Roberto Ago

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Roberto Ago (born  May 26, 1907 in Vigevano ; †  February 24, 1995 in Geneva ) was an Italian lawyer . He worked as a professor of international law at various universities in his home country, from 1957 to 1978 as a member of the UN International Law Commission and from 1979 until his death as a judge at the International Court of Justice .

Life

Roberto Ago was born in Vigevano in 1907 and studied law , which he graduated with a doctorate from the University of Naples . In 1934/1935 he worked as a professor of international law at the University of Catania and then moved to the University of Genoa until 1938 . From 1938 to 1956 he held the same position at the University of Milan and then until 1982 at the University of Rome . In 1936, 1939, 1956, 1971 and 1983 he taught at the Hague Academy of International Law, whose board of trustees he chaired for almost two decades until his death. In 1992 he accepted the Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize , which the Academy had awarded for its work.

From 1957 to 1978 he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission . At the beginning of 1979 he moved to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague as a judge , where he had previously worked as an ad hoc judge in one case. He worked at the IGH until his death and died in Geneva in 1995 . His compatriot Luigi Ferrari Bravo , who worked at the ICJ until the regular end of Ago's term of office in February 1997, was elected as his successor, following the tradition of the court .

The main focus of Roberto Ago's academic work and his activities in the International Law Commission was the area of responsibility of states under international law . From 1970 he was an honorary member of the American Society for International Law and from 1952 belonged to the Institut de Droit international , whose 66th session, held in Milan in 1993, he chaired as President. The universities of Paris , Geneva and Nice awarded him an honorary doctorate . Roberto Ago was widowed and the father of three sons and two daughters.

Works (selection)

  • Teoria del diritto internazionale privato. Padua 1934
  • Scienza giuridica e diritto internazionale. Milan 1950
  • Scritti sulla responsabilità internazionale degli stati. Three volumes. Naples, 1978-1986
  • La prassi italiana di diritto internazionale. Terza series (1919-1925). Eight volumes. Rome 1995 (as co-editor)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Ago, Roberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lawyer and judge at the International Court of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vigevano
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1995
Place of death Geneva