Helmut Turk

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the diplomat of the same name, see Helmut Türk (Diplomat)

Helmut Turk

Helmut Türk (born April 24, 1941 in Linz ) is an Austrian lawyer . From 2005 to 2015 he was a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea .

Life

Türk attended the Bundesrealgymnasium in Bad Ischl , where he passed the Matura in 1959. He then studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in law in 1963 . Until 1964 he devoted himself to studying law and history at the College of Europe in Bruges .

In 1965, Türk joined the foreign service in his country and worked in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs until 1967 . From 1967 to 1972 he worked at the Consulate General in Hong Kong and then worked again at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1978, where he was deputy head of the international law office in 1977/78. From 1978 to 1982 he worked at the Austrian embassy in Bonn as deputy head of mission. Afterwards, Türk returned to Vienna and until 1993 headed the international law office in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

From 1993 to 1999, Türk was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA and the Bahamas , and Austria's permanent observer to the Organization of American States  (OAU). He then took over the office of cabinet director in the Austrian Presidential Chancellery until 2004 and was extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to the Holy See , the Sovereign Order of Malta and in San Marino from 2005 to 2006 .

Between October 1, 2005 and April 2, 2015, Türk was a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg . From 2008 to 2011 he was its vice-president. In July 2015 he was elected President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority for a year.

Türk is married and has three children. He has been a member of the Catholic student association KaV Norica Vienna since 1959 and a member of the Catholic student association KAV Capitolina Rome since 2006 .

honors and awards

• 2012: Awarded the title of Professor by the Province of Upper Austria
• 2006: Great Decoration of Honor from the State of Salzburg
• 2006: Grand Cross of the Order of Pius
• 2005: Silver Commander's Cross of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria with the Star,
• 2004: Great Golden Decoration with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2004: Grand Cross of the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit
• 2003: Commander's Cross of the Province of Burgenland
• 2002: Grand Cross of the Italian Order of Merit
• 2002: Grand Cross of the Portuguese Dom Henrique Order
• 2001: Grand Cross of the Royal Jordanian Star Order
• 2001: Grand Officer's Cross of the Omani Civil Order
• 1999: Grand Cross of the Imperial Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure
• 1997: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1997: Silver Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria
• 1990: Commander in chief of the Papal Order of Knights of St. Gregory the Great
• 1989: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit "pro merito melitensi" of the Sovereign Order of Malta
• 1988: Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1952)
• 1982: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1978: Venezuelan Order Francisco de Miranda II class
• 1974: Commander's Cross of the Royal Jordanian Order of Independence.

Publications (selection)

• Austria in the field of tension between neutrality and collective security . Verlag Österreich, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7046-1129-8 .
• The turning point in 1989/90 and the obsolete declaration of some articles of the State Treaty . In: Arnold Suppan , Gerald Stourzh , Wolfgang Mueller (eds.): The Austrian State Treaty 1955 - International strategy, legal relevance, national identity . Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3537-8 , ( Archive for Austrian History 140), p. 821.
• The military and aviation provisions of the Austrian State Treaty and their obsolescence . In: Waldemar Hummer (Hrsg.): State treaty and perpetual neutrality of Austria. A legal analysis . Verlag Österreich, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7046-5099-3 , p. 121.
• The Contribution of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to International Law . In: Penn State International Law Review . 26, No. 2, Fall 2007, ISSN  1546-3435 , p. 289.
• The Landlocked States and the Law of the Sea . In: Revue belge de droit international . 40, No. 1, 2007, ISSN  0035-0788 , pp. 91-112.
• Combating Terrorism at Sea - the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation . In: University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review . 15, Special Issue Spring 2008, ISSN  1551-3289 , pp. 337-368.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LH Dr. Josef Pühringer awards Professor title to Bad Ischler Dr. Helmut TÜRK , Province of Upper Austria, state correspondence No. 216 of November 12, 2012, accessed on December 22, 2015
2. ↑ Silver Commander's Cross Decoration for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria
3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
4. ↑ AAS 82 (1990), n. 13, p. 1598.
5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

predecessor	Office	successor
Walter Greinert	Austrian Ambassador to the Holy See 2005–2006	Martin Bolldorf