Background
Klabbers, Jan was born on August 13, 1963 in Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Son of Theodorus Antonius Klabbers and Eliza Andrea Klabbers-Poulussen.
Klabbers, Jan was born on August 13, 1963 in Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Son of Theodorus Antonius Klabbers and Eliza Andrea Klabbers-Poulussen.
Master of Science in Political Science & International Law, University Amsterdam, 1988. Doctor of Laws, University Amsterdam, 1996.
He was Director of the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Global Governance Research, based at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights. Klabbers is considered to be one of the world’s leading experts in the law of treaties and the law of international organizations. He has published several monographs and articles on the topics, some of the most important ones being The Concept of Treaty in International Law (1996), Treaty Conflict and the European Union (2008), An Introduction to International Organizations Law 3rd educated
(2015, previously An Introduction to International Institutional Law), and International Law (2013).
Klabbers has held several visiting professorships/fellowships at different universities and institutes, including Hofstra University School of Law (2007), Graduate Institute for International Studies and Development, Geneva (2008, 2013), Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice, New York University Law School (2009-2010), and Panthéon-Assas University (2011).
In his recent work Klabbers has also been focusing on finding novel approaches to international legal research by combining it with virtue ethics.
Member of European Society International Law (executive council member since 2008).
Life partner Margareta Magdalena Brummer-Korvenkontio. 1 child Johan Lauri Tuomola.