David Joseph Attard (29 March 1953) is a Maltese advocate, judge-barrister, member of the Middle Temple England and

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and academic professor. He was pro-chancellor University of Malta in 2006 and chancellor since 2011. Attard was born in Sliema, Malta, he is a graduate of

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in diploma of notary public, LLD University of Malta DPHIL

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Professional experience

He is experienced law teacher of the sea, associated professor in Law at the Malta University and became professor in International public law both in Malta University in 1988, he was head UNEP environmental diplomacy Mediterranean in academy of diplomatic studies, director IMO international maritime law institute, visiting professor of International Law,

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in 1994, senior visiting lecturer in College of Foreign Affairs,

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, research fellow at University of Oxford in 1998, scholar in

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and visiting professor at Université de Paris I- Panthéon Sorbonne. Attard was Chairman of Exploration Committee in the Office of the

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in 1988, Advisor to the Secretary-general International Maritime Organization 1988-89, Special Legal Advisor to the Executive Director of the

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Environmental Programme in

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1989-91 and member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Council of Europe,

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Merit award

* Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion D’Honneur by President of the French Republic * National Order of Merit by the

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in 2009 * Orden de Isabel la Católica by the

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in 2010. * Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of Italy.

Book

* ''The Exclusive Economic Zone in International Law'', Clarendon Press, A.J. David, and was granted the Paul Guggenheim award prize Geneva

Publications

* David Joseph Attard; Malgosia Fitzmaurice; Norman A Martínez Gutiérrez; ''IMO International Maritime Law Institute'', , Notes:"25th anniversary IMLI; supported by the Nippon Foundation * David Joseph Attard; David M Ong; Malgosia Fitzmaurice; Alexandros XM Ntovas; Dino Kritsiotis, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, * David Joseph Attard; ''Malgosia Fitzmaurice'', Publisher: Oxford Oxford University. Press 2014 Series: ''IMLI manual on international maritime law / Ed''. David Joseph Attard, vol-1.

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