Marc Bossuyt
Marc, Baron Bossuyt (born 9 January 1944 in
Belgian Constitutional Court
.
Bossuyt obtained a Dr.iur (LLM) at the
Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1975. He is professor emeritus of international law at the University of Antwerp
.
He was appointed to the Constitutional Court by
Royal Order
on 28 January 1997. From 9 October 2007 until his retirement Bossuyt was the President of the Dutch linguistic group of the Constitutional Court of Belgium. He was ennobled as a baron in the 2009 honours list. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 years, Bossuyt retired from the Court and became President-Emeritus.
Bossuyt was a member of the
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(2000–2003, 2014–present).
In 2020, Marc Bossuyt was appointed as the president of the steering committee of the Turkey Tribunal,[1] which is an independent "people's tribunal" registered as an NGO in Belgium.
Honours
- 2013: Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold
- 2007: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.
References
- ^ "Em. Prof. Dr. Marc baron Bossuyt – Belgium - Turkey Tribunal". Turkey Tribunal. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
External links
- Marc Bossuyt (UA)