The International Court of Justice's Approach to Injuries Suffered by Individuals

Judge Giorgio Gaja has been a member of the International Court of Justice since 6 February 2012. Previously, he was Professor of International Law at the University of Florence (1974-2011) and Dean of the Law School (1978-1981). Judge Gaja was a Lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law (1981 and 2011), a Part-time Professor at the European University Institute (1980 and 1984-1985), a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University (1977-1978), at the University of Geneva (1983 and 1985), the University of Paris I (1989 and 2000), the  University of Aix-Marseille III (1992), the University of Michigan School of Law (1992), Columbia Law School (1996), and the Graduate Institute of International Studies (2001).

Judge Gaja was a member of the International Law Commission between 1999 and 2011 and served as the Commission’s Special Rapporteur on the Responsibility of International Organizations (2003-2011). He was a delegate of the Italian Government to the Vienna Conference on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations and between International Organizations (1986). He is a member of the Institut de droit international and editor of the Rivista di Diritto Internazionale. Judge Gaja is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Common Market Law Review, European Journal of International Law and Columbia Journal of European Law. He holds a degree in law of the University of Rome (1960), Libera docenza in international law (1968) and a Honorary Doctor of Law, Dickinson Law School (1985).

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