1. Thomas Buergenthal was a Czechoslovak-born American international lawyer, scholar, law school dean, and judge of the International Court of Justice.
17 Facts About Thomas Buergenthal
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Thomas Buergenthal resigned his ICJ post as of 6 September 2010 and returned to his position at The George Washington University Law School where he was the Lobingier Professor Emeritus of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence.
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Thomas Buergenthal was known as one of the youngest holocaust victims to survive places like Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen, which were concentration camps.
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Thomas Buergenthal's mother was liberated from a different concentration camp around the same time, though they did not find each other until 1946.
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Thomas Buergenthal's father was killed shortly before liberation in yet another camp.
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Thomas Buergenthal studied at Bethany College in West Virginia, and received his JD at New York University Law School in 1960, and his LL.
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Judge Thomas Buergenthal is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from American, European and Latin American Universities, including the University of Heidelberg in Germany, the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, the State University of New York, the American University, the University of Minnesota, and the George Washington University.
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Thomas Buergenthal was a specialist in international law and human rights law.
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Thomas Buergenthal served as a judge on the International Court of Justice at The Hague from 2 March 2000 to his resignation on 6 September 2010.
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Thomas Buergenthal served as a judge for many years, including lengthy periods on various specialized international bodies.
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Thomas Buergenthal was the author of more than a dozen books and a large number of articles on international law, human rights and comparative law subjects.
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Thomas Buergenthal was member of a number of editorial boards of law journals, including the American Journal of International Law.
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Thomas Buergenthal served as a member of the Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee.
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Judge Thomas Buergenthal was a co-recipient of the 2008 Gruber Prize for Justice for his contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights in different parts of the world, and particularly in Latin America.
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Thomas Buergenthal was a recipient of the following awards: Goler T Butcher Medal, American Society of International Law, 1997; Manley O Hudson Medal, American Society of International Law, 2002; Elie Wiesel Award, US Holocaust Memorial Council, 2015; and Olympic Order, International Olympic Committee, 2015.
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Thomas Buergenthal strongly supported the creation of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Nuremberg, Germany, and became the first President of its Advisory Council in 2014.
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Thomas Buergenthal is survived by his wife, three sons, two step children, and ten grandchildren, of which two are lawyers.