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Shabtai Rosenne (Hebrew: שבתאי רוזן; born 1917 in London, the United Kingdom) is a Professor of International Law, and a former Israeli diplomat.

He authored 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.

Education

In 1938, Rosenne completed his academic studies in law (LL.B.; University of London), studying naval law. In 1959, he earned a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Career

Royal Air Force and Jewish Agency

He served from 1940 to 1946 in the Royal Air Force. He then worked in the Political Department of the Jewish Agency, initially in London and subsequently in Jerusalem, for two years.

Foreign Ministry and Ambassador

With the approach of the end of the British Mandate in Palestine, Rosenne was appointed to the Legal Secretariat of the Situation Committee, which helped create the administrative apparatus of the new State of Israel. After the declaration of the State, he joined the Israeli Foreign Ministry. From 1948 to 1967, Rosenne served as a Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. Among other things, he was as a member of the Israeli delegation to the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

In 1960, he was appointed to the rank of Ambassador. He served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in New York from 1967 to 1971, and Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva from 1971 to 1974. In 1972, a letter bomb was sent to him, which was defused. He was appointed Ambassador-at-Large.

He was Vice Chairman of Delegation to the First and Second United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, and from 1973 to 1982 he was Chairman of the Delegation to the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and a member of the Drafting Committee.

In 1993, he acted as Serbia's chief legal advisor. From 1994 to 1996 he was a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and its Steering Committee.

Academia

He returned to Britain and lectured in international law and naval law at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, from 1946 to 1947. Rosenne taught at the Academy of International Law in The Hague in 1954. He became a member of the Institute of International Law in 1963.

After leaving public service, Rosenne became a member of the faculty (with the rank of Professor) at Bar Ilan University. He also taught as the Arthur Goodhart Professor in Legal Science in the University of Cambridge, the Bella van Zuylen Professor in the University of Utrecht, and visiting professor in international law at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Virginia.

In 2001, he became a member of the Hague Academy of International Law. He has also served as a consultant to various governments, including the United States, Yugoslavia, and Japan.

He wrote 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.

Turkel Commission of Inquiry

On June 14, 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid.

The Commission will investigate whether Israel's actions in preventing the arrival of ships in Gaza were in accordance with international law. It will focus among other things on the security considerations for imposing a naval blockade on the Gaza Strip and the conformity of the naval blockade with the rules of international law; the conformity of the actions during the raid to principles of international law; and the actions taken by those who organized and participated in the flotilla, and their identities.

Also on the Commission are former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel, and former Technion University President Amos Horev. In addition, the Commission has two foreign observers, former First Minister of Northern Ireland David Trimble, and former head of the Canadian military's judiciary, Judge Advocate General Ken Watkin, who will take part in hearings and discussions, but not vote on the final conclusions.

Awards and honours

• In 1960, Rosenne was awarded the Israel Prize, in jurisprudence.
• In 1994, he was honoured by the American Society of International Law, and has been elected to serve as its honourary president.
• In 1994, he was also honoured with the Sharett Prize.
• In 1999, he was awarded the Manley O. Hudson Medal.
• In 2004, he received the Hague Prize for International Law.

Select works

Books

• Essays on International Law and Practice, Shabtai Rosenne, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007, ISBN 9004155368
• Interpretation,Revision, and other Recourse from International Judgments and Awards, Shabtai Rosenne, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007, ISBN 9004157271
• The Law and Practice of the International Court, 1920–2005: The Court and the United Nations, Shabtai Rosenne, Yaėl Ronen, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006, ISBN 9004150196
• Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Shabtai Rosenne, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0199268061
• The Perplexities of Modern International Law, Shabtai Rosenne, Hague Academy of International Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2004, ISBN 9004136924
• The World Court: What it is and how it Works, Shabtai Rosenne, Terry D. Gill, Erik Jaap Molenaar, Alex G. Oude Elferink, 6th Edition, United Nations Publications, 2003, ISBN 9004138161
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary, Myron H. Nordquist, Satya N. Nandan, Shabtai Rosenne, Michael W. Lodge, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2002, ISBN 9041119817
• The development of the regime for deep seabed mining, Satya N. Nandan, Michael W. Lodge, Shabtai Rosenne, Kluwer Law, 2002, ISBN 976610503
• The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 and International Arbitration: Reports and Documents, Shabtai Rosenne, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 9067041343
• The Law and Practice of the International Court, 1920–1996: Jurisdiction, Shabtai Rosenne, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1997, ISBN 9041102647
• Intervention in the International Court of Justice, Shabtai Rosenne, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993, ISBN 079232109X
• An International Law Miscellany, Shabtai Rosenne, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993, ISBN 0792317424
• The International Law Commission's Draft Articles on State Responsibility: Part 1, Articles 1–35, Shabtai Rosenne, United Nations International Law Commission, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1991, ISBN 0792311795

