Alexander Jankow

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Alexander Jankow, 2011

Alexander Dimow Jankow (also written Alexander Dimov Yankov , Bulgarian Александър Димов Янков ; born June 22, 1924 in Burgas ; † October 17, 2019 ) was a Bulgarian lawyer and university professor who was a judge at the International Tribunal for the Sea from 1996 to 2011 .

Life

Alexander Jankow was born in the Bulgarian port city of Burgas. He studied law at the University of Sofia he graduated in 1951 from around there in 1963 for Doctor of Laws to graduate .

Jankow has been a professor of international law at the University of Sofia since 1968. From 1980 to 1989 he was also head of the international law department at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , where he was deputy rector from 1988 to 1991, responsible for the departments of sociology , politics , law and the humanities . He also gave lectures on international and maritime law at the Free University of Burgas , the Hague Academy for International Law and numerous other universities worldwide.

From 1972 to 1976 Jankow was Bulgarian Ambassador to Great Britain and from 1976 to 1980 Deputy Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York . From 1989 to 1990 he then held the office of Minister of Education and Science.

Jankow gained experience as a judge as a member of the Court of Arbitration of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1971 to 1987 and from 1971 to 1998 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague . From October 1, 1996 to September 30, 2011, he was a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg .

Jankow has been a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1981. He is also an honorary doctor of the Free University of Burgas and the South-West University Neofit Rilski in Blagoevgrad .

2001 Jankow was honored with the honorary citizenship of his hometown and with the order "Stara Planina" .

Fonts (selection)

  • Организация на обединените нации. Правна същност и международноправен статут. Publishing house Nauka i Izkustvo, Sofia 1965.
  • Strengthening the process of codification and development of international law: the evolving functions of the International Law Commission and increasing the commitments of states . In: International law as a language for international relations: proceedings of the United Nations Congress on Public International Law New York, 13-17 March 1995 . Kluwer Law International, The Hague 1996, ISBN 90-411-0308-2 , p. 230.
  • The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea its place within the dispute settlement system of the UN Law of the Sea Convention . In: The Indian journal of international law . Vol. 37 (1997) 3, ISSN  0019-5294 , pp. 356-371.
  • The concept of protection and sustainable development of the marine environment . In: Ocean yearbook . Vol. 18 (2004), ISSN  0191-8575 , pp. 267-283.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Напусна ни дипломатът чл. кор. проф. Александър Янков. Obituary on expert-bdd.com, October 18, 2019 (Bulgarian). Retrieved October 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Jankow, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yankov, Alexander; Янков, Александър Димов (Bulgarian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian lawyer, judge at the International Tribunal for the Sea
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgas
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 2019