{"id":5,"date":"2015-04-25T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carducciarbitration.com\/site\/01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:51:04","slug":"introduction-concept-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carducciarbitration.com\/site\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Combining academic, international and intergovernmental experiences in preventing and resolving international disputes

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Law Professor and Attorney-at-Law (Paris-Rome)
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Chartered Arbitrator (FCIArb), Former International Tenant and Arbitrator, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square (London) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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<\/div>\nFormer Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO (HQ Paris, 192 Governments and Member States) 
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Acts as Arbitrator, Legal Counsel and Expert in:
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ii) Art Law and Restitution Claims, UNESCO Conventions (visit carducciartlaw.com<\/a>)
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iii) International Law (Public, Economic, Private), EU, French and Italian Law
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Fluent and works in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian
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Former Mediator between the United Kingdom and Greece in the Dispute for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum
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CIIAM (Madrid – Santiago, International and Interamerican Arbitration Center) : Co-Chair of the \u201cArbitration with States and Investments\u201d Working Group (until June 2026)
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American Bar Association (ABA): Former Vice-Chair, International Arbitration and International Litigation Committees
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Panels of Arbitrators: ICDR, CIArb, WIPO, CIETAC, JCAA, HKIAC, BVI, CMAP. Formerly ICSID, SIAC, CAS Panels
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Recognized in The Legal 500 : Dispute Resolution
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Publications: 60 Articles in Law Journals and 2 Monographs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Arbitration in France: Law and Practice (forthcoming Oxford University Press)
International Art Restitution Claims (LGDJ Paris)
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Ph.D. in International Law (Univ. Paris II) – Ph.D. in Comparative Contract Law (Univ. Rome I) – Diploma, The Hague Academy of International Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Guido Carducci is a law professor and an attorney-at-law.<\/h3>\n

He was Chief of the International Standards Section at UNESCO (Paris Headquarters) in charge of: i) international standard-setting, the intergovernmental elaboration of international law and its implementation in (192) Member States, and ii) UNESCO Conventions on art, cultural property and heritage<\/h3>\n
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Experience and expertise by jurisdictions include:<\/h3>\n
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i) Public, Private and Economic, International Law:
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a) Former Chief, International Standards Section, UNESCO<\/strong> (HQ Paris, 2002-2007), assisting or advising Governments of (192) Member States in: i) international standard-setting, treaty-making and implementation; and ii) UNESCO Cultural Property and Heritage Conventions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

– Designed and drafted the first draft instrument and in charge of its intergovernmental negotiation<\/strong> (open to legal and policy experts of 192 Member States) leading to the following instruments: <\/strong><\/p>\n

i) a treaty: the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003)<\/p>\n

ii) the UNESCO Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage (2003)<\/p>\n

iii) the Draft UNESCO Declaration of Principles relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War (\u201cNazi-looted art\u201d and beyond)<\/p>\n

– Was in charge of the implementation of the following Conventions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

i) 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols (138 States Parties)<\/p>\n

ii) 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (149 States Parties)<\/p>\n

\u00a0iii) 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (81 States Parties)<\/p>\n

– Expert also: 1972 UNESCO Convention (impacts investments, natural resources, energy, ex. ICSID Arb. 84\/3)<\/p>\n

– Was in charge of the Cultural Property \u201cReturn and Restitution\u201d Intergovernmental Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Assisted Member States in designing national legislation<\/strong> to implement treaties upon their request<\/p>\n

b) Delegate of Italy in Treaty-making<\/strong>: negotiation of the UNESCO Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention (1996-2001)<\/p>\n

c) T<\/strong>reaty-making<\/strong>: former pr\u00e9cis-writer at The Hague Conference of Private International Law (The Hague) and at UNIDROIT (Rome)<\/p>\n

d) Distinctions <\/strong>: Diploma from The Hague Academy of International Law; Ph.D (Univ.Paris II \/ Univ. Rome I)\u00a0<\/p>\n

e) Also Professor, Arbitrator, Expert, Counsel, Author<\/strong>: in private, public and economic international law<\/p>\n

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ii) French and EU Law:<\/h3>\n

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a) Law Professor in Paris<\/strong> (1999-Present) in French and EU Contract, Commercial, Company Law – International Private, Business, Arbitration Law, Ma\u00eetre de Conf\u00e9rences des Facult\u00e9s de droit,<\/em>Paris Est, Hors classe<\/em>, HDR<\/p>\n

b) Ph.D\u00a0Docteur en droit<\/em><\/strong>, Univ. Paris II, Thesis \u201cThe Specialisation of the Sources of International Contract Law (before National Courts and Arbitral Tribunals)\u201d. Post-graduate specializations DEAs (Univ. Paris I, II) in : i) Contract and Commercial Law; ii) EU Law; iii) International Private and Business Law; iv) Public International Law. Holder Ma\u00eetrise en droit <\/em>(Univ. Paris II), Diploma, Institute of Comparative Law (Univ.Paris II)<\/p>\n

c) Paris Bar<\/strong> : admitted ex officio<\/em>, presently not Member<\/p>\n

d) Expert in EU Law and Investments, Energy, Arbitration<\/strong> (Since \u201cAchmea\u201d, article ICSID Review 2018, p.582)<\/p>\n

e) EU Expert in EU law-making<\/strong> : i) EU Regulation N.650\/2012 International Successions; ii) Return of World War II Looted Art

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iii) Italian Law:<\/h3>\n

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a) Attorney-at-Law in Rome<\/strong>, also before Italian Supreme Courts (Avvocato, Patrocinante in Cassazione<\/em>)<\/p>\n

b) Ph.D Dottore di Ricerca<\/em><\/strong> Univ. Rome I La Sapienza, <\/em>Thesis \u201cMandatory and Overriding Mandatory Rules in Comparative Contract Law and Conflict of Laws (Domestic and International Contracts)\u201d.<\/p>\n

c) Laurea<\/em> (J.D.) in Law<\/p>\n

d) Author and Team Leader for the ICC Compendium of Antitrust Damages Actions in EU\/Italian Law

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iv) English Law:<\/h3>\n

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a) Former International Tenant<\/strong> and Arbitrator with <\/strong>4-5 Gray’s Inn Square<\/strong>, London (2018-2025)<\/p>\n

b) Former Registered European Lawyer in England and Wales<\/strong> (until Brexit and 31\/12\/2020)<\/p>\n

c) Succesfully passed part of the Bar Transfer Test<\/strong> (run by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to qualify as Barrister) in: English Legal System, English Administrative Law, English Constitutional Law, English Land Law, EU Law<\/strong>.

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v) U.S. Law:<\/h3>\n

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a) ICDR Panel of Arbitrators<\/strong>. b) Former Visiting Professor University of Miami.<\/strong> c) American Bar Association<\/strong> (ABA, ILS): i) Former Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Committee and of the International Litigation Committee; ii) Former ABA Observer in the \u201cUniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies Committee\u201d of the Uniform Law Commission (see \u201c2022 UCC Reform\u201d). d) Author in some leading U.S. law reviews.<\/p>\n

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