| 词条 | Thomas Buergenthal |
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|name = Thomas Buergenthal |image = Thomas Buergenthal.jpg |office = President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights |term_start = 1985 |term_end = 1987 |predecessor = Pedro Nikken |successor = Rafael Nieto Navia |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|5|11|df=y}} |birth_place = Ľubochňa, Czechoslovakia {{small|(now Slovakia)}} |death_date = |death_place = |education = Bethany College, West Virginia {{small|(BA)}} New York University {{small|(JD)}} Harvard University {{small|(LLM, SJD)}} }}Thomas Buergenthal (born 11 May 1934, in Ľubochňa, Czechoslovakia, today Slovakia) is a former judge of the International Court of Justice. He resigned his post as of 6 September 2010.[1] Buergenthal is returning to his position as Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at The George Washington University Law School.[2] Early lifeThomas Buergenthal,[3] born to German-Jewish/Polish-Jewish parents who had moved from Germany to Czechoslovakia in 1933, grew up in the Jewish ghetto of Kielce (Poland) and later in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. After the War he lived with his mother in Göttingen. On 4 December 1951, he emigrated from Germany to the United States. He studied at Bethany College in West Virginia (graduated 1957), and received his J.D. at New York University Law School in 1960, and his LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in international law from Harvard Law School. Judge Buergenthal is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from American, European and Latin American Universities. CareerBuergenthal is a specialist in international law and human rights law. Buergenthal served as a judge on the International Court of Justice at The Hague from 2 March 2000 to his resignation on 6 September 2010. Prior to his election to the International Court of Justice, he was the Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at The George Washington University Law School. He was Dean of Washington College of Law of American University from 1980 to 1985, and held endowed professorships at the University of Texas and Emory University. Buergenthal served as a judge for many years, including lengthy periods on various specialized international bodies. Between 1979 and 1991, he served as a judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, including a term as that court's president; from 1989 to 1994, he was a judge on the Inter-American Development Bank's Administrative Tribunal; in 1992 and 1993, he served on the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador; and from 1995 to 1999, he was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.[4] Buergenthal is the author of more than a dozen books and a large number of articles on international law, human rights and comparative law subjects. He is member of a number of editorial boards of law journals, including the American Journal of International Law. Judge Buergenthal is a co-recipient of the 2008 Gruber Prize for Justice for his contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights in different parts of the world, and particularly in Latin America.[5] He is also a recipient of the following awards: Goler T. Butcher Medal, American Society of International Law, 1997; Manley O. Hudson Medal, American Society of International Law, 2002; Elie Wiesel Award, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, 2015; and Olympic Order, International Olympic Committee, 2015. His memoir, A Lucky Child, which describes his experience in various German concentration camps, has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Selected works
LecturesA Brief History of International Human Rights Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law"The Lawmaking Role of International Tribunals," Dean Fred F. Herzog Memorial Lecture, October 17, 2011, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois.[7] References1. ^{{UN document|docid=S-RES-1926(2010)|type=Resolution |body=Security Council|year=2010|resolution_number=1926|accessdate=2010-06-02}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/explore/gwtoday/gwpeople/anadvocateforall|title=An Advocate For All|publisher=|access-date=2010-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807180216/http://www.gwu.edu/explore/gwtoday/gwpeople/anadvocateforall|archive-date=2010-08-07|dead-url=yes|df=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/speakers-and-events/biography/thomas-buergenthal|title=Thomas Buergenthal |website=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.geschichte-menschenrechte.de/personen/thomas-buergenthal/ |title=Thomas Buergenthal |publisher=Quellen zur Geschichte der Menschenrechte |accessdate=January 3, 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gruberprizes.org/GruberPrizes/Justice_LaureateOverview.php?awardid=46|title=The Gruber Foundation Homepage - The Gruber Foundation|website=www.gruberprizes.org}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Thomas Buergenthal|title=A Lucky Child|publisher=Little Brown|ISBN= 978-1-61523-720-3|pages=1–228|year=2007}} 7. ^Program for the Fred F. Herzog Memorial Lecture (Oct. 17, 2011). External links
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