Profile

Maria George

Research Assistant in Right of Microbes project
Spoken languages
English, Hindi, Malayalam

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

  • Public International Law
  • Climate change, environmental law and governance
  • International trade and investment law

 

PROFILE:

Maria works as a research assistant with the Right of Microbes project, examining legal and governance frameworks that could recognize, respect and account for the intrinsic value and moral standing of microbes; and adequately reflect the interdependency between (and amongst) microbes, other organisms, the environment. She is a PhD Candidate with the International Law department, working on issues of causation in international law and climate change. She has previously assisted the Government of India in international trade disputes and in domestic legislative drafting and has interned with the World Trade Organisation.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Gabrielle Marceau, Maria George and Vishakha Raj, “Application of the General Rule of interpretation by the WTO Dispute Settlement System” in The Practice of Interpretation in International Law: Unity, Diversity, and Evolution, m” in “P Merkouris, S-I Lekkas & N Mileva eds., (forthcoming, CUP 2026)
  • Gabrielle Marceau, Maria George, Trade, climate and differentiation: an analysis of the interaction between the ‘Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities’ and the WTO agreement, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025
  • Gabrielle Marceau and Maria George, "The new Roles of the WTO” in Unity in Diversity: Perspectives on the Law of International Organizations: Liber Amicorum for Niels M. Blokker, Rick Lawson and Ramses A. Wessel eds., (Brill, 2025)
  • Gabrielle Marceau and Maria George, “The New Roles of the World Trade Organisation in Trade and Climate Change” in International Economic Law as Symphony: Thomas Cottier and the Harmonies of Trade, Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Rodrigo Polanco, and Pierre Sauvé, eds., (Hart Publishing, 2025)