Professor Dr. KRIANGSAK KITTICHAISAREE, Ph. D. (Cantab.) Kriangsak Kittichaisaree is a well-known international lawyer. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Law in Sydney, Australia, and a Distinguished Visitor at the National University of Singapore. He also teaches at Duke University School of Law's Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law from time to time. His long interest in human rights and humanitarian issues led to his specialization in the International Law of Human Rights at Harvard Law School, where he graduated with a Master of Law (LL. M.) degree in 1983, with the highest grade of A+ for class seminar and another A+ for his research paper on the subject. For decades, the international community has been trying to prevent and punish genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of international humanitarian law (or'war crime's). The International Criminal Court has been set up to punish perpetrators of these crimes. In this respect, Kriangsak has made some meaningful contributions. He was commissioned by the Delegates of Faculties of Oxford University to write a standard law textbook entitled International Criminal Law (Oxford University Press, July 2001), a rare accomplishment for an Asian lawyer. In addition, he made outstanding contributions to the conclusion of the Elements of Crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, at the 5th Session of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (PCNICC), held at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, in June 2000. Kriangsak has participated in other negotiations at various United Nations forums. He was the youngest-ever elected Chairman of the Group of 77, comprising over 100 developing countries, for the 9th Session (1991-1992) of the United Nations Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Since August 1999, he is a member of the Advisory Body of Experts (Law of the Sea) of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission in Paris. He was one of the 5 panellists on the High-Level Panel on 'Terrorism: Threat to a Civilized Society's , moderated by the UN Undersecretary-General for Legal Affairs, at the UN Headquarters, New York, on 9 June 2005. (The other panellists included: Spain's Judge Baltasar Garzon who sought the prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet, former President of Chile, for international crimes, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. Webcast of this annual Treaty Event is available at:http://untreaty.un.org/English/Panel_2005.asp.) In his full-time job, Kraingsak holds a rank of ambassador/director-general, with responsibilities over, among other things, human rights; social development; international organizations; peace, security, arms control and disarmament; humanitarian affairs and projects; and counter international terrorism. Contact address: 35 / 304 Noble House Phayathai Building (27C), Phayathai Road, Ratchataevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. E-mail: exedirsf@yahoo.com Click here to close this window