Daniel PAP

Daniel is the secretary of the Steering Committee for Human Rights at the Council of Europe (CDDH-ENV). The CDDH-ENV drafting group is currently preparing a report on the need for and feasibility of a further Council of Europe instrument or instruments on human rights and the environment, including possible additional protocols to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter. Daniel also teaches the International Investment Law course at the European Humanities University and he was the co-coach of the 2019 Philip C. Jessup public international law world champion moot court team (ELTE Law School).

Before joining the secretariat of the CDDH, Daniel worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights where he specialised in right to property and fair trial issues, and as an international arbitration associate at international law firms representing clients in ICC, LCIA and ICSID arbitration proceedings.

He holds an LLM (with distinction) in comparative international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a J.D. from Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest. Daniel is admitted to the Budapest Bar.

Daniel's main research interests are comparative law, international investment law, international investment arbitration, human rights law and the interaction between human rights law and international investment protection.