Marcelo Kohen

Marcelo Kohen
Born
Rosario, Argentina
Occupation(s)International lawyer, Academic
TitleProfessor of International Law
Academic work
DisciplineInternational law
InstitutionsGraduate Institute of International Studies and University of Geneva, Institut de Droit International
Main interestsInternational law, international adjudication

Marcelo Gustavo Kohen (born August 11, 1957) is an Argentine international lawyer and academic specialised in the areas of international legal theory, territorial and border disputes, international adjudication, and peaceful settlement of international disputes.[1][2] He is Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.[1][3]

Kohen is the Secretary-General of the Institut de Droit International, the oldest organisation of international lawyers and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1904).[4] He was the first non-European appointed as Secretary-General since the Institut's foundation in 1870.[5]

He has worked as legal counsel and advocate for several states before the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.[6][7][8][9][10] He has been an arbitrator designated by states in at least fourteen international cases, including at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and UNCITRAL.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b "Marcelo KOHEN | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ^ "Quién es Marcelo Kohen, el jurista que busca romper con 30 años de ausencia argentina en la Corte de La Haya". Perfil (in Spanish). 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. ^ "Permanent Mission to the United Nations | Side event on the Work of the Institute of International Law". enaun.cancilleria.gob.ar. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ "Secretary-General".
  5. ^ "Designan a argentino en instituto mundial más prestigioso en Derecho Internacional". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
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  9. ^ "Asesores internacionales de la demanda marítima visitarán Bolivia en mayo". Oxígeno Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  10. ^ "Marcelo Kohen confía en que la Corte de La Haya no revele un fallo adverso para Colombia en el litigio con Nicaragua". www.elcolombiano.com (in European Spanish). 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  11. ^ "Substantive Protections: MFN". globalarbitrationreview.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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