Professor Dr. Dr. h.c.

Rdiger Wolfrum
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Im Neuenheimer Feld 535 69120 Heidelberg Germany tel.: +49 (0)6221 482-255, fax: +49 (0)6221 482653 e-mail: [email protected]

Curriculum vitae Birthplace/Birthdate Berlin, 13 December 1941 After completion of high school education (Abitur, 1962) military service 1964 - 1969 18 January 1969 1969-1973 29 June 1973 14 September 1973 1973-1980 1 August 1977 31 July 1978 Study of Law at the Universities of Bonn and Tbingen First State-Examination Junior barrister Graduation, Dr. iur. Second State-Examination Assistant professorship, Institute of International Law, University of Bonn Research fellow at the Center for Oceans Law and Policy of the University of Virginia; scholarship from the German Research Foundation Participation at the Third U.N. Law of the Sea Conference (alternate) Representative of the German delegation and adviser to the ministry of economics Habilitation, venia legendi for national public and international public law Professor, Chair of national public and international public law, University of Mainz, Faculty of Law and Economics Professor, Chair of national public and international public law, University of Kiel, Law Faculty, Director of the Institute of International Law
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July/August 1980 March/April 1981 March/April 1982

28 November 1980

6 May 1982 30 November 1982

2 December 1982 30 April 1993

June 1983 - May 1988

Participation at the 4th Special Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting concerning Antarctic mineral resource activities, Member of the German delegation and Chairman of the Legal Working Group (beginning in 1985) Participation at the Preparatory Commission for the International SeaBed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany) Judge at the Court of Appeals for Administrative Matters for the states of Niedersachsen and SchleswigHolstein; since 1991 judge at the Court of Appeals for Administrative Matters of the Land Schleswig Holstein Visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Law School Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; re-elected in 1994 and 1998, resignation in 1999 Vice-rector of the ChristianAlbrechts-Universitt at Kiel Visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Law School Member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation; re-elected in June 1995 Participation in the Consultative Meetings of the Antarctic Treaty Parties Chairman of the Working Group of Legal Experts to the Antarctic Treaty Parties Meetings Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg; Professor at Heidelberg University

August/September 1983

29 April 1986 30 April 1993

August/September 1987 January 1990 September 1999

1 June 1990 30 April 1993 August/September 1990 30 June 1992 26 June 1996 1992-1998

1993-1998

since 1 May 1993

September/October 1993 1 January 1994 30 November 1997 1994 2003

Visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Law School Chairman of the board of the United Nations German Association Member of the Executive Board of the "Zentrum fr deutsches Recht am Institut fr Staat und Recht der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften" (Center for German Law at the Institute of State and Law at the Russian Academy of Sciences) Member of the Council of the German ILA (International Law Association)Section Member of the Executive Board of the "Stiftung fr marine Geowissenschaften" (Foundation for Marine Geosciences) (GEOMAR) Vice-President of the German Research Foundation Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; re-elected in May 1999; 5 October 1996 - 30 Sept. 1999 Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Member of the Council of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Vlkerrecht"(German Society for International Law) Member of the Working Group "Biodiversitt" ("Biodiversity") at the "Europischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlichtechnischer Entwicklungen" (European Academy for the Research into Consequences of Scientific-Technological Developments) Doctor honoris causa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Doctor honoris causa of the "Shihutug" Law College", Ulan Bator/Mongolia Member of the Executive Board of the "Alfred-Wegener-Institut fr Polarund Meeresforschung" (Stiftung AWI, Foundation for Polar and Maritime Research)
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since 1 March 1994

1995 2003

26 June 1996 30 June 2002 since 1 August 1996

since 20 March 1997

since 27 March 1998

since 12 February 1999 since 6 December 1999 2000 2006

1 January 2001 31 December 2005

Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law Member of the International Environmental Board of Arbitration Member of the Advisory Board of the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (German Foundation for Peace Studies) Vice-President of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences Founding Member of the Humanities Section of the German Academy of Natural Sciences (Leopoldina) Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Hamburg President of the German Society for International Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Vlkerrecht) President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Member of the German United Nations Association Member of the Stiftungsrat der Exzellenzinitiative zur Frderung der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Honorary Member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences Membre associ of the Institut de Droit international

since 19 June 2001 2001 - 2005

2002 - 2006

since 18 November 2003

since 23 December 2003 since 16 March 2005

since 1 October 2005 since 3 December 2005 since 9 June 2006

since 30 August 2006 since October 2007