Position(s) at the Institute

Emeritus Professor, International Law

Profile

Docteur es Sciences Politiques, Graduate Institute of International Studies and University of Geneva
Georges Abi-Saab taught at the Institute from 1963 to 2000. He is also Honorary Professor at Cairo University’s Faculty of Law and a Member of the Institute of International Law. Professor Abi-Saab is a former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice, a former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), a former Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission, and former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (his term ended in 2008).

Areas of expertise

• International Courts and Tribunals
• International law (public, private)