Pictured Alan Stephens, Director of Research of the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, London.
By A. Rangarajan.
The sixth Shabtai Rosenne Memorial lecture was held at the Peace Palace Academy Building on the 20th of March 2017.
The Lecture was delivered by Dr. Tal Becker, Legal adviser, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was followed by a panel discussion with eminent luminaries taking part in it. H.E. Judge Julia Sebutinde, H.E Ambassador Andreas D. Mavroyiannis and Professor Malcolm N. Shaw QC were on the panel.
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H.E. Judge Julia Sebutinde is a sitting Judge of the International court of Justice since 2012, H.E Ambassador Andreas D. Mavroyiannis has been the Greek-Cypriot community representative and negotiator since 2013 on the Cyprus problem and Professor Malcom N. Shaw QC is a practicing Barrister of international repute on various aspects of International Law.
This was followed by the release of the 5th edition of the Rosenne’s Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015. The first copies of the 4 volume edition were presented to the President of the ICJ H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham by Professor Malcolm N. Shaw QC. All speakers paid rich tributes to late Professor Shabtai Rosenne for his contribution to the theory and practice International Law. Rosenne was not only a distinguished lawyer, he was an able diplomat as well.
The Proceedings were opened by Jeroen Vervliet, Director of the Peace Palace library and were chaired by Alan Stephens, Director of Research of the Clemens Nathan Research Centre, London. H.E. Ambassador Aviv Shir-On, the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, gave the closing words of the evening.
The well attended lecture had several dignitaries present in the audience. Daniel and Sippy from the Rosenne family, President of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals- President Theodor Meron, Judges of the International Court of Justice – Vice-President H.E. Judge Ahmed Yusuf & H.E. Judge Pete Tomka, H.E. Judge Fausto Pocar- from the International Court for the Former Yugoslavia, Head of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy for International Law- Prof. Yves Daudet, Secretary General of the PCA- Hugo Siblesz and Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court- Mr. James Stewart were present. Ambassadors from Chile, Cyprus, Canada, Cameroon and the Philippines were in the audience as well.
