Roberto Ago
Italian jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Roberto Ago was an Italian jurist. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1979 until 1995. Ago served as Professor of International Law at the Universities of Catania , Genoa , and finally Rome . He specialized in both private and public international law. He gave his first Hague Academy of International Law lecture in 1936 at the age of twenty-eight, on general conflict of laws rules. He also gave lectures at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1939, 1956, 1971, and 1983, on topics ranging from international torts to the Grotian conception of international law. He also served as Chairman of the Hague Academy Curatorium for the last 20 years of his life. In 1970 Ago was awarded honorary membership in the American Society of International Law. He served as a delegate to international conferences on the law of the sea and on diplomatic relations. In addition, Ago presided over the Vienna Conference on the Law of Treaties from 1968 to 1969. He also acted as counsel for several governments appearing before the International Court of Justice. He was a member of the International Law Commission from 1956 to 1979 and served as its chairman from 1964 to 1965. Former ICJ judge Stephen M. Schwebel said that Ago, through his work with the International Law Commission, had an "extended and preeminent" role in the codification work of the International Law Commission. He also worked closely with the International Labour Organization, twice presiding over the ILO Governing Body. For the last thirty-five years of his life, Ago chaired the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association. Ago was also an active member of the Institut du Droit International from 1932 until his death, serving as its president from 1992 to 1993.
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- Positive Law and International Law (1957) (48)
- “Binding” Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice (1991) (28)
- The First International Communities in the Mediterranean World (1983) (23)
- International Law In A Changing World (1964) (9)
- Obligations Erga Omnes and the International Community (1989) (4)
- The Concept of "International Community as a Whole": A Guarantee to the Notion of State Crimes (1989) (3)
- Sixth report on State responsibility by Mr. Roberto Ago, Special Rapporteur - the internationally wrongful act of the State, source of international responsibility (continued) (2004) (2)
- Remarks on Some Classes of Crimes by States (1989) (1)
- International Organisations and Their Functions in the Field of Internal Activities of States (1957) (1)
- International Court of Justice: Case Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (1982) (1)
- Summary record of the 769th meeting (2004) (0)
- Summary record of the 765th meeting (2004) (0)
- Communauté internationale et organisation internationale. The International Community And International Organization (1988) (0)
- Positiv Ret Og International Ret1) (1959) (0)
- Summary record of the 757th meeting (2004) (0)
- Ouverture Du Colloque | Opening Of The Workshop (1985) (0)
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