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KARL ZEMANEK
BIOGRAPHY
(As per 2016)
Born on 18 November 1929 in Vienna (Austria). Studies in Vienna, Oxford, Paris and Saarbrücken. Doctor of law, University of Vienna, 1952.
A.Academic Activities
1. Teaching
1954 - 1956 Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law, University
of the Saar
1957 - 1958 Lecturer (Dozent) at the Faculty of Law, University
of Vienna
1958 - 1964 Associate Professor of international law and
international organizations at the same faculty
1964 - 1998 Full Professor
1998 - Emeritus Professor
1964 - 1977 Co-Director of the Institute of international law and
international relations, University of Vienna
1977 - 1982 and
1986 - 1996 Director of the same Institute
1965 - 1988 Member of the teaching staff of the Diplomatic
Academy, Vienna
1965 - 1988 Member of the teaching staff of the National Defence
Academy, Vienna
2. Learned Societies, Academies
1973 - 1981 Associate Member of the Institut de droit
international
1981 - 2014 Member; since then emeritus Member
1999 - 2001 2nd Vice President
1972 Chairman of the 15th International Space Law
Colloquium, Vienna, 11-13 October 1972
1973 - 1988 Corresponding Member of the InternationalAcademy of
Astronautics (section 4)
1989 - 2003 Member
1969 - 1992 Chairman of the Austrian Branch of the International
Law Association (ILA);
1992 - 1993 Member of its board
1954 - 1973 Member of the ILA Committee on Succession of States
1973 - 1981 Chairman of the ILA Committee on Landlocked States
1985 - 1993 Chairman of the ILA Committee on the formation of
rules of customary (general) international law
1969 - 1973 Member of the Bureau of the German Society of
international law
1973 - 1997 Member of the Council of the same Society
1967 – 2004 Member of the Bord and
1972 - 1998 Vice-President of the Austrian Association for Foreign
Policy
1979 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the
Austrian Institute for International Affairs
1992 – 1997 Member of the International Advisory Council of the
Center for European Policy Studies (Brussels)
1980 - 1990 Member of the Curatorium of the Austrian Dipolomatic
Academy
1968, 1990 Chairman of a Seminar at the "European Forum", Alpbach
1994 Co-Chairman of the "Politische Gespräche", "European
Forum, Alpbach
3. Editor
1958 - 1977 Executive Editor, Österreichische Zeitschrift für
öffentliches Recht
1977 - 1995 Co-Editor of the same Journal (Renamed Austrian
Journal of Public and International Law, AJPIL)
1995 - Member of the Editorial Board of the Austrian Review
of International and European Law, ARIEL
1998 - 2005 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the
History of International Law
1960 Co-Editor and Executive Editor of the Festschrift for
A. Verdross, Völkerrecht und rechtliches Weltbild,
Springer Verlag, Vienna
1971 Co-Editor of the Internationale Festschrift for
A. Verdross, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich
1971 Editor of Agreements of International Organizations
and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,
Springer Verlag, ViennaNew York
1988 Co-Editor of Völkerrecht - Recht der internationalen
Organisationen - Weltwirtschaftsrecht, Festschrift for
I. Seidl-Hohenveldern, Heymans Verlag, Köln
1991 Co-Editor of Environmental Protection and
International Law, Graham & Trotman/Martinus Nijhoff,
London/Dordrecht/Boston
1998 Co-Editor of Liber Amicorum Professor I. Seidl-
Hohenveldern, Kluwer Law International, The Hague
4. Courses, Papers, Lectures
Lectured at the following Universities or other academic institutions:
Yale (1960), Bari (1962), London (University College, 1962), Paris (Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, 1964, 1985), Saarbrücken (1964, 1995), Warsaw (1964), Cracow (1964), Bochum (1970), St.Gallen (1972, 1978), Fribourg (Switzerland, 1976), Graz (1976), Oslo (1978), Bern (1978), Zürich (1978), Berlin (Free University, 1986), Georgetown (School of Foreign Service, 1988), Nairobi (Diplomatic Training Programme, 1989), Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, 1993), Escuela de funcionarios internacionales (Madrid, 1960), Academy of International Law (The Hague, 1965; Director of Studies, 1969, General Course on Public International Law 1997, External Programme Namibia, 1999), Austrian Academy for Administration (1978), Diplomatic Institute (Cairo, 1982), UN Institute for Namibia (Lusaka, 1989), University of Innsbruck (2000), Cursos Euromediterráneos Bancaja de derecho internacional (Castellon, 2001).
