1. Gustave Henri Ange Hippolyte Rolin-Jaequemyns was a Belgian lawyer, diplomat and Minister of the Interior as a member of the Unitarian Liberal Party.
14 Facts About Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns played an important role in codifying the laws of war.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns became a member of several national academies, for example 1870 in Montreal, 1872 in Madrid, in 1874 in Belgium and 1881 in Constantinople.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns was the eldest of 15 children in the marriage between Hippolyte Rolin and Angelique Hellebaut.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns's father had graduated with distinction from the University of Leuven, after which he was sworn in as solicitor and travelled to Berlin where he followed classes by von Savigny and Hegel.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns then returned home and studied law at the University of Ghent.
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Emilie was the daughter of a notable and wealthy family, and Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns could focus on his studies of social and judicial matters.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns was in an excellent position to contact many experts in the field, and consultations led to the founding of the Institut de Droit International in the townhall of Ghent on 8 September 1873.
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In 1904, two years after Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns died, the institute received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, who had played a major role in this cabinet, was excommunicated with the rest of the cabinet-members, though this was later revoked due to the intervention of his brother Edouard.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns applauded the founding of the Association Internationale Africain in 1876 by King Leopold II and especially its scientific and philanthropic goals, even though its main mission was strictly colonial.
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Four years later Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns was appointed member of the Conseil Superieur for the Congo Free State, which had been created by Leopold II as a reaction to the rising criticism of the Belgian conduct.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns played a major role in the negotiations by using his contacts in the top echelons of European society to negotiate directly with the French President and British Prime Minister, thus subverting the self-interested colonial officials.
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Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns learned the Thai language and had large sections of the existing body of laws translated.