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Status:
Professor of Law; Founder & Director,
LL.M./J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights
www.stu.edu/humanrights
Office: St. Thomas University School of Law
16401 N.W. 37th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33054, U.S.A.
Tel.: (305) 623-2305
Fax: (305) 474-2413
E-Mail: wiessner@stu.edu
Degrees:
Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.), 1989 (University of Tübingen)
Master of Laws (LL.M.), 1983 (Yale)
Second State Examination in Law, 1981 (Baden-Württemberg)
First State Examination in Law, 1977 (Baden-Württemberg)
Certificate in Modern English Law, 1975
(British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
Certificat d’Etudes Françaises, 1974 (University of Geneva)
Previous Appointments:
Lecturer, Institute of International Public Law and International Relations, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
Lecturer, UN/UNITAR International Law Fellowship Program, The Hague, 1997, 1998, 2000
Regional Program, Tehran, 1999
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Tübingen Faculty of Law, 1992
Associate Dean, St. Thomas University School of Law, 1990-91
Associate Professor of Law, St. Thomas University School of Law, 1985-90
Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., 1984-85
Research Assistant, Professor Eugene V. Rostow,
Yale Law School, 1983
Teaching Associate & Assistant, University of Tübingen
Faculty of Law, 1977-82
Languages:
English, French, German, Spanish
Books and Book Chapters:
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE (Casebook, Foundation Press 2004), with W. Michael Reisman, Mahnoush Arsanjani and Gayl Westerman
Demographic Change and the Protection of Minorities, in GLOBALER DEMOGRAPHISCHER WANDEL UND SCHUTZ DER MENSCHENRECHTE 155-185 (Eckart Klein ed., Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2005)
Ethnic Groups, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY 304-306 (Dinah Shelton ed., Macmillan Reference USA 2005)
Legitimacy and Accountability of NGOs: A Policy-Oriented Perspective, in FROM GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNANCE - 2003 HAGUE JOINT CONFERENCE ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 95-101 (W.P. Heere ed., T.M.C. Asser Press 2004)
Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence and Human Rights Abuses in Internal Conflict: Toward a World Public Order of Human Dignity, in THE METHODS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 47-77 (Anne-Marie Slaughter & Steven R. Ratner eds., 2004), with Andrew R. Willard (No. 36, ASIL Studies in Transnational Legal Policy)
Exploring the Edge: The Personal Reach of a Transnational Agreement to Arbitrate, in AIN EINEM VEREINTEN EUROPA DEM FRIEDEN DER WELT ZU DIENEN... LIBER AMICORUM THOMAS OPPERMANN 453-473 (2001)
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, M/OP/ENI/DGSR, EVALUATION OF THE RULE OF LAW PROGRAM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES: THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION/CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN LAW INITIATIVE (ABA/CEELI) - FINAL REPORT, Jan. 28, 1999, with Richard N. Blue, Silvy Chernev and Robyn L. Goodkind
Faces of Vulnerability: Protecting Individuals in Organic and Non-Organic Groups, in THE LIVING LAW OF NATIONS 217-226 (Gudmundur Alfredsson & Peter Macalister-Smith eds., 1996)
Law and Minimum World Public Order, with M. McDougal, in MYRES S. MCDOUGAL & FLORENTINO P. FELICIANO, THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF WAR xix-lxxxii (New Haven Press 1994)
DIE FUNKTION DER STAATSANGEHÖRIGKEIT [The Function of Nationality], Tübingen University Press (1989), 414 pp.
Human Activities in Outer Space: A Framework for Decision-Making, in SPACE LAW: VIEWS OF THE FUTURE 7-20 (Int’l Inst. of Air and Space Law, State University of Leyden ed., 1988), reprinted in THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LAW 514-521(George S. Grossman ed., 2000)
LAGER UND MENSCHLICHE WÜRDE [Camps and Human Dignity], Tübingen: AS-Verlag 1982, with Claudius Hennig (eds.), 117 pp.
