Professor Antonio Cassese
- Born in Italy in 1937
- Professor of international law, University of Pisa (1972-74);
since 1975 Professor of international law, University of Florence;
Visiting fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University (1979-80);
in 1987-93 professor of law at the European University Institute
- Member of the Italian delegation to the UN Commission on
Human Rights (1972-75), the UN General Assembly (1974, 1975, 1978),
and the Geneva Diplomatic Conference on International Humanitarian
Law (1974-77)
- Member and Chairman, Council of Europe Steering Committee
on Human Rights (1984-88); member and President, Council
of Europe Committee against Torture (1989-93)
- Judge (1993-2000) and President (1993-1997) of the
UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
- Chairman of the UN International Commission of Inquiry
into Genocide in Darfur (Sudan) (appointed by the UN Secretary
Kofi Annan on 7 October 2004). Report delivered on 25 January 2005
online: UN doc. S/2005/60; www.un.org ).
- Independent Expert appointed by the UN Secretary-General
in September 2006, with the task of reviewing the efficiency of
the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Report delivered on 12 December
2006, online: http://www.sc-sl.org/documents/independentexpertreport.pdf
)
- Co-Chairman (with M.Bedjaoui) of the Working Group of Experts
on Universal Jurisdiction established by the European Union and
the African Union (2008-2009)
- Since March 2009, Judge and President of the Special Tribunal
for Lebanon
Academic activities:
- Doctor in Law honoris causa, Erasmus University
of Rotterdam (1998), University of Paris X (1999), University of
Geneva (2000); University of Athens (2006)
- Has lectured in Paris (Collčge de France, Paris-I-Sorbonne,
Paris II, Paris XIII), Cambridge (Sir Hersch Lauterpacht Lectures)
; Oxford (Sir Isahia Berlin Lectures); Gröningen (B.V.A. Röling
Lectures), Brussels and Louvain ( Henri Rolin Lectures), New York
(Columbia University), Boston (Harvard Law School), London (London
School of Economics, Chorley Lecture)
- Holder of the International Research Chair "Blaise Pascal"
(University of Paris-Sorbonne), 2001-2002
- Winner of the 2002 International Prize granted by the "Académie
Universelle des Cultures" presided over by the Nobel Peace Prize
Elie Wiesel, "for the exceptional contribution to the protection
of human rights in Europe and the world" ("en reconnaissance de
l'importance exceptionelle de votre contribution ŕ la défense des
droits de l'homme en Europe et dans le monde" (letter of Elie Wiesel,
13 May 2002)
- Granted in March 2007 the Wolfgang Friedmann Award, Columbia University Law School, New York
-Granted in November 2009 the Erasmus Prize, Erasmus Foundation, Amsterdam, together with Nuremberg Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz
-Granted in November 2010 the Antonio Feltrinelli prize by the Italian Accademia dei Lincei, Roma
- Member of the Institut de droit International (since
1995)
- Certificate of merit, American Society of International
Law, 1996 (for the book "Self-determination of Peoples - A Legal
Reappraisal")
- Robert G. Storey Award for Leadership, South-Western Legal
Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1997
- Director, Ethics Project (a three-year project financed
by the European Commission and managed by the European University
Institute, for high-level training of national judges and prosecutors
in international criminal law, with particular reference to the
International Criminal Court), 2003-2006
- Distinguished Global Fellow, New York University School
of Law, 2004
- Received in 2005 from the Mr. C.A. Ciampi, President of
the Italian Republic the highest honour ("Cavaliere di Gran Croce")
for his scientific and professional achievements
-
Co-founder and honorary editor of the European Journal of International Law (published by Oxford University Press)
- Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (published by Oxford University Press) |
