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Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum
Born 13 December 1941 in Berlin, after completion of the Studies of Law at the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen, First and Second State-Examinations, Graduation and Habilitation (Bonn), Professor for comparative public law and international law at the law faculties of the universities of Mainz (1982), Kiel (1982-1993) and Heidelberg (since 1993); since 1993 Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Participation at the Third U.N. Law of the Sea Conference (alternate) as a member of the German delegation
Participation at the 4th Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting concerning Antarctic mineral resource activities, Member of the German delegation and Chairman of the Legal Working Group (since 1985) deliberating international law issues
Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1990-1999); re-elected in 1994 and 1998, resignation in 1999 in regard of the membership at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (1992-1996); Vice-President of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (1996-2002).
Chairman of the board of the German United Nations Association (1994-1997)
Member of the Council of the German ILA (International Law Association) Section (since 1994)
Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (since 1996); re-elected in May 1999 and June 2008; Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1996-1999); President since 2005
Member of the Council of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht"(German Society for International Law) (since 1997); President since 2005
Member of the International Environmental Board of Arbitration Den Haag (since 2001)
Vice-President of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences (2002-2006)
Membre associé de l’Institut de Droit International (since October 2007).
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