Articles:
The Articles on State Responsibility and Contemporary International Law, 34 THESAURUS ACROASIUM 247-276 (2006)
The Movement Toward Federalism in Italy: A Policy-Oriented Perspective, 15 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 301-319 (2002)
Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence, 44 GERMAN Y.B. INT’L L. 96-112 (2001), with Andrew R. Willard
Indigenous Peoples, 10 Y.B. INT’L ENVTL. L. 193-216 (2000); 11 Y.B. INT’L ENVTL. L. 155-163 (2001); 12 Y.B. INTL ENVTL. L. 198-208 (2002); 13 Y.B. Int’l Envtl. L. 249-257 (2004)
Defending Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage: An Introduction, 14 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 271-274 (2001)
Joining Control to Authority: The Hardened "Indigenous Norm", 25 YALE J. INT’L L. 301-305 (2000)
The 2000 Revision of the United Nations Draft Principles and Guidelines on the Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous People, 13 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 383-390 (2000), with Marie Battiste
Rights and Status of Indigenous Peoples: A Global Comparative and International Legal Perspective, 12 HARV. HUM. RTS. J. 57-128 (1999), reprinted in INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 257-328 (S. James Anaya ed., 2003)
Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence and Human Rights Abuses in Internal Conflict: Toward a World Public Order of Human Dignity, 93 AM. J. INT’L L. 316-334 (1999), with Andrew R. Willard
¡Esa India! LatCrit Theory and the Place of Indigenous Peoples within Latina/o Communities, 53 U. MIAMI L. REV. 831-854 (1999)
Professor Myres S. McDougal: A Tender Farewell, 11 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 203-206 (1999), also published in MYRES SMITH MCDOUGAL: APPRECIATIONS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN 119 (Yale Law School,1999)
Marathon Oil Co. v. Ruhrgas AG: Amicus Curiae Brief by Professors of International Arbitration, 9 WORLD ARB. & MEDIATION REP. 137-143 (1998)
International Law in the 21st Century: Decisionmaking in Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Settings, 26 THESAURUS ACROASIUM 129-153 (1997)
The Proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 6 INT’L J. CULT. PROP. 356-375 (1997)
American Indian Treaties and Modern International Law, 7 ST. THOMAS L. REV. 567-602 (1995); also published in SOVEREIGNTY SYMPOSIUM VIII (1995)
La Violencia y el Derecho en el Nuevo Orden Mundial, 3 REVISTA DE DERECHO. UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SSMA. CONCEPCIÓN [Chile] 71-84 (1994)
Federalism: An Architecture for Freedom, 1 NEW EUROPE L. REV. 129-142 (1993)
Law and Peace In A Changing World, 22 CUMBERLAND L. REV. 681-710 (1992), with M. McDougal
Blessed Be the Ties that Bind: The Nexus Between Nationality and Territory, 56 MISS. L.J. 447-533 (1988)
The Public Order of the Geostationary Orbit: Blueprints for the Future, 9 YALE J. WORLD PUB. ORDER 217-274 (1983[1985])
Die Schiedsfähigkeit internationaler Antitrust-Streitigkeiten, 10 RECHT DER INTERNATIONALEN WIRTSCHAFT 757-765 (1985), with Dieter G. Lange
Barriers to Telecom Trade: A Caveat, 2 TELEMATICS No. 1, 1-10 (1985)
Communications in the Earth-Space Arena: Translating Equity Into Hertz and Degrees From the Greenwich Meridian, 52 ITU TELECOMM’N J. 304-309 (1985)
Vom "verwalteten Grundrecht" zum "verwalteten Menschen"? in POLITISCHES ASYL UND EINWANDERUNG 92-112 (Ulrich O. Sievering ed. 1984)
Das völkerrechtliche Regime der geostationären Umlaufbahn, 32 AUSTRIAN J. PUB. & INT’L L. 209-239 (1982), with Rüdiger Jung
Die "Vorläufige Wohnheimordnung": Anmerkungen zum Statut des Sammellagers Tübingen, in LAGER UND MENSCHLICHE WÜRDE, supra, at 77-102
Die rechtliche Problematik der Sammellager für Asylbewerber in Baden-Württemberg, 3 INFORMATIONSBRIEF AUSLÄNDERRECHT 261-270 (1981)
Asylverweigerung ohne Anerkennungsverfahren, 7 EUROPÄISCHE GRUNDRECHTE-ZEITSCHRIFT 473-479 (1980)
Nevil Johnson: Die Institutionen im Studium der Politik [transl. Nevil Johnson, The Place of Institutions in the Study of Politics], 16 DER STAAT 1-19 (1977)
Lectures and Panel Contributions:
The Kurdish Issue and Beyond: Territorial Communities Rivaling the State, 98 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 107-108 (2004)
Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples: An Overview, 95 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 151-153 (2001)
The Project of Reconfiguration: How Can International Law Be Reconstituted?, 94 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 73-74, 79-81 (2000)
Remarks, Panel on Communities in Transition: Autonomy, Self-Governance and Independence, 87 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 264-265 (1993)
Developments in the International Law of Telecommunications, 83 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 400-403 (1990)
The Art of the Possible: A Review of Space-WARC 1985-1988, PROC. 32ND COLL. ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE 266-269 (1990)
Remarks, Panel on Treaty Law and Outer Space: The Role of the United Nations, 80 PROC. AM. SOC’Y INT’L L. 385 (1988)
Access To A Res Publica Internationalis: The Case of the Geostationary Orbit, PROC. 29TH COLL. ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE 147-153 (1987)
Book Reviews:
Sandra Voos, Die Schule von New Haven, 96 AM. J. INTL L. 498-501 (2002)
G.-R. de Groot, Staatsangehörigkeit im Wandel, 85 AM. J. INT’L L. 422-424 (1991)
S. Gorove, The Teaching of Space Law Around the World, 15 J. SPACE L. 72-75 (1987)
Internet Publications:
A New United Nations Subsidiary Organ: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
ASIL Insight No. 67, Apr. 2001, at http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh67.htm (with John Carey)
Non-State Actors and Their Impact on International Human Rights Law, AALS Workshop on Human Rights, Oct. 26–28, 2000, at http://www.aals.org/profdev/humanrights/weissner.html
Teaching Experience:
International Law; Comparative Law; International Business Transactions; Constitutional Law; Jurisprudence; Commercial Law; Communications Law; Administrative Law; Property
Honors:
Heavy Hitter in Education, South Florida Business Journal, 2005
Elected Member, Int’l Institute of Space Law, 1986
German Government Fellowship (DAAD), 1982-83
Netherlands Government Scholarship, 1979
C.M.E.L., with distinction and merit, 1975
German Government Fellowship (DAAD), 1973-74
Int’l Essay Award, Council of Europe, 1971 & 1972
("Youth & European Federalism"; "Europe and Détente")
Professional Activities:
Chair, American Society of International Law Interest Group
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2001-2005)
Expert Witness on Foreign Law
Professional Organizations:
American Bar Association
American Society of International Law
International Institute of Space Law
International Law Association, American Branch
German Society of International Law
Lectures:
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Miami Dade College, December 10, 2004
“The Effects of Demographic Change on the Protection of Minorities,” Symposium on Global Demographic Change and Human Rights, University of Potsdam, Germany, July 3, 2004
“The Articles on State Responsibility and Contemporary International Law,”
31st Session, Institute of Int’l Law and Int’l Relations, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 15-19, 2003
"Human Rights and the War on Terrorism" COJUMA Deployment Workshop I, Miami, February 12, 2002
"The International Protection of Human Rights" UN/UNITAR Fellowship Program in International Law, The Hague, 2000
"International Protection of Indigenous Peoples: Prospects and Realities" American Society of International Law Human Rights Interest Group Distinguished Lecture, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2000
" Native American Religions and the Law", Florida International University, 2000
"The International Protection of Human Rights", UN/UNITAR Regional International Law Fellowship Program for Central Asia and the Middle East, Tehran, 1999
"The Miami Circle: Condos Over Sacred Ground?", Keynote Address, Univ. of Miami Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. Annual Banquet, 1999
"The Miami Circle: Heritage, Takings, and Eminent Domain", American Planning Association, Gold Coast Section, 1999
"The Miami Circle: Preserving Historic, Archaeological, Natural Sites, and Legal Takings", American Planning Association, Broward Section, 1999
"Roman Law and Citizenship", Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning, Sarasota, Florida, January 13, 1999
"Selected Topics of Human Rights Law: Women, Indigenous Peoples, and Religious Intolerance," UN/UNITAR Fellowship Program in International Law, The Hague, 1997 & 1998
"The Draft Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1996
"International Law in the 21st Century: Decisionmaking in Institutional and Non- Institutional Settings," 23rd Session, Institute of Int’l Law and Int’l Relations, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
"Federalism: An Architecture for Freedom," Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Symposium on Federalism for the New Europe, New York, 1992
"La Violencia y el Derecho en el Nuevo Orden Mundial," University of Córdoba Faculty of Law, Spain, 1992
"American Legal Culture," University of Sevilla Faculty of Law, Spain,1992
"Law and Peace In A Changing World," Cordell Hull Centennial Celebration Lecture, Cumberland School of Law, 1991
"International Law and the Conflict in the Gulf," St. Thomas University Center for Justice and Peace, 1991
"Human Rights and International Law," Univ. of Miami Graduate School of International Studies & NACAW, 1988
"International Arbitration of Antitrust Disputes: The Mitsubishi Experience," Yale Association of International Law, 1985
"The Legal Status of the Geostationary Orbit," International Law Society, University of Connecticut Law School, 1983
Panels:
“International and Comparative Approaches on American Indian and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Possibilities and Pitfalls, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, January 7, 2005
Moderator, Panel on “The Kurdish Issue and Beyond: Territorial Communities Rivaling the State,” 98th Annual Meeting, American Society of International Law, March 31 – April 3, 2004
“Indigenous Peoples in Human Rights Law,” Symposium on Indigenous Peoples in International Fora, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, March 26, 2004
“Legitimacy, Recognition, Democratic Control, Transparency and Accountability of Non-Governmental Organizations,” From Government to Governance?, Hague Joint Conference (ASIL/NVIR) on Contemporary Issues of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands, July 4, 2003
Moderator, Panel on "Developments in the Doctrine and Jurisprudence of the Inter-American and Universal Systems of Human Rights" Conference at American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2002
“The Role of the UN Human Rights Machinery in Promoting and Protecting the Peaceful Application of the Right to Self-Determination,” III Seminar on Self- Determination and Conflict Transformation, Center UNESCO de Catalunya, UNPO, Pax Romana & Sami Council, July 28, 2001, Geneva
Roundtable, APersonality, Policy, Law: A Reintroduction of Harold D. Lasswell,24th Annual Meeting, Int’l Society of Political Psychology, Cuernavaca, Mexico, July 18, 2001
"Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples; Traditional Knowledge, XIVth Sovereignty Symposium, Oklahoma City, June 5, 2001
“Globalization and Indigenous Enlightenment,” Policy Sciences Annual Institute, Yale Law School, Oct. 24, 1999
"International Laws & Instruments in Indian Country"13th Annual Coming Together of the Peoples Conference, Seeding Charred Ground, University of Wisconsin-Madison, February19, 1999
"Indigenous Peoples and International Law" XIth Sovereignty Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1998
"Race, Nation and Indigenous Communities" LatCritIII Symposium, Miami Beach, 1998
"Teaching Law, Science and Policy: A Call for Action," Policy Sciences Institute, Yale Law School, 1996
"Human Rights for the World’s Indigenous People," VIIIth Sovereignty Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1995
"The Status and Contemporary Validity of American Indian Treaties," St. Thomas University Symposium on Tribal Sovereignty: Back to the Future?, Miami, 1994
"The Resurgence of Indigenous Communities" Policy Sciences Institute, Yale Law School,1994
"Rights and Status of Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective," VIIth Sovereignty Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1994
"Human Rights and the Telecommunications Revolution" Policy Sciences Institute, Yale Law School, 1993
