Distinguished Global Fellows

Biographical Information

Professor Georges Abi-Saab
Distinguished Global Fellow

Education

• LL.B., University of Cairo
• D.E.S., Private Law & Public Law, University of Cairo
• M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• LL.M., Harvard Law School
• S.J.D., Harvard Law School
• Doctorate, Political Science, University of Cambridge & University of Geneva
• Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law

Legal Career

• Chairman, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization
• Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission
• Member of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Monetary Fund
• Advocate and Counsel for several governments in cases before the International Criminal Tribunal
• Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice
• Judge, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Judge, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Consultant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations creating the report "Progressive Development of Principles and Norms of International Law Relating to the New International Economic Order" (1984)
• Egyptian Representative to the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law (1974-1977)
• Consultant to the Secretary-General of the United Nations creating the report "Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts" (1969-1970)

Academic Career

• Honorary Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (1963-2000)
• Honorary Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Cairo
• Member of the Institute of International Law

Publications

• "Les exceptiones préliminaires dans la procédure de la Cour internationale: Etude des notions fondamentales de procédure et des moyens de leur mise en oeuvre" (Paris, Pedone, 1967)
• "International Crises and the Role of Law: The United Nations Operation in Congo 1960-1964" (Oxford University Press, 1978)
• "The Concept of International Organization," editor (Paris, UNESCO, 1981)
• Hague Academy of International Law course: "Wars of National Liberation in the Geneva Conventions and Protocols" (Recueil des cours, vol. 165, 1979-IV)
• Hague Academy of International Law course: "General Course of Public International Law" (Recueil des cours, vol. 207 (1987-VII).