Articles

• "The International Court of Justice New Practice Directions", Shabtai Rosenne, 8 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 171, 2009
• "The International Court and the United Nations: Reflections on the Period 1946–1954", Shabtai Rosenne, International Organization 244, 2009
• "Travaux Préparatoires", Shabtai Rosenne, 12 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1378, 2008
• "When is a Final Clause Not a Final Clause", Shabtai Rosenne, 98 The American Journal of International Law 546, 2004
• "The Three Central Elements of Modern International Law", 17 Hague Yearbook of International Law 3, 2004
• "The International Court of Justice: Revision of Articles 79 and 80 of the Rules of Court", Shabtai Rosenne, 14 Leiden Journal of International Law 77, 2001
• "The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Survey for 1999", Shabtai Rosenne, 15 The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 443, 2000
• "International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: 1998 Survey", Shabtai Rosenne, 14 The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 453, 1999
• "International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: 1996–97 Survey", Shabtai Rosenne, 13 The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 487, 1998
• "State Responsibility and International Crimes: Further Reflections on Article 19 of the Draft Articles on State Responsibility", Shabtai Rosenne, 30 N.Y.U. Journal of International Law & Policy 145, 1997–98
• "Geography in international maritime boundary-making", Shabtai Rosenne, 15 Political Geography 319, 1996
• "Establishing the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea", Shabtai Rosenne, 89 American Journal of International Law 806, 1995
• "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea", Shabtai Rosenne, 29 Israel Law Review 491, 1995
• "The Qatar/Bahrain Case What is a Treaty? A Framework Agreement and the Seising of the Court", Shabtai Rosenne, 8 Leiden Journal of International Law 161, 1995

References

1. ^ Shabtai Rosenne, Yôrām Dinšṭein, Mala Tabory Martinus (1989). International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne. Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 9024736544. Retrieved June 24, 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Oren, Amir (June 10, 2010). "Turning a blind eye". Haaretz. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
3. The Middle East Crisis: Test of International Law'', John W. Halderman, Oceana Publications, 1969
4. ^ Shabtai Rosenne (2002). The Perplexities of Modern International Law; Academie De Droit International de la Haye. Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 9041117466. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
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8. "11 More Letter Bombs Found", The Sydney Morning Herald, accessed June 24, 2010
9. "Serbs: Bosnia Trying to Scuttle Peace Talks", The Sunday Gazette, August 27, 1993, accessed June 24, 2010
10. "World Court Orders End to Genocide", Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 9, 1993, accessed June 24, 2010
11. Oren, Amir (June 10, 2010). "Turning a blind eye". Haaretz. Retrieved June 24, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. Zrahiya, Zvi (June 17, 2010). "Israeli members of flotilla inquiry panel meet for first time". Haaretz. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
13. ^ "Cabinet asked to approve Independent Public Commission". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. June 13, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
14. "Gaza flotilla inquiry panel members", BBC, June 14, 2010, accessed June 24, 2010
15. "Who's who on Israel's committee on the Gaza flotilla raid", Haaretz, June 10, 2010, accessed June 24, 2010
16. "Israel Prize recipients in 1960 (in Hebrew)". cms.education.gov.il (Israel Prize official website). Archived from the original on March 4, 2010 by WebCite®. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients

• British Jews
• British immigrants to Israel
• Israeli Jews
• Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
• Israeli jurists
• Israeli diplomats
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
• Bar-Ilan University faculty
• Israel Prize in law recipients
• 1917 births
• Living people
• Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• University of Virginia faculty
• University of Amsterdam faculty
• International law scholars
• Hague Academy of International Law people