Judge Vicente Marotta Rangel
(Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 1996; re-elected as from 1 October 1999 and 1 October 2008)

Education: Bachelor, School of Law, University of São Paulo (1946); Brevet in Juridical Terminology, Institut de Droit Comparé, University of Paris (1949); Doctor of University, University of Paris (1950); Ph.D., School of Law, University of São Paulo (1954); Participant, The Hague Academy of International Law, Centre for studies and research (1960); Visiting Scholar, Columbia University (1972–1973); Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law (1973).

Professional Experience: Assistant Professor (1954–1963), Associate Professor (1963–1967), Full Professor (1967–1994), Head of International Law Department (1970–1982), Director of Law School (1982–1986), University of São Paulo; Lecturer, Institute of Public International Law, Thessaloniki (1976); Lecturer, UN/UNITAR, Regional Training Course in International Law, Buenos Aires (1983); Lecturer, The Hague Academy of International Law (1985); Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990–1993); Professor, University of Brasilia (1990–1993); Member of the Examination Board, Advanced Studies Courses, School of Diplomacy, Instituto Rio Branco (1978–1990); Member of Brazilian delegation to: The Geneva Diplomatic Conference on Humanitarian Law (1974–1977), Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973–1982), The Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Unidroit Convention on the International Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, Rome (head of delegation, 1995); Director, Legal Department, Brazilian Space Agency (1994–1997); Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague (Brazilian group) (1979–present).

Member: Institut de droit international; American Society of International Law; International Law Association; Instituto Hispano-Luso-Americano de Derecho Internacional; Arbitral Tribunal, Mercosur; Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague (Brazilian group); Association Henri Capitant (Brazilian group); Société française pour le droit international; Asociación Argentina de Derecho Internacional (correspondent).

Distinctions: Silver medal awarded by the “Association Henri Capitant des Amis de la Culture Juridique Française”; Member ad honorem of the UNIDROIT Governing Council (1999); Doctor honoris causa, University of Coimbra (1999).

Publications: Author of numerous books, articles, monographs and papers in the field of public and private international law, international organizations and the law of the sea, including: Le droit de la mer dans la jurisprudence de la Cour Internationale de Justice, Thesaurus Acroasium, volume VII, 1977; The Technological Impact on Law of the Sea, 1981; Le plateau continental dans la Convention de 1982 sur le droit de la mer, Collected Courses, The Hague, 1985–V; L’équité en droit international, 1989; Public International Law: the Last Five Decades, Panorama of Brazilian Law, University of Miami, 1992; Ships in international law: preliminary issues (in Portuguese), 2002; Law of the sea: contemporary problems (in Portuguese), 2004; Human rights and the law of the sea: points of convergence (in Portuguese), 2005.