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Vilawan Mangklatanakul
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
ILC Member and former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna
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Dr. Vilawan Mangklatanakul, is a retired career diplomat who has been with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand since 1995. Her last position was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna. She has built her expertise in important areas of international law including diplomatic and State immunities, treaty law, intellectual property and international economic law. She also has a keen interest in investment law and dispute mechanisms. She has represented the Government of Thailand on many occasions as the lead legal negotiator and legal adviser in connection with the negotiations of free trade agreements and international investment agreements.
Dr. Mangklatanakul has experience acting as an associate judge at the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court for five years, and has also served on the Thailand Arbitration Center Board of Directors, and is listed on the Thai Arbitration Institute's roster of arbitrators specialised in international trade law.
She is a member of the International Law Commission for the term 2023-2027.
Dr. Mangklatanakul received the degrees of Bachelor of Laws from Thammasat University; Master of Laws (International Business Law) from the Queen Mary College, University of London; and Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
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