Prof. Dr. Bing Bing Jia

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsInternational Public Law,General Criminal Law
KeywordsPublic International Law (the law of peace), International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityBeijing
InstitutionTsinghua University
InstituteLaw School

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alexander ProelßWalther-Schücking-Institut für Internationales Recht, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Prof. Dr. Armin von BogdandyMax-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2010

Programme(s)

2010Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Bing Bing Jia is a leading expert on public international law. He has made several important contributions in the fields of the international law of the sea as well as the international criminal law. His research benefits from the practical knowledge he gained during his service as a legal counsel at the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. During his stay in Germany, he intends to contribute an analysis of the regime of straits to a new, comprehensive commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.