Background
Kaul, Hans-Peter was born on July 25, 1943.
Kaul, Hans-Peter was born on July 25, 1943.
Juris Doctor, University Heidelberg and Lausanne, 1971. Postgraduate, Cambridge University, England, 1972. Postgraduate, Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Paris, 1972—1973.
Postgraduate, Academy International Law, The Hague, 1974. Postgraduate, Max Planck Institute for Comparative International and Public International Law, 1973—1975.
Assistant United Nations Conference on Succession of States with Respect to Treaties, Vienna, 1977. Consul, press attaché Germany Embassy to Norway, Oslo, 1977—1980. With Office of United Nations Affairs, Federation Foreign Office, Bonn, Germany, 1980—1984.
Counsellor, spokesman German Embassy to Israel, Tel Aviv, 1984—1986. Political counsellor Germany Embassy to the United States, Washington, 1986—1990. Deputy director Office of Near Eastern Affairs Federal Foreign Office, Bonn, 1990—1993.
First counsellor Permanent Mission of Germany to United Nations, New York City, 1993—1996. Director Office for Public International Law Federal Foreign Office, Bonn/Berlin, 1996—2002. Ambassador, commissioner Federal Foreign Office for International Criminal Court, 2002—2003.
Judge International Criminal Court, The Hague, since 2003, 2nd vice president. Member National Expert Commission on Code of Crimes Against International Law, 1999—2001. Captain German Army, 1963-1967.
Member national advisory committee on international humanitarian law German Red Cross Society, since 1996. Member of American Society International Law, International Criminal Law Network, German Society for Military Law and International Humanitarian Law, German Society for Foreign Policy, German Society for United Nations, German Society International Law.
Married; 4 children.
