Judge Stanislaw Pawlak
(Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2005)

Education: Master of Law, University of Warsaw (1955); Doctor of Law, University of Warsaw (1967); Doctor habilitated of Political Science, University of Warsaw (1973).

Professional Experience: Legal Adviser and Analytic Officer, Polish delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Panmunjon, Korea (1956–1958); Attaché and Second Secretary, Polish Embassy, Tokyo (1958–1963); Senior Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1963–1965, 1970–1972); Deputy Chief of the Polish Delegation to the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam (1965–1966); First Secretary, Polish Embassy to the United States of America (1967–1970); Deputy Director, Foreign Minister’s Office (1973–1975); Polish Representative to the UN General Assembly (1973–2005); Associate Professor of International Relations and International Law, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw (1974–2001); Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975–1978); Ambassador, Canada (1978–1983); Director, Legal and Treaty Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1983–1986); Head of Polish delegation, talks with the GDR delegation on the Agreement of 22 May 1989 on delimitation of the maritime boundary with the GDR (1983–1988); Head of Polish delegation, talks with the USSR delegation on the delimitation of the Polish-Soviet sea border (1985); Chairman, Polish delegation to the Vienna diplomatic conference which drew up the draft Convention on the law of treaties between States and international organizations and between international organizations (1986); Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1986–1989); Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Poland, UN (1989–1991); Visiting Professor at various universities in the United States and Syria (1990–2001); Chairman, group of Polish experts, talks with the delegation of experts of the Russian Federation and delegations of experts of other interested States on protection and conservation of marine resources of the Sea of Okhotsk (1992–1995); Delegate of Poland to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Council of Europe (1992–1995); Deputy-Director, Legal and Treaty Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992–1996); Chairman, Polish Delegation to the International Conference which drew up the 1994 Convention on Protection of Fisheries in the Bering Sea (1993–1994); Chairman, Polish Delegation to the UN Conference for the Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Stocks (1993–1995); Ambassador, Syrian Arab Republic and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1996–2001); Adviser to the President of the Republic of Poland (2001–2005); Titular Ambassador (2002–present); Professor of International Relations and Public International Law, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw (2002–present); President, thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention (2003); Chairman, Polish delegations to the thirteenth and fourteenth Meetings of States Parties to the Convention (2003–2004); nominated to the List of Arbitrators under article 2 of annexes V and VII to the Convention (2004).

Member: Editorial Board of the Recueil Documents, Warsaw (1971–1989); Science Council, Institute of International Law, University of Warsaw (1983–1987); Legislative Council to the Prime Minister of Poland (1983–1989); Science Council, Polish Institute of International Affairs (1983–1989); International Law Commission (1987–1991); International Law Association (1986–present).

Publications: Numerous books and articles in scientific magazines on international law and international relations concerning activities of the UN, disarmament, international terrorism and on Japanese, Chinese, Canadian and American foreign policy, including: Okinawa, 1972; The United States Policy towards China 1941–1955 and 1956–1978, 1982; “Political and Legal Aspects of International Terrorism”, Sprawy Międzynarodowe, Sep 1988; Present value of the idea of atomic free zones in the World, 1987; Yalta and Potsdam, 1985; “The legal aspects of verification”, The International Law of Arms Control and Disarmament, 1991; “Poland’s Treaty Policy 1990–1993”, Yearbook of Polish Foreign Policy, 1993–1994; Protection of national minorities in Europe, 2001.