Mohsen Aghahosseini ( fa, محسن آقاحسینی) is an Iranian
judge
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and
arbitrator whose
arguments and
opinions have been subject of scholarly reviews.
Early life and education
Aghahosseini was born on 22 January 1945.
He was graduated from
University of Tehran
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in 1967, and subsequently obtained degrees from
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
(B. Litt.) and
University of London
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(Dipl. in Law; LL.M.).
Career
He was a long-time designated judge on the
Iran–United States Claims Tribunal (IUSCT),
and was an
International Court of Justice
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(ICJ) ''ad hoc'' judge for ''
Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988 (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)'' case. Aghahosseini was appointed by the
National Iranian Oil Company
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to the panel in ''NIOC v Israel'' case of
Swiss Federal Supreme Court
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The Federal Supreme Court i ...
.
Bibliography
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;Papers
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* (co-authored with Zahra Mousavi)
* (co-authored with Zahra Mousavi)
See also
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Judges of the International Court of Justice The first and second lists are of all the permanent judges of the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations, first chronologically and then by seat. The third list is a list of judges appointed ''ad hoc'' by a pa ...
References
1945 births
Living people
20th-century Iranian judges
International Court of Justice judges
Iranian expatriates in the Netherlands
Iranian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Alumni of the University of London
Alumni of the University of Oxford
University of Tehran alumni
21st-century Iranian judges
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