Edouard Descamps

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Edouard Eugène François Descamps (born  August 27, 1847 in Belœil , †  January 17, 1933 in Brussels ) was a Belgian lawyer and politician . Among other things, he worked as a professor of international law at the Catholic University of Leuven , from 1898 to 1932 as a member of the Belgian Senate and from 1907 to 1910 as Minister of Art and Science in his home country. In recognition of his work, he was accepted into the Institut de Droit international , the Belgian Académie royale , the Institut de France and the French Legion of Honor .

Life

Edouard Descamps

Edouard Descamps was born in Belœil in 1847 and studied at the Catholic University of Leuven , graduating in 1869 with a doctorate in law and a year later in political and political science . In 1872 he was appointed associate professor at Löwen University and, five years later, full professor of international law . From 1898 to 1932 he was a member of the Belgian Senate for the Katholieke Partij and was its vice-president from 1901 to 1907 and from 1911 to 1914. From 1907 to 1910 he served as Minister of Arts and Sciences.

He also served as Secretary General and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague . Edouard Descamps was significantly involved in drafting the statute of the Permanent International Court of Justice (StIGH), which existed from 1922, and which was replaced in 1945 by the International Court of Justice, which has existed to the present day . In the first judge elections for the StIGH in September 1921, he was nominated by Belgium, Greece and Japan . He was not elected, however, because he received the necessary majority of votes in the council , but not in the assembly, when voting by the bodies of the League of Nations .

Edouard Descamps died in Brussels in 1933 .

Awards

Edouard Descamps was a member of the Institut de Droit international from 1892 and headed its 20th session, which took place in Brussels in 1902. From 1900 to 1906 he worked as general secretary of the institute. He was made an honorary professor by the Catholic University of Leuven and an honorary doctorate from the Universities of Paris , Oxford and Edinburgh . In addition, he was a member and temporarily President of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium and an associate member of the Institut de France as well as a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor .

Works (selection)

  • Le droit de la paix et de la guerre. Essai sur l 'evolution de la neutralité et sur la constitution du pacigérat. Paris 1898
  • La neutralité de la Belgique au point de vue historique, diplomatique, juridique et politique: étude sur la constitution des états pacifiques à titre permanent. Paris and Brussels 1902
  • L'Afrique nouvelle. Essai sur l'état civilisateur dans les pays neufs et sur la fondation, l'organization et le gouvernement de l'État indépendant du Congo. Paris 1903
  • Le génie des religions. Les origines. Avec un essai liminaire sur la vérité, la certitude, la science et la civilization. Paris 1930
  • Histoire Générale comparée des missions. Paris and Brussels 1932

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personal data
SURNAME Descamps, Edouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Descamps, Edouard Eugène François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Belœil
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1933
Place of death Brussels