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Marcelo Kohen

Marcelo Gustavo Kohen (born August 11, 1957) is an Argentine international lawyer and academic specialised in the areas of international legal theory, territorial and border disputes, international adjudication, and peaceful settlement of international disputes.[1][2] He is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.[1][3]

Marcelo Kohen
Born
Rosario, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Occupation(s)International lawyer, Academic
TitleProfessor of International Law
Academic work
DisciplineInternational law
InstitutionsGraduate Institute of International Studies and University of Geneva, Institut de Droit International
Main interestsInternational law, international adjudication

Kohen is the Secretary-General of the Institut de Droit International, the oldest organisation of international lawyers and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1904).[4] He was the first non-European appointed as Secretary-General since the Institut's foundation in 1870.[5]

He has worked as legal counsel and advocate for several states before the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.[6][7][8][9][10] He has been an arbitrator designated by states in at least fourteen international cases, including at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and UNCITRAL.[11][12][13]

Education edit

Kohen obtained his law degree from the National University of Rosario in 1983.[14] He obtained the academy diploma from The Hague Academy of International Law in 1990.[15] He obtained his PhD in International Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Geneva (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) in 1995, under the supervision of the Egyptian jurist and international judge Georges Abi-Saab.[16]

Career edit

Kohen has been Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva since 2002, and a faculty member since 1995.[1][17][18] He has twice given courses at The Hague Academy of International Law.[19] He began his academic career in 1986, when, soon after graduating, he became a faculty member at the National University of Rosario.[14]

Kohen has been twice elected Secretary General of the Institut de Droit International (2015 and 2021).[4] Kohen is also the founder of the Latin American Society of International Law and was appointed as its first Director General. Kohen has also served as Rapporteur for the International Law Association, the Council of Europe, as well as the Institut.[20]

He has represented different states on at least twelve occasions before the ICJ, including Argentina in the Uruguay River pulp mill dispute and the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965; Colombia in the Case concerning The Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia); Costa Rica in the Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua); and Serbia in the Advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence.[6][7][8][21] He has also represented states at other international tribunals, including the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, where he represented Argentina in the “ARA Libertad” Case (Argentina v. Ghana). He has been an arbitrator designated by states from four continents and very different traditions and regimes in at least 14 international cases, including at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and UNCITRAL.[12][13]

Kohen is often cited in English, French, and Spanish-language news media for his expertise on matters of statehood, secession, and peaceful settlement of international disputes.[22][23][24][25][26]

He is the author of several publications in English, French, and Spanish.[27][28] His book "Possession contestée et souveraineté territoriale" (Presses universitaires de France, 1997) was awarded the Paul Guggenheim Prize in 1997.[29][30]

Secretary-General of the Institut de Droit International edit

Marcelo Kohen was elected Secretary General of the Institute of International Law in 2015, at the 77th session held in Tallinn (Estonia). He was re-elected as Secretary General in 2021.[31]

Kohen represented the Institute at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates 2019 in Mérida, Mexico. In this context, he argued that "the law is the weapon of the weak in their relationship with the powerful" and stressed that "force does not give rights."[32]

Selected publications edit

Selected lectures edit

Professor Marcelo Kohen is one of the largest contributors to the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law lecture series, that offers a "collection of lectures on virtually every subject of international law" given by the most prominent international law scholars and practitioners around the world.[35] He has given four lectures, one mini-series, and features in two online panels.[36] These include:

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Marcelo KOHEN | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ^ "Quién es Marcelo Kohen, el jurista que busca romper con 30 años de ausencia argentina en la Corte de La Haya". Perfil (in Spanish). 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ "Permanent Mission to the United Nations | Side event on the Work of the Institute of International Law". enaun.cancilleria.gob.ar. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ a b "Secretary-General".
  5. ^ "Designan a argentino en instituto mundial más prestigioso en Derecho Internacional". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  6. ^ a b "International Law Through Cases | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  7. ^ a b Niebieskikwiat, Natasha (2021-12-19). "El Gobierno postuló a un abogado argentino para juez de la Corte Internacional de Justicia". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  8. ^ a b UCL (2019-08-23). "Self-Determination after the ICJ Chagos Advisory Opinion". UCL Faculty of Laws. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  9. ^ "Asesores internacionales de la demanda marítima visitarán Bolivia en mayo". Oxígeno Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  10. ^ "Marcelo Kohen confía en que la Corte de La Haya no revele un fallo adverso para Colombia en el litigio con Nicaragua". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  11. ^ "Substantive Protections: MFN". globalarbitrationreview.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  12. ^ a b "Marcelo Kohen". Jus Mundi. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. ^ a b "Marcelo G. Kohen | italaw". www.italaw.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  14. ^ a b @UNRoficial. "UNR - Reconocimiento a Marcelo Kohen". unr.edu.ar. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  15. ^ "Awarded Diplomas". The Hague Academy of International Law. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  16. ^ Kohen, Marcelo Gustavo, ed. (1995). Possession contestée et souveraineté territoriale. Genève: Université de Genève Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales.
  17. ^ "Un rosarino, pieza clave para liberar la fragata Libertad". Diario El Ciudadano y la Región (in European Spanish). 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  18. ^ "L'impunité recule, malgré la fuite d'un suspect algérien". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  19. ^ "Marcelo KOHEN | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  20. ^ "Kohen Marcelo – Institut de Droit International". www.idi-iil.org. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  21. ^ "Guatemala contra Belice ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia: territorio, islas y mar Caribe". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  22. ^ "Sur fond d'Ukraine, Buenos Aires et Londres se disputent la mémoire de la guerre des Malouines". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  23. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Fact check: Do Vladimir Putin's justifications for going to war against Ukraine add up? | DW | 25.02.2022". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  24. ^ "Marcelo Kohen: "Pour le droit international, il ne s'est rien passé à Barcelone"". Le Temps (in French). 2017-10-27. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  25. ^ "Was US capture of Libyan al Qaeda suspect legal?". France 24. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  26. ^ Henry, Robin. "Switzerland to expel criminals". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  27. ^ Ratner, Steven R. (October 1998). "Possession contestée et souveraineté territoriale. By Marcelo G. Kohen. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. Pp. xxv, 550. Index". American Journal of International Law. 92 (4): 782–784. doi:10.2307/2998147. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2998147.
  28. ^ "LJIL Symposium: From Nicaragua to R2P: Continuity and Change". Opinio Juris. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  29. ^ "Seminar with Professor Marcelo Kohen - The Faculty of Law". www.jus.uio.no. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  30. ^ Kohen, Marcelo G. (2014-09-01). Possession contestée et souveraineté territoriale. International (in French). Genève: Graduate Institute Publications. ISBN 978-2-940549-20-7.
  31. ^ "Designan a argentino en instituto mundial más prestigioso en Derecho Internacional". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  32. ^ "Un código penal no erradica delitos, pero mejora las reglas: Marcelo Kohen". Excélsior (in Spanish). 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  33. ^ Kohen, Marcelo G.; Kohen, Marcelo G. (2006-03-21). Secession: International Law Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84928-9.
  34. ^ Kohen, Marcelo G.; Hébié, Mamadou (2018-10-26). Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78254-687-0.
  35. ^ "Programme of Assistance in the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law". legal.un.org. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  36. ^ "@kohen2022icj: "Did you know that Professor Marcelo Kohen has four lectures, one mini-series, and features in two panels published in the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law?..."". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
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