Christian Wenaweser (born 16 November 1963) is a

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...

diplomat. He is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.

Education

Wenaweser was educated at the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

, the

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, and the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

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Career

Since 2002, Wenaweser has been the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

. In this capacity, he has been particularly active in developing the

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...

(ICC) further. Within the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, Wenaweser chaired the Special Working Group on the

Crime of Aggression A crime of aggression or crime against peace is the planning, initiation, or execution of a large-scale and serious act of aggression using state military force. The definition and scope of the crime is controversial. The Rome Statute contains an ...

from 2003 and 2009. In 2008, he was elected to a three-year term as the president of the Assembly of States Parties. In this position, he succeeded

Bruno Stagno Ugarte Bruno Stagno Ugarte (born 1970) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica from 2006 to 2010 and was the president of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2005 to 2008. Early life and education Born ...

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. In December 2011, he was succeeded as the President of the Assembly by

Tiina Intelmann Tiina Intelmann (born 25 August 1963) is an Estonian diplomat; she was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations in New York from 2005 to 2011 and was the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Crimin ...

. Between 2003 and 2005 Wenaweser also served as chairman of the ad hoc Committee on the Scope of Legal Protection under the

Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel The Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel is a United Nations treaty that has the goal of protecting United Nations peacekeepers and other UN personnel. Adoption New Zealand and Ukraine proposed such a convention in ...

From 2004 until 2005, he was vice-chair of the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform.

Other activities

* All Survivors Project, Member of the Board of Advisors * Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists, Member of the Honorary Advisory Council *

International Center for Transitional Justice The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms. ICTJ officially ope ...

(ICTJ), Member of the Advisory Board *

International Gender Champions International Gender Champions (IGC) is a network of female and male leaders of member states, international organizations, and civil society working for gender equality. It is an initiative of Women@TheTable, and was founded in 2015 by Caitlin Kr ...

(IGC), Member *

International Peace Institute The International Peace Institute (IPI, formerly the International Peace Academy) is an independent non-profit lobby group based in New York (beside the headquarters of the United Nations, with which IPI works closely). The institute has regional ...

(IPI), Member of the International Advisory CouncilInternational Advisory Council

(IPI).

References

External links

Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, New York
* Liechtenstein diplomats University of Zurich alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni Presidents of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court Permanent Representatives of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Living people 1963 births {{Liechtenstein-bio-stub