Alain Pellet teaches international law and international economic law at the Université de Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense. He was director of the Centre de Droit International (CEDIN) of the University between 1991 and 2001. He is the author of numerous books.

Pellet is a French expert in international law

International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

, a member and former president of the United Nations International Law Commission

International Law Commission

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, and is or has been counsel

Counsel

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 for many governments, including the French government, in the area of public international law. He has also been expert to the Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on the former Yugoslavia

Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on the former Yugoslavia

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 ("Badinter Arbitration Committee"), as well as rapporteur

Rapporteur

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 of the French Committee Jurists on the Creation of an International Criminal for Former Yugoslavia ("TRUCHE Commission"), that is at the origin of the French project of creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

He has been agent or counsel and lawyer in more than 35 cases before the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

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 and has participated in several international and transnational arbitrations (in particular in the area of investment).

He is Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur

Légion d'honneur

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 since 1998.

Academic qualifications

Pellet has a bachelor of laws (public law) (1968 – Faculty of Law and Economics, Paris), he has the diploma of the Institute of Political Studies, Paris (Sciences Po) (1968 – public service section). He has obtained a diploma of advanced studies in political science and a diploma of advanced studies in public law (1969 - Faculty of Law and Economics, Paris) as well as a State doctorate in public law (1974 – University of Paris II, Panthéon – Assas, Paris) and the "Agrégation" in public law and political science (1974). He has been auditor at the Academy of International Law, The Hague (public international law courses, 1967, 1969 and 1971).

Works

• Droit international public, co-author with P. DAILLIER and M. FORTEAU (8th ed., 2009)
• La Charte des Nations Unies, Constitution mondiale ?, co-edited with R. CHEMAIN (2006)
• "Articles 19 et 22" and, with W. SCHABAS, article 23 (Réserves) in O. CORTEN et P. KLEIN, eds., Les Conventions de Vienne sur le droit des traités – Commentaire article par article (2006)
• "Article 38" in A. ZIMMERMANN, Ch. TOMUSCHAT and K. OELLERS-FRAHM, The International Court of Justice – A Commentary (2006)
• La Charte des Nations Unies en 2 volumes : Commentaire article par article, co-edited with J.-P. COT (3rd ed., 2005)
• Droit international pénal, co-edited with H. ASCENSIO et E. DECAUX (2000)