Bengt Broms#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 275 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Bengt Broms passed away April 4, 2023.
Positions Held
- Professor emeritus of International and Constitutional law at the University of Helsinki
- Judge and Chairman of Chamber One at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal since 16 December 1988. Also Chairman of the Committee for Administrative and Financial Questions since 1989.
- Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague since 1986
Fields of Scholarship
- Armed conflict
- History & theory
- Human rights
- Litigation
- Organisations
- Dispute settlement
- Claims
- State responsibility
Honours and Awards
- 1967, 1972-1979 and 1981-1988 Member of the Delegation of Finland to the General Assembly of the United Nations
- 1975-1988 Chairman of the Delegation of Finland to the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization set up by the General Assembly of the United Nations consisting of 47 Member States; 1975-1979, 1983 and 1988 - Chairman of the Special Committee; 1980-1982 and 1984-1987 Vice-Chairman
- 1968, 1972-1974 Chairman of the Delegation of Finland to the Committee on the Definition of Aggression set up by the General Assembly of the United Nations; 1972-1973 Vice-Chairman; 1974 - Chairman when the Committee fulfilled its mandate
- 1985-1997 Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris
- 1986 Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
- 1973-1979 Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International, since 1979 Member, 1997-1999 Vice-President
- 1991-1992 International Court of Justice, Judge Ad Hoc in the Case concerning Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark)
- 1992 Executive Council Member of the Institute of International Business Law and Practice (Paris)
- 1980 Member of the Academy of Sciences of Finland, 1983-1989 Member of the Board
- 1988 Honorary Member (Academician) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea (Cambridge, England)
- 1980-2000 President of the Finnish Branch of the International Law Association, since 2008 Honorary President
- 1980 Member of the Executive Council of the International Law Association (London), 1996-1998 President of the International Law Association, since 1998 Lifetime Vice-President
- 1969-1974 First Chairman of the Council of the Federation of University Professors in Finland
- 1980 Commander of the Finnish Order of the Lion
