Curriculum vitae
JUDGE FAUSTO POCAR
Born in Milan, 21 February 1939. LL.D., University of Milan Law School, cum laude (1961), Libero docente in International Law (1969), Member of the Milan Bar.
Professor of International Law, University of Milan (since 1976, currently on leave)
Member of the Milan Bar (since 1963); admitted as counsel before the Court of Cassation (1971). Counsel and Arbitrator in many national and international cases.
Vice-Rector and member of the Management Board, University of Milan (1984-97); Founder and Director of the Postgraduate School of EC Law and Economics, University of Milan (1989-2000); Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and member of the Academic Senate, University of Milan (1981-84); Director of the Institutes of International Law, University of Milan (1980-84, 1986-87, 1991-94)
Editor-in-Chief, Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale. Member of the editorial board of the periodicals "Italian Yearbook of International Law”, "The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence”, "Journal of International Criminal Justice”, "Journal of Private International Law”, I diritti dell'uomo. Cronache e battaglie; "Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law”
Professor of EC Law, John Hopkins University, Bologna Centre (1983-1984). Visiting Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, Ca. (2008-2009); St.Thomas University School of Law, Miami (2010).
Courses at The Hague Academy of International Law (1983, 1993 General Course, 1981 Director of Studies) at the Institut universitaire international, Luxembourg (1979), and Bancaja Euromediterranean Courses of International Law, Castellón (2003), at the Institute of International Public Law and International Relations, Thessaloniki (1994)
Member of the Committee for the Reform of Private International Law, Italian Ministry of Justice (1985-89)
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (2005-2008); Member of Trial Chamber II (2000) and of the Appeals Chamber (2000-); Vice-president (2003-2005); Member of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2000-) and Presiding Judge (2005-2008)
Member (1985-2000) and Chairman (1991-1992) of the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Vice-Chairman 1987-1988, Rapporteur 1989-1990, Rapporteur for new individual communications 1995-1999, Rapporteur for follow-up of final views 1999-2000)
Special Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a visit to Chechnya (1995) and the Russian Federation (1995, 1996)
Guest speaker in several Workshops organised by the UN Geneva Centre for Human Rights in various countries (1988-1999)
Legal Adviser of the Italian Delegation, 39th to 41st, 45th to 49th Sessions of the UN General Assembly (1984-1986, 1990-1994)
Legal Adviser of the Italian Delegation, UN Commission on Human Rights (1984, 1988-1995)
Member of the Italian Delegation, World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna (1993)
Italian Delegate and Chairman of the informal Working Group of the UN Commission on Human Rights for the drafting of a Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (1990-91)
Member of the Institut de droit international (associé since 1997, member since 2001), Treasurer (since 2001)
Vice-President of the Council, International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, Italy)
President, Italian Branch of the Italo-German Association of Jurists
Member and former Chairman, European Group for Private International Law
President, Institute for the promotion of arbitration and international commercial law (ISDACI, Milan)
Member of the Swiss Association for Arbitration
Member of the International Curatorium, Institute of International Public Law and International Relations (Thessaloniki)
Member of the Curatorium, Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrrecht, Heidelberg (2010).
Member of the Italian Society for International Law, the Société française de droit international, the American Society of International Law, the International Law Association
Legal Adviser of the Italian Delegation, UN Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and Member of its Legal Subcommittee (1984-1995)
Rapporteur of the ad hoc Group panel on the "Revision of the Brussels and Lugano Conventions” of the Council of the European Union (1997-1999)
Rapporteur of the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Lugano Convention (2006)
Co-Rapporteur of the Special Commission on the question of Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgement of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (1997-2002)
President of the Special Commission on Maintenance obligations of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (2002-2006)
Member of the Italian Delegation, Hague Conference on Private International Law (1980, 1996-2000)
Languages
Italian: mother tongue
English: fluent (written and spoken)
French: fluent (written and spoken)
Spanish: fluent (written and spoken)
German: not very fluent (written and spoken)
Selection of Publications
Author of several books, including:
- L'assistenza giudiziaria internazionale in materia civile, Padua, 1967
- L'esercizio non autorizzato del potere statale in territorio straniero, Padua, 1974
- Diritto dell'Unione e delle Comunità europee (1973), 10th edition, Milan, 2006 (Albanian translation of the 4th edition: E drejta e Komuniteteve europiane, Tirana, 1995; Spanish translation of the 9th edition: Derecho de la Union y de las Comunidades europeas, under publication)
- Commentario breve ai trattati della Comunità e dell'Unione europea, Padua, 2001
- Diritto comunitario del lavoro, Padua, 1983. (Spanish translation: Derecho comunitario del trabajo, Madrid, 1988); 2nd edition, 2001 (in cooperation with I. Viarengo)
- La protection de la partie faible en droit international privé, The Hague Academy Collected Courses, 1984
- Il nuovo diritto internazionale privato italiano (1997), 2nd edition, Milan, 2002
- Current issues of International Criminal Jurisdiction, Cursos Euromediterráneos Bancaja de Derecho Internacional, VI, 2005
- Il patto internazionale sui diritti civili e politici (in cooperation with I. Viarengo), Milan (under publication)
- La convenzione di Bruxelles sulla giurisdizione e l'esecuzione delle sentenze, (1986), 3rd edition, Milan, 1995
- Codice del diritto internazionale pubblico (in cooperation with R. Luzzatto) (1998), 4th edition, Turin, 2006
-Gli accordi bilaterali dell'Italia in materia spaziale (in cooperation with G. Venturini and M. Pedrazzi), Milan, 1999
-Il trattato di Nizza sull'Unione europea (in co-operation with C. Secchi), Milan, 2001
-The Hague Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments (in co-operation with C. Honorati), Padua, 2005
-The External Competence of the European Union and Private International Law, Padua, 2007
Articles and essays (more than 150) concerning public and private international law, published in various Italian and foreign periodicals.