Executive Board

Mary Chong

Mary is a State Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers in Singapore, where she advises on all matters of public international law, with a focus on the law of the sea, international security law, international environmental law and international dispute settlement. She holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute in Geneva and Geneva University (graduating top of her class) and a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. She was a fellow at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2018/19. She attended the ILS in 2017.

Verity Robson

Verity is the Chief of Legal Services in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna. She was previously the Legal Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva. She has been admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and in Scotland. She attended the ILS in 2017.

Moritz Rudolf

Moritz is an Associate of the Asia Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), where he focuses on the implications of the rise of the PRC for the international legal order. In 2020, he completed the Second German State Examination in Law as well as his Ph.D. in international law, entitled ‘The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative – political, historical and international legal aspects’. He was previously a fellow with the Berlin-based research group, ‘The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?’, and with the Mercator Institute for China Studies, focusing on China’s legal policy, geopolitical initiatives and foreign relations. He studied Law, Mandarin, and Economics at Heidelberg University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Tsinghua University, and at the Beijing Language and Culture University. He attended the ILS in 2017.