philipp
Kastner and Sean Richmond (eds), The Politics of International Criminal Law (Leiden: Brill 2020) 314–389
2. ‘The Evidentiary Practice of the World Court’ in Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo et al (eds), Liber Amicorum in Honour
of a Modern Renaissance Man: His Excellency Gudmundur Eiríksson (San José and Sonipat: Universal Law
Publishing/LexisNexis 2017) 361–382 [with His Excellency ICJ Judge Peter Tomka]
• Cited by Uganda in the compensation phase of the Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic
Republic of the Congo v Uganda) case, International Court of Justice (written pleading not yet public)
5|P a g e• Cited by Nicaragua in the compensation phase of the Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border
Area (Costa Rica v Nicaragua) case, Counter-Memorial, International Court of Justice, at para 3.18
3. ‘An Uneasy Transition? Linkages between the Law of State Responsibility and the Law Governing the
Responsibility of International Organizations’ in Maurizio Ragazzi (ed), The Responsibility of International
Organizations: Essays in Memory of Sir Ian Brownlie (Leiden and Boston: Martinus Nijhoff 2013) 109–120
4. ‘Les Affaires africaines devant les chambres de la Cour internationale de Justice’ in Makane M. Mbengue and
Maurice Kamga (eds), Liber Amicorum Raymond Ranjeva: Africa and International Law: Reflections on the International
Organization (Paris: Editions Pedone 2013) 323–349 [with His Excellency ICJ President Peter Tomka]
SHORTER PIECES AND BOOK REVIEWS
1. ‘Foreign Fighters: Looking Beyond Counterterrorism Laws: Introductory Remarks’ (2019) 112 American Society
of International Law Proceedings 301–303
2. ‘United Nations Security Council Resolution 687’ (2017) Oxford International Organizations (OXIO) (Oxford
University Press, 1500 words),
3. ‘United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373’ (2017) Oxford International Organizations (OXIO) (Oxford
University Press, 1500 words),
4. ‘Institutionalizing State Responsibility: Global Security and UN Organs’ (2017) 110 American Society of International
Law Proceedings 212–215
5. ‘“Terrorism” at the World Court: Ukraine v Russia as an Opportunity for Greater Guidance on Relevant
Obligations?’ EJIL: Talk! (17 April 2017) (Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
6. ‘International Responsibility Today: Essays in Memory of Oscar Schachter • L’Emergence de la Communauté
Internationale dans la Responsabilité des Etats’ (2007) 18 European Journal of International Law 581–590
7. ‘The “War on Terror” and the Framework of International Law’ (2007) 40 Canadian Journal of Political Science 278–
279
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