Christopher Gregory Weeramantry

Background

Weeramantry, Christopher Gregory was born on November 17, 1926 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Son of Gregory and Lilian (Dewapurarathne) Weeramantry.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University London, 1948. Bachelor with honours, University London, 1950. Doctor of Laws, University London, 1967.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Colombo, 1984.

Career

Advocate Supreme Court Sri Lanka, Colombo, 1948-1965, commissioner of assizes, 1965-1967, justice, 1967-1972. Sir Hayden Starke professor law Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1971-1991, professor emeritus Australia, since 1991. Barrister at law Victoria, Australia, since 1972.

Judge International Court Justice, The Hague, Netherlands, since 1991, vice president Netherlands, since 1997. Panelist United Nations Educational Seminar on Teaching of Human Rights, Canberra, Australia, 1980, International Conference on Nuclear Danger, Tokyo, 1985. Chairman committee of inquiry International Responsibility for Phosphate Mining on Naru, 1987-1988.

Lecturer United Nations Human Rights Committee Seminar, Geneva, Switzerland, 1988. Coordinator U./Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Workshop on Science, Technology and Human Rights, Utrecht, 1989. Examiner Council Legal Education, Colombo, 1950-1955.

Visiting professor University Tokyo, 1978, University Stellenbosch, 1979, University Papua New Guinea, 1981, University Florida, 1984, University Colombo, since 1984, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, 1985, University Hong Kong, 1989.

Achievements

• Christopher Gregory Weeramantry has been listed as a reputable judge international court of justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Nauru: Environmental Damage under International Trusteeship

    (This partial summary of the ten-volume Report of the Comm...)

  • An Invitation to the Law

    (369 pages including indexes, a course text book for juris...)

  • Equality and freedom : some third world perspectives
  • The Slumbering Sentinels: Law and Human Rights in the Wake of Technology (Pelican)
  • Nauru: Environmental Damage under International Trusteeship by Christopher Weeramantry (1992-07-02)

Membership

Chairman Weeramantry International Center for Peace Education and Research (WICPER). member Bar Association of Sri Lanka (life).

• Bar Association of Sri Lanka (life).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Rosemary De Sampayo, March 30, 1959. Children: Ravindra, Shalini, Nilmini, Romesh, Roshini.

Father:

Gregory Weeramantry

Mother:

Lilian (Dewapurarathne) Weeramantry

Spouse:

Elizabeth Rosemary De Sampayo

child:

Romesh Weeramantry

child:

Shalini Weeramantry

child:

Nilmini Weeramantry

child:

Roshini Weeramantry

child:

Ravindra Weeramantry