Åke Hammarskjöld
Åke Hammarskjöld | |
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| Born | Åke Wilhelm Hjalmar Hammarskjöld April 10, 1893 |
| Died | July 7, 1937 (aged 44) |
| Employer | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| Title | Registrar (1922-1936) Judge (1936-death) |
| Parent(s) | Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (father) Agnes Hammarskjöld (mother) |
| Relatives | Dag Hammarskjöld (brother) |
Åke Wilhelm Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (April 10, 1893 – July 7, 1937) was a Swedish lawyer and diplomat. He was the first Registrar of the Permanent Court of International Justice, serving from 1922 to 1936, when he was elected to the position of judge to the same court. He served in the latter position until his death.[1]
Life
Åke Hammarskjöld was born in 1893 in
Paris Peace Conference. From 1920 he worked in the secretariat of the newly formed League of Nations in drafting the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice
and organizing the first elections of judges to the court.
In 1922 he was appointed Registrar of the court by the
Hague Academy of International Law. On October 8 of the same year he was elected as a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice. He died nine months later in The Hague
, at the age of 44.
His father,
Secretary General of the United Nations
from 1953 to 1961.
Awards and honors
Åke Hammarskjöld became a member of the
Stockholm
each awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Works
- Some Facts About the World Court. New York 1927
- La Cour permanente de justice internationale á la neuvième session de l'assemblée de la Société des nations. Brüssel 1928
- La Protection des populations civils contre les bombardements. Genf 1930 (als Mitautor)
- Juridiction internationale. Précédé d'une étude sur l'auteur. Leiden 1938
References
- ISSN 0002-9300.
- Biographical Notes concerning Members of the Court. M. Åke Hammarskjöld, Member of the Court. In: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Permanent Court of International Justice. A.W. Sijthoff's Publishing, Leiden 1937, S. 25/26
- ISSN 0029-151X
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