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July 15, 2015
Fifty-fifth Session (2003)
Officers and Members of the Commission
Officers
- Chair: Mr. Enrique Candioti (Argentina)
- First Vice-Chair: Mr. Theodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania)
- Second Vice- Chair: Mr. Choung Il Chee (Republic of Korea)
- Rapporteur: Mr. William Mansfield (New Zealand)
- Chair of the Drafting Committee: Mr. James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania)
- The Enlarged Bureau of the Commission was composed of the officers of the present session, the previous Chairmen of the Commission (Mr. J.C. Baena Soares, Mr. Z. Galicki, Mr. P.C.R. Kabatsi, Mr. A. Pellet, Mr. P.S. Rao, Mr. R. Rosenstock and Mr. C. Yamada) and the Special Rapporteurs (Mr. C.J.R. Dugard, Mr. G. Gaja, Mr. A. Pellet, Mr. V. Rodríguez Cedeño and Mr. C. Yamada).
Members of the Commission at the Fifty-fifth Session (2003)
- Mr. Emmanuel Akwei Addo (Ghana)
- Mr. Husain M. Al-Baharna (Bahrain)
- Mr. Ali Mohsen Fetais Al-Marri (Qatar)
- Mr. João Clemente Baena Soares (Brazil)
- Mr. Ian Brownlie (United Kingdom)
- Mr. Enrique Candioti (Argentina)
- Mr. Choung Il Chee (Republic of Korea)
- Mr. Pedro Comissario Afonso (Mozambique)
- Mr. Riad Daoudi (Syrian Arab Republic)
- Mr. Christopher John Robert Dugard (South Africa)
- Mr. Constantin P. Economides (Greece)*
- Ms. Paula Escarameia (Portugal)
- Mr. Salifou Fomba (Mali)
- Mr. Giorgio Gaja (Italy)
- Mr. Zdzislaw Galicki (Poland)
- Mr. Peter C.R. Kabatsi (Uganda)
- Mr. Maurice Kamto (Cameroon)
- Mr. James Lutabanzibwa Kateka (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Mr. Fathi Kemicha (Tunisia)
- Mr. Roman Anatolyevitch Kolodkin (Russian Federation)*
- Mr. Martti Koskenniemi (Finland)
- Mr. William Mansfield (New Zealand)
- Mr. Michael Matheson (United States)**
- Mr. Theodor Viorel Melescanu (Romania)*
- Mr. Djamchid Momtaz (Islamic Republic of Iran)
- Mr. Bernd H. Niehaus (Costa Rica)
- Mr. Didier Opertti Badan (Uruguay)
- Mr. Guillaume Pambou-Tchivounda (Gabon)
- Mr. Alain Pellet (France)
- Mr. Pemmeraju Sreenivasa Rao (India)
- Mr. Víctor Rodríguez Cedeño (Venezuela)
- Mr. Robert Rosenstock (United States)**
- Mr. Bernardo Sepúlveda (Mexico)
- Ms. Hanqin Xue (China)
- Mr. Chusei Yamada (Japan)
See also Membership
* Elected to fill the casual vacancies caused by the demise of Mr. Valery Kuznetsov and the election of Mr. Bruno Simma and Mr. Peter Tomka to the International Court of Justice.
** At its 2770th meeting, on 7 July 2003, the Commission elected Mr. Michael Matheson (United States of America) to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Robert Rosenstock.