Shabtai Rosenne
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| Born |
Sefton Wilfred David Rowson 24 November 1917 London, England |
| Died | 21 September 2010 (aged 92) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | British and Israeli |
| Education | LL.B. (University of London); Ph.D. (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Occupation | Professor of International Law |
| Employer | Bar Ilan University |
| Title | Professor |
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Shabtai Rosenne (Hebrew: שבתאי רוזן), formerly known as Sefton Wilfred David Rowson (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat.
Rosenne was awarded the 1960 Israel Prize for Jurisprudence, the 1999 Manley O. Hudson Medal for International Law and Jurisprudence, the 2004 Hague Prize for International Law and the 2007 Distinguished Onassis Scholar Award. He has been the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and he also had a widely recognized expertise in treaty law, state responsibility, self-defence, UNCLOS and other issues of international law. Rosenne authored some 200 articles and essays, as well as The Law and Practice of the International Court in 1997 and 2006, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007.
In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid.
Rosenne was born in London, United Kingdom, the son of Harry Rowson. In 1938, Rosenne completed his academic studies in law (LL.B.; University of London), studying naval law. In 1959, he earned a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He served from 1940 to 1946 in the Royal Air Force. He then worked in the Political Department of the Jewish Agency, initially in London and subsequently in Jerusalem, for two years.
With the approach of the end of the British Mandate in Palestine, Rosenne was appointed to the Legal Secretariat of the Situation Committee, which helped create the administrative apparatus of the new State of Israel. After the declaration of the State, he joined the Israeli Foreign Ministry. From 1948 to 1967, Rosenne served as a Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. Among other things, he was as a member of the Israeli delegation to the 1949 Armistice Agreements. He was also a member of the UN-established International Law Commission from 1962 to 1971, and has been a member of the Institut de Droit International since 1963.
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