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The opening as it read in 2015
Shabtai Rosenne ( Hebrew : שבתאי רוזן ), formerly known as Sefton Wilfred David Rowson (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat.1 He has been the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and he also had a widely recognized expertise in treaty law, state responsibility, self-defence, UNCLOS and other issues of international law. Rosenne authored some 200 articles and essays, as well as The Law and Practice of the International Court in 1997 and 2006, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007. In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid . International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Shabtai Rosenne ( Hebrew : שבתאי רוזן ; born 1917 in London , the United Kingdom) is a Professor of International Law, and a former Israeli diplomat. He authored United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007. In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid . International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Shabtai Rosenne ( Hebrew : שבתאי רוזן ) (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. He was the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and had a widely recognized expertise in treaty law, state responsibility, self-defence, UNCLOS and other issues of international law. Rosenne authored some 200 articles and essays, as well as The Law and Practice of the International Court in 1997 and 2006, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007.In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid . International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Shabtai Rosenne ( Hebrew : שבתאי רוזן ) (24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. He was the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and had a widely recognized expertise in treaty law, state responsibility, self-defence, UNCLOS and other issues of international law. Rosenne authored some 200 articles and essays, as well as The Law and Practice of the International Court in 1997 and 2006, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007.In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid . International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Shabtai Rosenne ( Hebrew : שבתאי רוזן ; 24 November 1917 – 21 September 2010) was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. He was the leading scholar of the World Court - the PCIJ and ICJ and had a widely recognized expertise in treaty law, state responsibility, self-defence, UNCLOS and other issues of international law. Rosenne authored some 200 articles and essays, as well as The Law and Practice of the International Court in 1997 and 2006, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982: a Commentary in 2002, Provisional Measures in International Law: the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2005, and Essays on International Law and Practice in 2007.In June 2010, he was appointed to the Israeli special independent public Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid . International law at a time of perplexity: essays in honour of Shabtai Rosenne .
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professor of international law
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professor of international law and an israeli diplomat
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