Edvard Isak Hambro

Background

Hambro, Edvard Isak was born on August 22, 1911 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Carl Joachim and Gudrun (Grieg) Hambro.

Education

Finished Secondary School in 1929. University of Oslo, 1934, Bachelor of Laws. University of Geneva, 1936, Doctorate Political Science. Spoken languages: Norwegian, English, French, German, Dutch.

He also could study abroad with Rockefeller Scholarship grant.

Career

He specialized in international organizational work.

He also chaired the appeals board of the Council of Europe, and was a member of the appeals board of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. He presided over the Permanent Conciliation Commission for the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands, and was a member of the Institute of International Law, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the Franco-German Arbitral Tribunal for the Saarland.

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Norway, Geneva. Member, 1LC since 1972. Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Norway, New York, 1966-1971.

President, United Nations General Assembly, 1970. Member, Norwegian Parliament, 1961-1966. Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1958.

Visiting Lecturer, Cambridge University, 5354. Professor of Law, Norwegian School of Economy & Business Administration 1953-1966. Registrar, International Court of Justice, The Hague, 1946-1953.

Chief, Legal Section(s), United Nations Secretariat, London, 1945-1946. Norwegian Foreign Ministry, United Kingdom, 1943-1945. Director, International Relations Department, Christian Michelsens Institute, Institution, Norway, 1938-1940.

Achievements

• Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations (1966–1971), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1970–1971), Norwegian ambassador to France (1976–1977).

Works

• article

  • Norsk fremmedrett (1950), Folkerettspleie (1956), Jurisdiksjonsvalg og lovvalg i norsk internasjonal kontraktsrett (1957) and Arbeidsrett (1961).

  • The Case Law of the International Court of Justice (Volume 2, 3, 4 - together with Arthur W. Rovine)

• commentary

  • the Charter of the United Nations (1946, together with Leland Goodrich)

• Other Work

  • The Case Law of the International Court, Volume(s) I, 1953. The Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. The Relations Between Public & Private International Law, 1962.The Position of Chinese Refugees in Hong Kong, 1955. Position of Aliens & Norwegian Law, 1950. Coauthor: The Charter of the United Nations, third edition, 1969.The Case Law of the International Court, Volume(s) VII, 1974.

Membership

Norwegian Society of International Law. French Society of International Law. Member Institute du Droit International.

Honorary mem: American Society of International Law. Athenaeum, London; Norske Selskab, Oslo.

Member Franco-German arbitral board for Saar. Member permanent conciliation committee between Finland and United States, between Norway and Spain, between Portugal and Switzerland. Vice president Norwegian Red Cross, 1960-1966. Member Norwegian Parliament, 1961-1966. Member Permanent Court Arbitration, 1965.

• Norwegian Society of International Law; French Society of International Law; Institit de Droit International; Honorary mem: American Society of International Law.; Athenaeum, London; Norske Selskab, Oslo.

Connections

Father:

Carl Joachim Hambro

(1885–1964)

Mother:

Gudrun Grieg

(1881–1943)

Grandfather on the paternal side:

Edvard Isak Hambro

(3 July 1847 – 29 August 1909)

Grandmother on the paternal side:

Nico Hambro

1861 – 1926

Brother:

Carl Joachim Hambro, jr.

(7 June 1914 – 19 February 1985)

Brother:

Cato

Brother:

Johan Randulf Bull Hambro

(24 October 1915 – 27 February 1993)

stepmother (since 1946):

Gyda Marthe Kristine Christensen

(21 May 1872 – 20 August 1964)

wife (since 1940):

Elisabeth Raverat

father-in-law:

Jacques Pierre Paul Raverat

(1885–1925)

mother-in-law:

Gwen Darwin

(26 August 1885 - 11 February 1957), a granddaughter of Charles Darwin

Daughter:

Anne

born 1941

Son:

Carl Joachim

(born 1944)

Daughter:

Linda Hambro

(born 1948)

Son:

Johan Christian Georg Hambro

(born 18 May 1946), Director of the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (1981–1986), Director of Statskonsult (1986–1992), Director of the Research Council of Norway (1995–2004).

aunt:

Elise Hambro

(1881 – 1966)