Read papers before the following learned societies:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht (Würzburg, 1963), Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynarodowych (Warsaw, 1964), Schweizer Institut für Auslandsforschung (Zurich, 1976), Norwegian Society for International Law (Norwegian Branch of ILA, Oslo, 1978), Detundenrigspolitiske Selskab (Foreign Policy Association, Copenhagen, 1978), Egyptian Society for International Law (Cairo, 1982), Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (Beijing, 1986), Juristische Gesellschaft zu Berlin (1986), Ceskoslovenská Spolecnost pro Mezinárodní Právo (Tchechoslovak Society for International Law, Prague, 1986), Institute of Forein Affairs and National Security (Seoul, 1986), Law Society of Kenya (Nairobi, 1989), Law Society of Zambia (Lusaka, 1989).
Main Speaker, UN Congress on Public International Law, New York 1995.
B.Governmental and Diplomatic Acitivities
1. AustrianPositions
1967 - 2003 Legal Consultant (Jurisconsulte) to the Austrian Ministry for Foreign
Affairs
1970 Substitute Member (for the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs) of the Governmental Commission to consider
the reform of the Austrian Army
1973 - 1975 Member of the Governmental Commission to study the
problems of the Slovene minority in Carinthia
1969 - 1986 Member of the Austrian Commission for UNESCO
1978 - 1985 Member of its Executive Committee and Chairman of its
Social Science Committee
1983 - 1985 Vice-President of the Austrian Commission for UNESCO
1985 - 1986 Acting President
2. DiplomaticFunctions
1959, 1960, 1967-1974, 1985 and 1986
Member of the Austrian Delegation to the General
Assembly of the UN and Representative on its 6th
Committee
1962 - 1976 Austrian Representative on the Legal Sub-Committee of
the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
1978 (Paris), 1980 (Belgrade), 1982 (Paris) and 1985
(Sofia) Member of the Austrian Delegation to the
General Conference of UNESCO
1961 Counsellor to the Delegation of the Holy See to the
UN Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse
1963 Counsellor to the Delegation of the Holy See to the
UN Conference on Consular Relations
1968 - 1969 Vice-Chairman of the Austrian Delegation to the
UN Conference on the Law of Treaties
1975 Co-Chairman of the Austrian Delegation to the
UN Conference on the Representation of States in their
Relations with International Organizations
1977 - 1978 President of the UN Conference on the Succession of
States in Respect of Treaties
1986 President of the UN Conference on the Law of Treaties
between States and International Organizations or
between International Organizations
3. Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Functions
1977 - 2003 Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
(The Hague)
1973 - 1978 and
1990 - 1995 Judge of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal
(OECD/ENEA, Paris)
1981 - Conciliator on the list established according to
paragraph 1 of the Annex to the Vienna Convention on
the Law of Treaties
1981 - 1987 Arbitrator designated by the Administrative Council of
the European Patent Organization in accordance with
article 24 of the Protocol on Privileges and
Immunities
1982 - 1987 Member of the Panel of Legal Experts of INTELSAT
1992 - Nominated on the list established in accordance with
Section V of the Provisions for a CSCE Procedure for
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
C.Decorations
1971 Officer of the Austrian Order of Merit
1986 Commander (Gold) of the Austrian Order of Merit
1962 Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester (Holy See)
1978 Star to that decoration
1978 Grand Officer "Pro Merito Melitensi" (Order of Malta)
D.Bibliographical Entries
Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten Kalender (2003 ed.)
Österreichisches Wissenschaftslexikon, Teil 2: Personen
Dictionary of International Biography (26th ed. 1998)
Who is Who in Austria
Who is Who in Österreich
European Biographical Directory (9th ed., 1993)
Who is Who in International Affairs (1995 ed.)
Who's Who in der Europäischen Union (1996 ed.)
Who's Who in the World (25th ed., 2009)
EU Who is Who (2002)
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