NATIONALITY: British
EDUCATION
University of Edinburgh, 1974-1977, PhD
Title of Thesis: “Property Rights and Sovereign Rights: The Case of North Sea Oil
University of Edinburgh, 1970-1974, LLB
Joint Honours in Law and Politics
COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE: List Alphabetically
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The EU, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Director and Professor of International Energy Law and Policy at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee (UK). The CEPMLP is a postgraduate, multi-disciplinary teaching institution that has almost 400 graduate students enrolled in its on-campus and distance-learning programmes, who study the law, economics and management of natural resources. Located within the School of Social Sciences it is to my knowledge, the largest educational establishment in this subject area in the world, originating in the Department of Public Law at the University of Dundee.
LANGUAGES: English
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Prof Cameron has been consultant to many governments, private companies and international organisations around the world, such the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Commission and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He has also acted as an expert witness in many oil and gas arbitrations; done training for energy companies at their request, and has been a leading member of industry associations.
On decommissioning, he carried out two studies for the UN ESCAP in Bangkok in the early 1990s which led to publications by UN ESCAP on this subject with detailed summaries of the legislation in force or envisaged by the governments in all major ESCAP countries at the time. This was a pioneering piece of research which led to and fed into his study for the AIPN in the late 1990s. He has followed this subject since.
He was frequently hired by international organisations to assist in the design of petroleum laws and has developed an unprecedented knowledge of good practice in petroleum laws and contracts.
Peter Cameron had a long association with the Financial Times division which produced six lengthy management reports for senior executives, from 1984 to 1999. He developed a good understanding of what aspects of energy business senior executives were looking to be informed upon (subjects extended from oil and gas to electricity, mostly regulation).
PUBLICATIONS
Cameron, P 2016, Introduction: The Internal Energy Market: Redefining Objectives.
In PD Cameron & RJ Heffron (eds), Legal Aspects of EU Energy Regulation: The Consolidation of Energy Law Across Europe. 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 3-31.
Heffron, RJ, Roberts, P, Cameron, P & Johnston, A 2016, 'A review of energy law education in the UK', Journal of World Energy Law & Business, vol 9, no. 5, pp. 346-356.
Cameron, P 2016, The Design of Joint Development Zone Treaties and International Unitization Agreements. In P Daniel, M Keen, A Swistak & V Thuronyi (eds), International Taxation and the Extractive Industries. Routledge Studies in Development Economics, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 242-262.
Cameron, PD 2016, 'Investment Cycles and the Rule of Law in the International Oil and Gas Industry: Some Reflections on Changing Investor-State Relationships'
Houston Journal of International Law, vol 38, no. 3, pp. 755-795.
Cameron, P 2016, ‘Renewable Energy Disputes’.
In GFM Little & RJ Heffron (eds), Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: A Reader. 1 edn, Chapter 5, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 23-28.
Malone, B & Cameron, P 2015, Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector: Initial Report.
Scottish Arbitration Centre, Edinburgh.
Cameron, P 2014, In Search of Investment Stability. In K Talus (ed.), Research Handbook in International Energy Law. Research Handbooks in International Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 124-148.
Cameron, P 2013, Reflections on sovereignty over natural resources and the enforcement of stabilization clauses. In KP Sauvant (ed.), Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 311-344.
Cameron, P 2012, 'Liability for Catastrophic Risk in the Oil and Gas Industry'
International Energy Law Review , vol 6, pp. 207-219.
Cameron, PD 2011, 'Contracts and constitutions: The Kurdish factor in the development of oil in Iraq', International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, vol 5, no. 1, pp. 81-99.
Cameron, P 2011, The EU and energy security: a critical review of the legal issues.
In A Antoniadis, R Schutze & E Spaventa (eds), The European Union and gobal emergencies: a law and policy analysis. Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 125-140.
Cameron, PD 2011, The energy charter treaty and east-west transit.
In G Coop (ed.), Energy dispute resolution: investment protection, transit and the energy charter treaty. Juris Publishing, New York, pp. 297-313.
Cameron, P & Kolo, A 2011, Investment law, energy. In K Bosselmann, DS Fogel & JB Ruhl (eds), The law and politics of sustainability. Berkshire encyclopedia of sustainability, no. 3, Berkshire Publishing Group, Great Barrington, Mass., pp. 341-345.
Cameron, PD 2010, International Energy Investment Law: The Pursuit of Stability.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cameron, PD 2009, 'Energy law in Europe'
European Law Review, vol 34, no. 3, pp. 507-508.
Cameron, P 2009, Energy: efficiency, security and the environment.
In M Dougan & S Currie (eds), 50 years of the European treaties: looking back and looking forward. Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 255-278.
Cameron, PD 2009, The EU single market and multi-level interaction.
In B Eberlein & CB Doern (eds), Governing the energy challenge: Canada and Germany in a multi-level regional and global context. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 174-197.
Cameron, P & Correa, E 2008, Towards the contractual management of public participation issues: a review of corporate initiatives.
In D Zillman, A Lucas & G Pring (eds), Human rights in natural resource development: public participation in the sustainable development of mining and energy resources. Oxford University Press.
Cameron, PD 2008, History of climate change law and policy. In PQ Watchman (ed.), Climate change : a guide to carbon law and practice. Globe Law And Business, pp. 23-38.
Cameron, PD 2007, 'The revival of nuclear power: an analysis of the legal implications'
Journal of Environmental Law, vol 19, no. 1, pp. 71-87. DOI:
Cameron, PD 2007,Competition in energy markets: law and regulation in the European Union. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Cameron, P 2007, 'New directions in UK energy policy', International Journal of Energy Sector Management, vol 1, no. 3, pp. 218-220.
Cameron, PD 2006, 'The rules of engagement: developing cross-border petroleum deposits in the North Sea and the Caribbean', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol 55, no. 3, pp. 559-585.
Cameron, PD 2005, 'The internal market in energy: harnessing the new regulatory regime'
European Law Review, vol 30, no. 5, pp. 631-648.
Cameron, P (ed.) 2005, Legal aspects of EU energy regulation: implementing the new directives on electricity and gas across Europe.
Oxford University Press.
Cameron, PD & Zillman, D (eds) 2001, Kyoto : from principles to practice.
Kluwer Law International.
Cameron, P 1999, International law and radioactive nuclear waste management.
In NLJT Horbach (ed.), Contemporary developments in nuclear energy law: harmonising legislation in CEEC/NIS. International energy and resources law and policy series, no. 14, Kluwer Law International, The Hague.
Cameron, P 1995, Gas regulation in Europe: from monopoly to competition.
Financial Times Energy Publishing, London.
MacDougall, D & Cameron, P 1994, 'Trade in energy and natural resources: trade-related investment measures ; focus on Eastern Europe'
Journal of World Trade, vol 28, no. 3, pp. 171-180.