Shabtai Rosenne | |
|---|---|
 Israeli foreign ministry officials (from left) Abba Eban, Shabtai Rosenne, and Reuven Shiloah, July 1949. | |
| Legal adviser for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1948–1967 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Theodor Meron |
| Personal details | |
| 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); PhD (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)[1] |
| Occupation | Professor of International Law |
| Awards |
|
Shabtai Rosenne (Hebrew: שבתאי רוזן) (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 was the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and 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.
- ^ Shabtai Rosenne; Yôrām Dinšṭein; Mala Tabory (1989). International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 90-247-3654-4.