Giorgio Gaja

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Giorgio Gaja (born  December 7, 1939 in Lucerne ) is an Italian lawyer . He has been Professor of International Law at the University of Florence since 1975 and was also a member of the United Nations International Law Commission from 1999 to 2011 . In addition, he served as ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice on five cases , where he has served as a regular judge since February 2012.

Life

Giorgio Gaja in 1939 in Lucerne born and acquired in 1960 at the University of Rome with a degree in law . After research stays in Vienna , Oxford and The Hague, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Rome from 1962/1963, from 1964 to 1969 at the University of Camerino and from 1969 to 1972 again at the University of Rome. In 1968 he received the habilitation comparable Liberation docenza for the subject of international law . He then acted as a lecturer until 1972 and as associate professor for international private law in 1972/1973 and for international law at the University of Camerino in 1973/1974. From 1971 to 1975 he was also an associate professor at the University of Florence , where he has been a full professor of international law since 1975 and was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1978 to 1981 . In addition, he taught as a visiting professor at various universities in France and the USA, as well as lecturing at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1981 and at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies in 2001 .

In 1986 Giorgio Gaja was Italy's delegate to the conference at which the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations was drawn up. Three years later he represented his home country in one case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague , where he later also acted as an ad hoc judge in five other cases . He was nominated in two cases by Italy, in two cases by Nicaragua and in one case by Georgia . From 1999 to 2011 he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission . In November 2011 he was elected Judge to the International Court of Justice. His regular nine-year term began in February 2012.

Giorgio Gaja is married and has three children.

Awards

Giorgio Gaja received an honorary doctorate from the law school of Pennsylvania State University in 1985 and has been a member of the Institut de Droit international since 1993 .

Works (selection)

  • L'esaurimento dei ricorsi interni nel diritto internazionale. Milan 1967
  • La deroga alla giurisdizione italiana. Milan 1971
  • La riforma del diritto internazionale privato e processuale. Milan 1994
  • Introduzione al diritto comunitario. Rome 2005

literature

  • Judge ad hoc Giorgio Gaja. In: Yearbook of the International Court of Justice 2004–2005. Volume 59. United Nations Publications, The Hague 2008, ISBN 9-21-170082-5 , pp. 79-81
  • Biographical Note: Giorgio Gaja. In: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law. Bans 172. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1982, ISBN 9-02-472778-2 , pp. 276-278

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personal data
SURNAME Gaja, Giorgio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne