Fribourg University | Iran
Ms. Zakieh Taghizadeh Pirposhteh is a scholar specializing in public international law, biodiversity governance, and marine genetic resource regulation. She holds an LL.M. in International Contracts and Arbitration from the University of Fribourg (2024–2025), a UN–Nippon Fellowship in the Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs (2014–2015), and earlier earned an LL.M. in Public International Law and an LL.B. in Legal Studies and Jurisprudence from Tehran, Iran. Her professional experience includes serving as a Legal Counselor at the United Nations Office in Geneva (2020–2022), Asia–Pacific Regional Coordinator at WIPO (2023–2024), and Research Associate at the University of Tehran (2015–2020). Her research interests focus on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, benefit-sharing frameworks, digital sequence information disputes, human rights, intergenerational equity, and international ocean law.
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Featured Publications
Taghizadeh, Z. (2025). “Marine Genetic Resources as Common Heritage of Mankind under the BBNJ Agreement: The International Community toward a Pragmatic Benefit-Sharing Approach?” in Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(1), 131–153.
Taghizadeh, Z., & Asgarian, H. (2024). “BBNJ Agreement and Intellectual Property Implications for Marine Genetic Resources Management in ABNJ” in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 1(aop), 1–32.
Taghizadeh, Z. (2025). “Intergenerational and Intra-generational Equity under the BBNJ Agreement: Advancing Accountability toward Sustainable Management of the Marine Environment” in Environmental Management, 1–19.
Taghizadeh, Z., & Asgarian, H. (2025). “From Global Commons to Global Accountability: The Erga Omnes Obligation to Safeguard Marine Biological Diversity as Common Heritage of Humankind” in Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, 28(2), 193–220.
Taghizadeh, Z. (2021). “Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Legal Analysis of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s Approach in Its Advisory Opinion” in International Journal of Maritime Policy, 1(1), 5–36.