Isaias Medina III & AsSociates CHRISTIAN LAWYERS
Experience and Expertise
International Law
International Law
International Law
30+ year career as an international lawyer and UN diplomat, expert in political science, public administration, public policy, international relations, compliance systems, and public international law including but not limited to human rights and international humanitarian law, counterterrorism, international criminal law, space law, and the law of the sea.
Criminal Law
International Law
International Law
Denounced a head of state and 20 high officials for violations of human rights and crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court based in the Hague, Netherlands. Amendment to the Rome Statute Convention to include in War Crimes, the crime of using starvation against a national population outside international conflicts.
Specialist
International Law
Specialist
Facilitation, mediation, negotiation, arbitration and peaceful dispute resolution, preventive diplomacy, compliance systems, and peace-building architecture. Advocate for sustainable development investment, Climate Change Mitigation, and Clean Energy, decarbonization of the data center industry, smart housing, and hydrogen initiatives. Technology, innovation, AI, Machine learning, and quantum computing policy and legislation.
Education and Certifications
Master in Laws, American Legal Practice, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
Technology and Innovation Acceleration Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Compliance Systems Certificate from Cornell University Law School
Harvard Executive Education Certificate Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
Harvard University / Kennedy School of Government / Masters in Public Administration
Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School of Government / Certificate in Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School Edward S. Mason fellow on Management & Public Policy
Alumni of The Hague Academy of International Law at the Peace Palace, in Public and Private International Law
Attorney at Law, Universidad Santa Maria / Political and Juridical Science Universidad Catolica Andres Bello
International Humanitarian Law: New York University School of Law and ICRC 32nd, 33rd, and 34th Annual Seminars for Diplomats Accredited to the U.N.
Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination at Princeton University Attended 2015 and 2016 Seminars for State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Activation of the Court’s Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression
Investment State Treaties and Investment State Arbitration, at the International Law Institute (ILI) in partnership with Georgetown University.
Diplomatic Practice
Diplomat United Nations Security Council and Delegate 6th Committee of International Law.
Positions:
- Legal expert at the adoption of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development at the UN General Assembly, 2015.
- Legal expert at the adoption of the Paris Agreement International Treaty on Climate Change, UN General Assembly, 2015.
- Diplomat at the United Nations, delegate for the 6th committee of international law.
- Expert at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
- Legal expert for the International Law Commission report.
- Legal expert at the International Criminal Court of the Rome Statute Convention.
- Legal expert for matters at the Security Council ad-hoc international criminal tribunals and the Caucus of the International Criminal Court, under the Rome Statute Convention.
- Legal Expert of the United Nations Security Council's elected member, including coordinating 16 Sanctions Committees, Resolution 1540 Committee, and Counter Terrorism subsidiary organs.
- Legal Counsel of the U.N. ECOSOC Decolonization Committee (C-24).
- Legal Counsel of the United Nations Security Council.
- Legal Counsel to the Non-Aligned Movements at the U.N 6th committee of International Law.
- Elected Rapporteur of UNCITRAL Working Group III on “Online Dispute Resolution”. Thrived to resolve issues between parties and sovereign states, based on international dispute resolution has been part of my core expertise as an international lawyer and UN Diplomat, including leading the United Nations International Trade Commission (UNCITRAL) and Its On-Line Dispute Model Law which I helped draft and negotiate. Had the privilege to convene the first vote as the “most prevailing view” in the 69 years of UNCITRAL history. Was honored to be elected UNCITRAL’s Rapporteur, with the first nomination by adversary members like China, the U.S.A., Russia, and Canada.
- Elected Rapporteur of the Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly 6th committee (International Law), for the UNGA 71 session. In 2016, proposed the creation of an International Court for Investment Disputes, which started negotiations at the EU.
- Was also elected Rapporteur of the 2017 session of "the Special Committee on the Charter, of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization"; allowing room to incorporate, by consensus, in the Resolution, of an annual review based on a compilation by the Secretariat, of information on relevant practices, of peaceful settlement of disputes by the Member States and that such information, would be submitted by the Member States voluntarily.
In Depth Knowledge
Expertise in Investment State Dispute Settlement, commercial and maritime arbitrations, and litigations.
Invited to participate in various international negotiations, including the Code of Conduct for Activities in Outer Space and a convention for the prohibition of nuclear weapons.
Lecturer on Investment State Treaties and Investment State Arbitration, as well as other international law topics.
Invited by the government of Spain to Madrid in 2016, for the review of the Security Council resolution [RES/1540(2004)] regarding the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Non-State Actors, with international organizations such as; the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the African Union, the European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, Interpol, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe, U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs, U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, and the World Customs Organization.
Participated in the negotiation of the United Nations General Assembly 5th Review process of the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy.
Co-patented systems and methods for treating, managing, and controlling natural resource commodities through blockchain, distributed, and decentralized ledgers.
Memberships and Affiliations
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA), London England
Latin American International Law Society (SLADI)
The American Society of International Law (ASIL)
The American Bar Association (ABA)
The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
Lectures
• Keynote speaker at Yale University the Resilience of the Oceans, implementation of SDG 14 in Latin America.
• Lecturer at Yale University Forestry and Environmental Studies on “Marine Genetic Resources Policy”.
• Lecturer at Florida International University (FIU) to a joint closing session of the Law College of International Law, “Authority and Legitimacy of the U.N Security Council”.
• UN Panelist on “New Technology for Peace & Protection: Expanding the R2P Implementation Toolbox," invited by the Permanent Representative of Honduras at the UN.
• Panelist with former US Senator Tim Wirth at “Harvard Divest/Harvard Heat Week” Global Climate Challenge, Harvard College Boylston Auditorium.
• Dictated two Workshops (Environmental Leadership and Environmental Justice) at “Careers in Conservation” invited by Harvard’s College Conservation Society.
• Panelist at the “MIT Water Summit 2019,” titled “Changing our Behavior to Change the World, the Plastic Economy”.
• Keynote speaker to students at the “MIT Water Summit 2021,” titled “Water as a Natural Capital Asset and lifeblood of our planet.”
• Keynote speaker to students at the Water Environment Federation as US National Judge for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022.