Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Arts One, Queen Mary University London, London, E1 4NS
On Thursday, 8th March H.E. Judge Mohamed Bennouna of the International Court of Justice in the Hague will deliver an annual lecture for the Centre of Internationals and European Law Affairs.
The lecture will take place at the Lecture Theatre Arts One building, Mile End at 6pm, followed by drinks.
Speaker Bio
Judge Mohamed Bennouna
(Member of the Court since 6 February 2006; re-elected as from 6 February 2015)
Born on 29 April 1943 in Marrakesh (Morocco).
Doctor of International Law, Professor of International Law. Diploma from the Hague Academy of International Law. Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law. Judge at the International Court of Justice (since 2006). Judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice in the case concerning Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) (2002-2005). Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations (2001-2006). Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague (1998-2001). Director General of the Arab World Institute, Paris (1991-1998). Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations (1985-1989). Professor and later Dean of the Faculty of Law in Rabat (Morocco) (1972-1984). Founder and first Director of the Revue juridique, politique et économique du Maroc (1976). Visiting Professor at various universities (Tunis, Algiers, Nice, New York, Thessaloniki, Paris).
Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal Matters) at the Fifty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Chairman of G77 and China at the United Nations (2003). Member of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) (2002-2006). Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (1992-1998) and of the UNESCO International Panel on Democracy and Development (1997-2002). Chairman of a panel of the United Nations Compensation Commission, Geneva (1992-1995). Member of the United Nations International Law Commission, Geneva (1986-1998). First Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission on the question of diplomatic protection (1997-1998). Legal counsel to the Moroccan delegation at numerous sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (1974-1985). Member of the Moroccan delegation at the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1974-1982).
