Theodor Meron
| Theodor Meron | |
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| Born |
28 April 1930 Kalisz, Poland |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | International law |
| Institutions |
Graduate Institute of International Studies New York University School of Law |
| Alma mater |
Hebrew University Harvard Law School Cambridge University |
Theodor Meron (born 28 April 1930, Kalisz, Poland) is the current President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). On 20 December 2011, he was elected as a Judge of the Mechanism. On 29 February 2012, he was appointed President of the Mechanism for a four-year term, starting 1 March 2012. In 2016, he was reappointed as President of the Mechanism.
He is also the former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the ICTY. He was elected President of the ICTY by his fellow judges on 19 October 2011, and again on 1 October 2013. He has served a total of four terms as President of the ICTY, elected by his peers. Meron previously served as President of the ICTY from 2003-05.
Born in Kalisz, Poland, Meron received his legal education at the Hebrew University (M.J.), Harvard Law School (LL.M., J.S.D.) and Cambridge University (Diploma in Public International Law). Following the Second World War, he became an Israeli citizen and worked for the Israeli government. In 1978 he immigrated to the United States. Since 1977, he has been a Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies and, since 1994, the holder of the Charles L. Denison Chair at New York University School of Law. In 2000-01, he served as Counselor on International Law in the U.S. Department of State.
Meron was a Public Member of the U.S. Delegation to the CSCE Conference on Human Dimensions in Copenhagen in 1990. In 1998, he served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Rome Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC), where he was involved in the drafting of the provisions on crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity. He also served on the Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of the ICC, with particular responsibilities for the definition of the crime of aggression. He has acted as Counsel for the United States before the International Court of Justice, and in 2000-2001 served as Counselor on International Law in the U.S. Department of State.
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