Distinguished Global Fellows

Biographical Information

Judge Bruno Simma
Distinghuished Global Fellow

Education

• Doctorate of Law, University of Innsbruck
• Pre-doctoral studies, University of Innsbruck

Professional Career

• Judge, International Court of Justice (since 2003)
• Member, United Nations International Law Commission (1996-2003)
• Member, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1987-1992)
• Expert at the Council of Europe, Directorate of Legal Affairs (1972)
• Practice at the Bar in Innsbruck, Austria (1967)

Academic Career

• Affiliate Overseas Faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (since 1997)
• Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Munich (1996-1997)
• Lecturer, Hague Academy of International Law (1995)
• Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1995 & 1986)
• Professor of Law, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1987-1992)
• Visiting Professor, University of Siena (1984-1985)
• Lecturer for International Law, Training Centre for Junior Diplomats, German Federal Foreign Ministry (1981-1989)
• Director of Studies, Hague Academy of International Law (1976-1982)
• Professor of International Law and European Community Law, and Director of the Institute of International Law, University of Munich (since 1973)
• Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Innsbruck (1967-1972)

Related Activities

• Associé of the Institut de droit international
• Co-founder and co-editor of the European Journal of International Law
• Founding president of the European Society of International Law
• Expert for the Human Dimension Mechanism of the OSCE and for Conflict Prevention
• Activities of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Member, Court of Arbitration in Sports, International Olympic Committee
• Member of the Advisory Boards on International Law and the United Nations
• Issues of the German Federal Foreign Ministry
• Counsel for Germany in the case concerning Certain Property at the International Court of Justice (Liechtenstein v. Germany)
• Co-agent and Counsel for Germany in the LaGrand case (Germany v. United States of America)
• Counsel for Cameroon in the case concerning Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria before the International Court of Justice (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening)
• Consultant in cases before the European Commission and the European Court of Human Rights
• American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit awardee (1996)
• Member, International Council of Environmental Law
• Member, Advisory Board, Heidelberg Max Planck Institute of Foreign Public and International Law
• Member of the Council (1987), and Vice-President (1989-1993), German Society of International Law