Background
FERNANDES, Raul was born on October 24, 1877 in Valenqa, State of Rio de Janeiro. Son of Dr. Antonio José Fernandes and Izabel Peregrina Fernandes.
FERNANDES, Raul was born on October 24, 1877 in Valenqa, State of Rio de Janeiro. Son of Dr. Antonio José Fernandes and Izabel Peregrina Fernandes.
Educated Colégio Alberto Brandáo and Colégio Sao Francisco de Assis, Sao Joáo d’El Rey. Bachelor of Laws, University de Sao Paulo, 1898.
Practicing attorney in Vassouras, 1898-1907. In Rio de Janeiro, 1907-1934. Federal deputy, 1909-1922.
Delegate to the Peace Conference of Paris 1919. To the Reparations Commission, Í920. To the League of Nations, 1920, 1921 1924, 1925.
Member of the committee named by the League of Nations to prepare the statute for the Permanent Court of International Justice of The Hague, 1920. President of the State of Rio de’Janeiro, 1923 (held office for several days only). Brazilian Ambassador to Belgium, 1926-1927.
President of the Brazilian delegation to the Sixth Pan-American Conference of Havana, 1928. Solicitor general of Brazil, 1931-1932. Deputy from the State of Rio de Janeiro to the National Constituent Assembly, 1933-1934.
Non-American member, nominated by the United States, on the Committee of Conciliation with Czechoslovakia.
Member, committee named by League to prepare the statute for the Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague, 1920. Member: Society Brasileira de Direito Internacional (president), Institute da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Academy, de Jurisprudencia (Madrid).