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Member
WTO Appellate Body
Born in Egypt on 9 June 1933, Georges Michel Abi-Saab
is Honorary Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute
of International Studies in Geneva (having taught there from 1963 to
2000); Honorary Professor at Cairo University’s Faculty of Law; and
a Member of the Institute of International Law.
Professor Abi-Saab served as consultant to the Secretary-General of
the United Nations for the preparation of two reports on “Respect of
Human Rights in Armed Conflicts” (1969 and 1970), and for the report
on “Progressive Development of Principles and Norms of International
Law Relating to the New International Economic Order” (1984). He represented
Egypt in the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development
of International Humanitarian Law (1974 to 1977), and acted as advocate
and Counsel for several governments in cases before the International
Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as in international arbitrations. He
has also served twice as judge ad hoc on the ICJ and as Judge on the
Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. He is a Commissioner of the United Nations
Compensation Commission and a Member of the Administrative Tribunal
of the International Monetary Fund and of various international arbitral
tribunals.
Professor Abi-Saab is the author of numerous books and articles, including
“Les exceptions préliminaires dans la procédure de la
Cour internationale: Etude des notions fondamentales de procédure
et des moyens de leur mise en oeuvre” (Paris, Pedone, 1967); “International
Crises and the Role of Law: The United Nations Operation in Congo 1960-1964”
(Oxford University Press, 1978); “The Concept of International Organization”
(as editor) (Paris, UNESCO, 1981; French edition, 1980); and of two
courses at the Hague Academy of International Law: “Wars of National
Liberation in the Geneva Conventions and Protocols” (Recueil des cours,
vol. 165 (1979-IV)) and the “General Course of Public International
Law”(in French) (Recueil des cours, vol. 207 (1987-VII)).