Background
Hakapää, Kari Mauri was born on August 17, 1945 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Mauri Antero and Raila Sirkka (Antero) Hakapää.
Hakapää, Kari Mauri was born on August 17, 1945 in Helsinki, Finland. Son of Mauri Antero and Raila Sirkka (Antero) Hakapää.
Master of Laws, University Helsinki, 1968. Doctor of Laws, University Helsinki, 1982. Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1972.
Associate Asianajotoimisto Hakapää & Mattila, Helsinki, 1968-1969. Assistant international law University Helsinki, 1972-1980. Counsellor Minister Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 1981-1986.
Associate professor international relations University Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 1986-1991, professor public international law, since 1991. Special adviser Minister Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 1999. Research assistant Academy Finland, Helsinki, 1979—1981, senior researcher, 1986.
Vice rector University Lapland, Rovaniemi, 1989—1993. Ronald A. Ristimaki chair Finnish studies Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, 1998. Member advisory board experts on law of sea Intergovtl.
Oceanographic Commission, since 1997. Nominee to lists of conciliators and arbitrators 1982 United Nations Convention on Law of Sea, since 2001.
Member of American Society International Law, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, International Law Association (board directors Finnish branch, chairman committee coastal state jurisdiction relating to marine pollution 1997—2000).
Married Liisa Marjatta Renko, December 28, 1968. Children: Jyrki Antero, Sari Maria.