Lauri Mälksoo is Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu in Estonia and has been a member of the executive board of ESIL from 2008-2016. He has published widely on human rights law and the history and theory of international law, especially in contexts relevant for Eastern Europe and Russia. His recent monograph „Russian Approaches to International Law“ was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. He is associate member of the Institut de droit International and member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.