Sayeman Bula-Bula

Sayeman Bula-Bula (born August 31, 1950 in Ebonda ) is a Congolese lawyer and professor of international law at the University of Kinshasa .

Education and academic background

Bula-Bula completed his law studies at the University of Kinshasa in 1976 with a bachelor's degree . He then entered the university service and worked as a lecturer at his alma mater . In 1985 he received his doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium . Since 1987 he has been employed as a professor at the University of Kinshasa and gives lectures on international maritime and environmental law as well as in the field of international humanitarian law . From 1988 to 1994, in addition to teaching and research, Bula-Bula was responsible for overseeing the academic programs carried out by the Law Faculty of Kinshasa University. In the academic year 1994/1995 he acted as interim dean of the Faculty of Law and temporarily took over the position of university chancellor the following year .

Activities outside the university

Activity as a consultant

In addition to his work as a professor, Bula-Bula has worked as a consultant several times at national and international level. In 1989 he supported the World Bank in drawing up the Third Water Supply Project for Zaire . Between 1998 and 2009 he advised various Congolese ministries on issues of international cooperation and from 2002 to 2004 he headed the Commission to Combat Corruption.

Activity as a judge

In 1999, Bula-Bula was a member of an arbitration tribunal for the protection of the marine environment set up by the United Nations Environment Program . In 2000 he was appointed ad hoc judge by the International Court of Justice in the Arrest Warrant of April 11, 2000 case . Since 2001 he has been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration . In 2008, Bula-Bula was nominated by his home country as a judge at the International Court of Justice. However, the candidacy was withdrawn after the third ballot. A candidacy as a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea also failed in 2011.

Others

Bula-Bula is married and has two children. He is fluent in English and French.

Publications (selection)

• Droit international humanitaire . Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve 2010, ISBN 978-2-87209-990-0 .
• Pour l'épanouissement de la pensée juridique congolaise: liber amicorum Marcel Antoine Lihau . Bruylant, Brussels 2006, ISBN 2-8027-2261-1 .
• Les immunités pénales et l'inviolabilité du ministre des Affaires étrangères en droit international: principe, caractères, portée, exceptions, limites, sanstions . Presses de l'Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Minutes of the oral hearing of the International Court of Justice of November 20, 2000 on the Arrest Warrant of April 11, 2000 case in which Bula-Bula participated as an ad hoc judge ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: Der Archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 61 kB) 
2. ↑ Press release of the General Assembly of the United Nations of November 6, 2008, accessed on February 10, 2012
3. ↑ PDF at www.pca-cpa.org  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.