"Current Issues in Global Telecommunications Law" International Law Weekend, New York, 1993
"Ethics in the Media," Hispanic Media Festival, Miami, 1993
"Restitution of Property in the Former East Germany," Comparative Juridical Review Symposium, Miami 1993
"Invasion of Haiti? Reflections on the Use of the Military Instrument," Symposium Haiti: Crisis & Renewal, Miami 1993
"Empowering Indigenous Peoples: The Relevancy of Self- Determination, Sovereignty and Federalism," VIth Sovereignty Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1993
"The New European Public Order," Policy Sciences Inst., Yale Law School, 1992
"Hate Crimes and International Law," University of Miami School of Law, 1992
"Claims of Groups to Preferential Treatment," Policy Sciences Institute, Yale Law School,1991
"Developments in the Int’l Law of Telecommunications," 83rd Annual Meeting, American Society of Int’l Law, Chicago, 1989
"National Security," Policy Sciences Summer Institute, Yale Law School, 1988
"International Communications," Policy Sciences Summer Institute, Yale Law School, 1987
"Arms Control and Disarmament: The U.S.-Soviet Dialogue" 27th Annual Convention, Int’l Studies Ass’n, Anaheim, 1986
"Refugee Problems in West Germany," Arnoldshain Academy of Lutheran Church, 1982
Miscellaneous:
Facilitator, Drafting Commission on Principles, United Nations Seminar on Draft Principles and Guidelines on the Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Feb. 28 - March 1, 2000, Geneva.UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/26 (19 June 2000)
Chair, Steering Committee, St. Thomas University Annual Tribal Sovereignty Symposium:
"Tribal Sovereignty: Back to the Future?", December 1 & 2, 1994, published at 7 St. Thomas L. Rev. 421-843 (1995)
"The Sacred and the Profane," January 18 & 19, 1996, published at 9 St. Thomas L. Rev. 1-293 (1996)
"Indigenous Renascence: Law, Culture and Society in the 21 st Century," March 13 & 14, 1997, published at 10 St. Thomas L. Rev. 1-209 (1997)
A Sacred Mother Earth: The Struggle to Save the Everglades, March 27, 1998, published at 11 St. Thomas L. Rev. 1-107 (1998)
A Sacred Sites and Modern Lives: The Miami Circle and Beyond, February 17 & 18, 2000, published at 13 St. Thomas L. Rev. 1-414 (2000) ’Defending Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage & Autonomy, September 21, 2001, published at 14 St. Thomas L. Rev. 259-457 (2001)
Member, Evaluation Team, USAID Evaluation of ABA/CEELI Rule of Law Program in CEE/NIS, esp. Russia, Ukraine & Georgia, 1998
Of Counsel, Brief for Law Professors Concerned with International Arbitration as Amici Curiae, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Marathon Oil Co. et al. v. Ruhrgas AG, No. 96-20361, February 4, 1998
Director, 1997 St. Thomas University Summer in Spain Program
St. Thomas Law School Liaison, ABA/CEELI Sister Law School Program, Novisad, Visit, 1992
Instructor, Human Rights, ABA/CEELI Human Rights Workshop, Lodz, Poland, 1992
ABA/CEELI Assessment, Draft Minorities Laws, Romania, 1994
ABA/CEELI Assessment, Draft Press Law, Latvia, 1994
Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, St. Thomas Law Forum, 1988-90 (Inaugural & Second Issue)
Director, St. Thomas-Costa Rica Law Student Exchange, 1989
Of Counsel, Brief for Int’l Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae, U.S. Supreme Court, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., Nos. 83- 1569, 83-1733, Dec. 17, 1984, with D. Lange and S. Jarvin
Founder, Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition, January 28-29, 2006
St. Thomas Law School Liaison, ABA/CEELI Sister Law School Program, Novisad, Visit, 1992
Instructor, Human Rights, ABA/CEELI Human Rights Workshop, Lodz, Poland, 1992
ABA/CEELI Assessment, Draft Minorities Laws, Romania, 1994
ABA/CEELI Assessment, Draft Press Law, Latvia, 1994
Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, ST. THOMAS LAW FORUM, 1988-90 (Inaugural & Second Issue)
Director, St. Thomas-Costa Rica Law Student Exchange, 1989
Of Counsel, Brief for Int’l Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae, U.S. Supreme Court, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., Nos. 83- 1569, 83-1733, Dec. 17, 1984, with D. Lange and S. Jarvin
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