Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (10 July 1924 – 24 October 1995) was a Venezuelan lawyer and diplomat. He represented his native country as ambassador to the

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and as envoy to the United States, and served as Venezuela's minister of justice from 1958 to 1962. From 1991 until his death, he served as a judge at the

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.''Andrés Aguilar-Mawdsley.'' In: Arthur Eyffinger, Arthur Witteveen,

Mohammed Bedjaoui Mohammed Bedjaoui ( ar, محمد بجاوي) (born September 21, 1929 in Sidi Bel-Abbes) is an Algerian diplomat and jurist. He served as Algeria's ambassador to France and the United Nations among other places. He also served as a judge on the I ...

: ''La Cour internationale de Justice 1946–1996.'' Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag und London 1999, ISBN 9-04-110468-2, S. 259

Life

Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley studied at the

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, where he earned a doctorate in political and social sciences, and at

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, where he earned a master's degree in civil law. From 1948 he taught as a lecturer in civil law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and from 1954 at the

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as well; in 1958 he was appointed professor at both universities. From 1958 to 1962, he served as Minister of Justice of Venezuela. He then served as Venezuela's ambassador to the

Office in

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from 1963 to 1965 and as permanent representative to UN headquarters in

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from 1969 to 1972. During the period from 1972 to 1974, he served as Venezuela's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, after which he was Legal Counsel and Legal Representative of

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, Venezuela's state-owned petroleum company, from 1975 to 1983. He was also a member of the

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from 1972 to 1985, during which time he served as president on several occasions. From 1986 to 1991, he again represented his home country as a permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. In November 1990, he was elected by the

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and the

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to serve as a judge at the

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. He took office in February 1991, but died in October 1995 about halfway through his nine-year rotating term. In keeping with the traditions of the Court, his compatriot

Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren (5 December 1928 – 3 December 2016) was a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and was married to María Trinidad Pulido Santana. He served as a ...

was elected to succeed Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley for the remainder of his term. Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley belonged to the Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de Venezuela (Academy of Political and Social Sciences of Venezuela) since 1978 and was also a member of the

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since 1983.

Publications

* ''Aceptación de la jurisdicción obligatoria de la Corte Internacional de Justicia - reservas a la clausula opcional''. In: ''Revista de derecho público''. 55/56, 1993, , S. 5–46. * ''La jurisdicción contenciosa de la Corte Internacional de Justicia a la luz de la jurisprudencia de este alto tribunal''. In: Manuel Rama-Montaldo (Hrsg.): ''El derecho internacional en un mundo en transformación - liber amicorum en homenaje al Profesor

Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga H. E. Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga (Montevideo, Montevido, 1918 – Punta del Este, 5 April 1994) was an Uruguayan professor, jurist, and President of the International Court of Justice. Biography Early life Eduardo Jiménez de Aréch ...

''. Fundación de Cultura Univ., Montevideo 1994, S. 1099–1128. * ''La validez o nulidad de las sentencias arbitrales en el derecho internacional público''. In: ''Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas''. 41, 1996, , S. 19–47.

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