Anna Rubbi

Anna Rubbi is a Member of the Bar of England and Wales and a Member of G37 Chambers. Anna accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ practice areas, specifically in Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Criminal Law.

Anna has a mixed domestic and international practice and accepts instructions in most of Chambers’ practice areas. She has over five years’ experience working in Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, and International Trade Law.

Domestically, Anna has experience in Immigration Litigation, Sanctions, Crime, and more generally, Public Law, Judicial Review and Human Rights Litigation.

International instructions

Anna has worked on matters before international courts and tribunals, including within a defence team at the the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and as an Assistant Legal Officer at the Office of the President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Anna has further advised on matters before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Anna consults on wide-reach and complex international matters, including in relation unilateral sanctions and corruption. She has particular focus in arms supply chain accountability.

She has also advised the UK Government, in her capacity as a lawyer for the Government Legal Department, on drafting, negotiation and domestic compliance with numerous international treaties spanning human rights, private international law and FTAs, with an interest in international taxation.

Domestic instructions

​Public law: advisory and judicial review

​Anna regularly represents the UK Government in public law matters, with a strong focus on immigration, asylum law, and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as well as in unlawful detention claims.

 In her time in two Government ministries, Anna has advised clients on the compatibility of domestic law with chapters in FTAs, private international law disputes before UK courts, and domestic human rights disputes concerning Articles 2, 8 and 9 ECHR.

She has represented the Legal Aid Agency in disputes before the Contract Review Body.

 While on secondment undertaking her Second Six at Chambers, Anna assisted with drafts of skeleton arguments, applications and advices in a variety of areas, including state immunity, competition law, and sanctions. She undertook the Pupils’ Second Six advocacy training.

Crime and extradition

​Anna receives instructions in crime and extradition matters, and represents clients in the magistrates’ and Crown Court.

LLB Law (International and European) (Hons., First Class), The University of Sheffield, with study abroad at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

LLM Public International Law (Cum Laude), Leiden University, The Netherlands

Bar Practice Course, Inns of Court College of Advocacy (Merit)

Appointments and Awards

Exhibition Scholarship, The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition 2019, Winning Team. Recipient of Best Overall Speaker award

The University of Sheffield: Eve Cohen Evidence Prize and E&I Prize