Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights
Board member of
International Law Commission
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Turku (LL.B., LL.D.)
Academic work
Discipline
International law
Sub-discipline
Critical legal studies, international legal theory
School or tradition
Helsinki School
Institutions
University of Helsinki New York University
Notable works
From Apology to Utopia (1989/2006) The Gentle Civilizer of Nations (2001) To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth (2021)
Website
University of Helsinki
Martti Antero Koskenniemi (born 18 March 1953) is a Finnish international lawyer and former diplomat.[1] Currently he is professor of International Law in the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, as well as Centennial Professor at the Law Department of the London School of Economics. He is well known for his critical approach to international law. In 2008–2009 he held the seat of distinguished visiting Goodhart Professor at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University. In 2011 Koskenniemi was Peace of Utrecht professor at Utrecht University. In 2014 he was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.[2] Koskenniemi is currently serving as an Academy Professor for the Academy of Finland.[3]
Previously he has been Global Professor of Law in the New York University, and a member of the International Law Commission (2002–2006). He served in the Finnish Diplomatic Service in the years 1978–1996, lastly as director of the Division of International Law. He was Finland's counsel in the International Court of Justice in the Passage through the Great Belt case (Finland v. Denmark) (1991–1992).[4]
From 1997 to 2003 he served as a judge in the administrative tribunal of the Asian Development Bank.
He is a member of the Institut de droit international.
^Armitage, David (2023). "Home and the world: the legal imagination of Martti Koskenniemi". International Relations. doi:10.1177/00471178221132945. ISSN 0047-1178. S2CID 253142604.
^"British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^"Akatemiaprofessorit". Academy of Finland. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^"Latest developments | Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark) | International Court of Justice". www.icj-cij.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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