Karl Josef Partsch

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Karl Josef Partsch (born June 24, 1914 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † December 30, 1996 in Ingelheim am Rhein ) was a German lawyer and professor.

Career

Partsch was born as the grandson of the German geographer Joseph Partsch and son of the lawyer Joseph Aloys August Partsch .

At the age of 14, Partsch joined the George District in early 1929 ; there he was soon called "Cajo". He was “one of the latest additions” to the “inner circle” around Stefan George .

Partsch studied law in Munich , Freiburg (Br.) And Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate in Freiburg in 1937 with the thesis The Right of Retention, A study of the history of dogma and legal facts (1938, reprint 1995). He took up a commercial activity in 1938 because he was denied participation in the 1st state examination and the start of a scientific activity due to the racial legislation of National Socialism . After military service and imprisonment, he passed the trainee examination in 1946 and the assessor examination in 1948. 1948–50 he was constitutional advisor at the German Association of Cities , 1950–54 assistant to the legal advisor of the Foreign Office, Erich Kaufmann, 1955–57 consul in Naples . He completed his habilitation in 1953 with a thesis on the European Convention on Human Rights (published in 1966). In the 1960s he worked at the Universities of Kiel , Mainz and Bonn . 1968 to 1969 he was rector of the University of Bonn .

Partsch wrote works on various legal topics, with a focus on international law , but he also repeatedly dealt with the topics of constitutional law , administrative law and comparative law . He also published numerous writings in which he appealed for the protection of human rights and international law and called for the elimination of discrimination and exclusion. In doing so, he repeatedly worked out measures and proposed solutions that were heard in the national and international arena and which were incorporated into various laws.

Partsch participated in the negotiations on the Germany Treaty , in the revision conference of the General Customs and Trade Agreement GATT (1955), at the International Conference on Human Rights in Tehran (1968), as well as in the diplomatic conference to confirm and further develop humanitarian law in armed groups Conflicts, Geneva (1974–1977). In the early 1970s he was a member of the Enquête Commission on constitutional reform. From 1970 to 1990 he was a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and from 1981 to 1994 of the Human Rights Committee of the UNESCO Executive Council . Even after his retirement, Partsch continued to give lectures and seminars at universities.

Works (selection)

  • The application of international law in domestic law - review of the doctrine of transformation. In: Report of the German Society for International Law. 6, pp. 13-155 (1964).
  • Would it be advisable to fundamentally change the function, structure and procedures of the parliamentary committees of inquiry? In: Negotiations of the 45th German Legal Conference. Volume 1: Expert opinion. Part III, Karlsruhe 1964.
  • The rights and freedoms of the European Convention on Human Rights. Berlin 1966.
  • with M. Bothe and W. Solf: New Rules for Victims of Armed Conflicts - Commentary on the Two. In: Protocols Additional to the Geneva Convention of 1949. 1977.
  • Walther Schücking's ideas for securing peace. 1985.
  • Collaboration with Dieter Fleck (Ed.): Handbook of Humanitarian International Law in Armed Conflicts. Beck 1994.
  • Hope for human rights. 1994.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Karlauf : Stefan George. The discovery of the charism. Paperback edition: Pantheon, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-55076-2 , pp. 617f, 629, 632ff.
  2. ↑ Ulrich Raulff : Circle without a master. Stefan George's afterlife. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59225-6 , p. 61ff.
  3. ↑ New German Biography: Partsch, Karl Josef , short biography in which his works and positions in the committees are named, accessed on November 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ KJ Partsch - death report and obituary with a short biography. Website of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ KJ Partsch - short biography website of deutsche-biografien.de. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Partsch, Karl Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1996
Place of death Ingelheim am Rhein