Background
Kaelin, Walter Franz was born on May 20, 1951 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Walter and Nelly (Schleich) Kaelin.
Kaelin, Walter Franz was born on May 20, 1951 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Walter and Nelly (Schleich) Kaelin.
License Iur., University Bern, Switzerland, 1976. Doctor Iur., University Bern, Switzerland, 1982. Master of Laws, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984.
Assistant, Institute Public Law U. Bern, Switzerland, 1977-1982;
professor constitutional and international law, University Bern, Switzerland, since 1985;
professor ordinarius, U. Bern, Switzerland, since 1988. Consultant to Swiss Parliament, since 1986. Expert and consultant to various bodies of the Swiss Government, since 1988.
Special rapporteur of United Nations Human Rights Commision on Human Rights in Iraqi-Occupied Kuwait, 1991-1992.
Board of directors Swiss section Amnesty International, Switzerland, 1979-1982. Member Swiss Lawyers Association (board directors). German Association International Law (board of directors), Swiss Association International Law (board directors).
Married Roswitha Felicitas Meyer, December 31, 1981. Children: Eva, Raphael.
