Dr. Dumitru Mazilu
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DR. DUMITRU MAZILU PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: 1959 Graduated from the Faculty of Law 1964 Doctor's Degree in Law at Cluj; Professor of Law at the Social and Political Sciences Academy; at the School of the Ministry of the Interior; Professor of International Law (Human Rights and the Law of the Sea) 1965 till 1968 Chairman of the National Sub-Commission for Inquiring into abuses and illegalities 1970 till 1974 Scientific Director of the Institute of Political Sciences, Bucharest 1974 Visiting Professor, Columbia, Harvard, Berkeley, Universities 1975 till 1986 Legal Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Representative of Romania to the Law of the Sea Conference 1983 – 1988 Member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Geneva 1978 till 1985 Representative of Romania to the Sixth (Legal )Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1985 till 1993 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Youth 1986 till 1989 He was kept in detention for his critical Report on Human Rights in Romania 1988 – 1989 The International Court of Justice at Hague judged his case and – through Decision 81/ 15 December 1989 – asked the Romanian authorities to free him, underlining that he is enjoying the United Nations' diplomatic immunity 1989 till 1990 Vice – President of Romania, after the Romanian Revolution 1991 Doctor Honoris Causa by A.C. of Switzerland for promotion of Human Rights 1991 to date Professor of International Law (Human Rights and the Law of the Sea) 1993 – 1994 Head of the Diplomatic Mission of Romania in Manila 1994 Ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1994 - 1997 Ambassador to the International Organizations in Vienna 1995 – 1997 Vice - Chairman of the United Nations Committee on The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 1995 - 1997 Vice - President of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 1995 - 1996 Vice - Chairman of the Committee of the Whole of the Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1995 - 1999 Representative of Romania to the Sixth (Lega )Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1996 - 1997 Member of the General Committee of the Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1996 – 1997 Vice – Chairman of the Sixth (Legal ) Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1998 - 2000 Vice – Chairman and Chairman of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 2000 to date Member of the Central European Academy of Science and Art 2001 to date President of the National Committee of the Central European Academy of Science and Art 2002 to date Deputy Director General of the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England 2002 to date Member of the International Diplomatic Academy 2002 to date Member of the Balkan Academy of Science 2010 to date Member of the European Academy of Science INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES: Participation in more than 300 national and international meetings and conferences regarding the progressive development of International Law, particularly in the fields of the Law of the Sea and Human Rights. PUBLICATIONS: Over 500 studies, surveys and monographs regarding the progressive development of International Law, especially in the fields of the Law of the Sea, Human Rights and Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes. SCIENTIFIC AWARDS:1973 - ROMANIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PRIZE “SIMION BĂRNUŢIU”, for study concerning Human Rights violations in Romania; 1980 - MEDIA PEACE PRIZE, for activity through media for peace; 1984 - “HUGO GROTIUS” PRIZE for his books The Law of the Sea and The Law of Peace; 1991 - MEDAL OF REVOLUTION for his special merits to the victory of the 1989 ROMANIAN REVOLUTION; 1999 - “ANDREI RĂDULESCU” PRIZE, by the Romanian Lawyers Union; 2002 - “COMMANDER of the World Order of SCIENCE – EDUCATION – CULTURE” by the European Academy of Informatization; 2003 - Nominated at NOBEL PEACE PRIZE for his contribution on the Human Rights Cause in the World; 2004 - National Order “ROMANIAN STAR in rank of Cavalier”; 2006 - “VESPASIAN PELLA” – Prize by the Romanian Lawyers Union; 2009 - “DIMITRIE CANTEMIR” – Prize by the Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir 2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the International University “Albert Schweitzer” from Geneva 2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Academy 2006 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the “Ovidius” Constanţa University 2008 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the “Maritime” Constanţa University.