Background
SCHWEBEL, Stephen was born on March 10, 1929 in New York, United States. Son of Victor Schwebel and Pauline Pfeffer Schwebel.
SCHWEBEL, Stephen was born on March 10, 1929 in New York, United States. Son of Victor Schwebel and Pauline Pfeffer Schwebel.
Bachelor in Government magna cum laude with highest honors in government, Harvard University, 1950; postgraduate, Cambridge (England) University, 1950-1951; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Laws, Bhopal (India) U., 1983; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hofstra U., 1997.
Director United Nations headquarters office, World Federation United Nations Assns., 1950-1953;
lecturer American foreign policy various universities, United States State Department, India, 1952;
research, drafting assistant to, Trygve Lie for writing of In the Cause of Peace, 1953;
associate, White & Case, New York City, 1954-1959;
assistant professor of law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1961;
assistant legal advisor, unites states department State, Washington, 1961-1966;
deputy legal advisor, unites states department State, Washington, 1973-1981;
executive director, American Society International Law, Washington, 1967-1972;
Burling professor international law, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, 1967-1981;
judge, International Court Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands, since 1981;
vice president, International Court Justice, The Hague, 1994-1997;
president, International Court Justice, The Hague, since 1997. Special representative Micronesian claims unites states department State, 1966-1971. Legal adviserU.S. delegate 16th-20th and 4th Special General Assemblies United Nations.
United States associate representative International Court Justice, 1962, United States deputy agent, 1979-1980, United States counsel,1980. United States representative, chairman United States delegate to 1st session United Nations Special Com on Principles International Law concerning friendly relations and cooperation among states, Mexico City, 1964. United States representative on advising committee United Nations Program Assistance in Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation International Law, 1966-1974.
United States counsel Franco-American Air Arbitration, 1978. Legal advisory United States delegate to 32d and 33d World Health Organization Assemblies, Geneva, 1979-1980. Vis.prof. international law Australian National U., Canberra, 1969.
United States representative, chairman delegate 3d session United Nations Special Committee on Question Defining Aggression, Geneva, 1970. Counselor international law unites states department State, 1973. United States representative, chairman delegate 2d and 4th sessions United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Working Group on Charter Economics Rights and Duties of States, Geneva, 1973, Mexico City, 1974.
United States alternate representative United Nations Economics and Social Council, Geneva, 1974. Legal adviser United States delegate Conference International Economics Cooperative, Paris, 1975. Member United States Tripartite Advisory Committee on International Labor Standards, 1980, International Law Commission, United Nations, Geneva, 1977-1981.
Special rapporteur international watercourses International Law Commission, United Nations, 1977-1981, chairman drafting committee, 1978. Chairman or party-appointed arbitrator international commercial arbitration tribunals, since 1982, arbitral tribunal Eritrea-Yemen Arbitration, since 1996. Member Executive Committee Commission Study Organisation Peace, 1948-1961.
Advisory joint committee law international transactions American Law Institute and American Bar Association, 1959-1961. National chairman Collegiate Council for United Nations, 1948-1950. President International Student Movement for United Nations, 1950-1951.
Undergraduate orator Harvard University Commencement, 1950. Member of advisory board Center Oceans Law and Policy University of Virginia, 1975-1981. Vice chairman Secretary State's Advisory Committee Private International Law, 1978-1979, chairman, 1979-1981.
Honorary fellow Cambridge U. Center for Research in International Law, since 1983, member board electors Whewell Professorship in International Law U. Cambridge, since 1983. Member overseers' commission to visit Harvard University Law School, 1991-1997. Consultant Ford. Foundation, 1990.
Chairman supervisory board Telders International Law Moot Court Competition, The Hague, Netherlands, 1993-1998, chairman Hauser Scholars SelectionBd., New York University Law School, since 1997. Visiting lector Cambridge U., 1957, CarnegieLectr. Hague Academy International Law, 1972, Institute Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva, 1980.
Brown lecturer Catholic U., 1983. Lauterpacht. lecturer, Cambridge U., 1983. Jurisprudential lecturer U. Washington, 1985.
Otto Walter International Fellow, New York Law School, 1987. Sherrill lecturer Yale University, 1988. Centennial Morris visiting professor Chicago-Kent College.of Law, 1988.
Page Distinguished visiting jurist U. Kansas, 1988. Allison lecturer Suffolk Law School, 1989. Regents' lecturer University of California Berkeley, 1990.
Wing-Tat Lee lecturer Loyola University, 1990. Ford Foundation lecturer U. New Mexico, U.Wash., U. Indiana, Vanderbilt University, University of Minnesota, 1991, University of California, Los Angeles, U. Houston, U. Miami, Emory University, Notre Dame U., 1992, U. Iowa, U. Pittsburgh, 1993. Ben C. Green lecturer Case Western Reserve U., 1992.
Blaine Sloan lecturer Pace U., 1993. Hauser lecturer New York University Law School, 1994. Goff lecturer, Hong Kong City U., 1994.
Freshfields lecturer U. London, 1996, F. A. Mannlectr., 1998. President Administrative Tribunal International Monetary Fund, since 1994.
Member American Bar Association, American Society International Law (executive vice president 1967-1973, honorary vice president 1982-1995, honorary president since 1996), International Law Association, Institute Droit International, Council Foreign Rels., Academy of Experts (vice president since 1995), Harvard Club (New York City), Athenaeum (London), Haagsche Club (The Hague), Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Louise Ingrid Nancy Killander, August 2, 1972. Children: Jennifer, Anna.