Morten is a European international lawyer and the Director of the Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP). He has served as an academic in China, Europe, and North America, and has authored and edited more than 100 academic publications, including 30 books.
He has practised as Special Adviser to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution of Norway (2007-08); Senior Legal Adviser and Chief of Legal Advisory Section, Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (2002-05); Co-ordinator of the establishment of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor (2002-03); Legal Adviser, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (1994-2002); and Legal Adviser, UN Commission of Experts for the Former Yugoslavia established pursuant to Security Council resolution 780 (1992) (1993-94). He represented the ICTY to the UN negotiation process to establish the ICC (1996-2002), and has extensive multilateral and international organizations experience. He has advised peace processes, the European Commission, several governments, and the Nobel Committee.
Throughout his career, he has pioneered the equalisation of access to international law.