Philippe Gautier

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Philippe Gautier (born February 1, 1960 in Bujumbura ) is a Belgian lawyer and registrar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since 2019 .

After studying law and philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain , where he also received his doctorate in law in 1992 , he worked in various departments of the Belgian Foreign Ministry from 1984 to 1997 . There he dealt with international law issues, most recently as head of the department for international treaties . Since 1985 he has been working at the Université catholique de Louvain, where he has held a professorship for international law since 1996. In addition, Gautier was visiting professor in 1987 at the University of Butare , Rwanda , from 2002 to 2004 at the Universidad para la Paz in San José (Costa Rica) and from 2004/2005 at the University of Amsterdam . From 1997 to 2001 Gautier was deputy and from 2001 to 2019 senior clerk at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

As an advisor on the staff of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the Belgian delegation, he played a key role in the establishment of the International Tribunal for the Sea.

On May 22, 2019, the International Court of Justice elected Gautier as its registrar. Gautier's tenure at the IGH is 7 years and began on August 1, 2019.

Publications (selection)

  • Environmental damage and the United Nations Claims Commission: new directions for future international environmental cases? . In: Tafsir Malik Ndiaye / Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.): Law of the sea, environmental law and settlement of disputes: liber amicorum Judge Thomas A. Mensah . Nijhoff, Leiden 2007, ISBN 978-90-04-16156-6 , p. 177.
  • Les accords informels et la Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités entre Etats . In: Jean JA Salmon / Olivier Corten (eds.): Droit du pouvoir, pouvoir du droit: mélanges offerts à Jean Salmon . Bruylant, Brussels 2007, ISBN 978-2-8027-2330-1 , p. 425.
  • L 'Etat du pavillon et la protection de intérêts liés au navire . In: Marcelo G. Kohen (Ed.): Promoting justice, human rights and conflict resolution through international law: liber amicorum Lucius Caflisch . Nijhoff, Leiden 2007, ISBN 978-90-04-15383-7 , p. 177.

Web links

  • ICJ - The Registrar Biography on the website of the International Court of Justice (English, with picture)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Registrar of the Court takes office. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gautier, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian lawyer, Registrar of the International Court of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bujumbura