18 Facts About Suzanne Bastid

Suzanne Basdevant Bastid was a French professor of law who specialized in international public law.

Suzanne Bastid became a widely respected authority, lectured in many institutions, was for 30 years professor at the Faculty of Law of Paris and was a judge in the International Court of Justice.

Suzanne Bastid was the first woman to become professor of law in France and the first woman to be a member of the Institut de France, which is the most prestigious learned society of France.

Suzanne Bastid's father was Jules Basdevant, a professor at the Rennes faculty of law.

Suzanne Bastid studied at the Lycee Fenelon in Paris, then began to study law.

Suzanne Bastid defined an international civil servant as a functionary appointed and directed by representatives of several states, or by an organization acting in their name following an inter-state agreement, who acts under special legal rules exclusively in the interests of these states.

Suzanne Bastid taught public international law and other subjects at the Lyon faculty of law from 1933 to 1946.

Suzanne Bastid was Minister of Commerce at the time of their marriage.

Suzanne Bastid remained in Lyon during World War II, and taught international law at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, which had moved to Lyon from Paris.

Suzanne Bastid gave lectures at the Paris Institute of Political Studies Suzanne Bastid became well known as an authority on international law, and was invited to lecture in various leading institutions around the world.

Suzanne Bastid was a member of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique from 1948 to 1966 in the section of political and juridical studies.

Suzanne Bastid founded the CNRS journal L'Annuaire francais de droit internationale publique in 1955, and was the journal's chief editor.

Suzanne Bastid stated in public that she was against the European Defence Community treaty.

Suzanne Bastid taught in New York and Beijing, and undertook missions in Egypt, Poland, Portugal, Uruguay, Morocco, Lebanon and Taiwan.

Suzanne Bastid was a member of the French delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations from 1949 to 1957.

Suzanne Bastid sat on the administrative tribunal of the United Nations, and was a judge at the International Court of Justice in a dispute between Tunisia and Libya in 1982.

Paul Suzanne Bastid died on 29 October 1974 at the age of 82.

Suzanne Bastid died in Paris on 2 March 1995 at the age of 88.