Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Justice Marc Perrin de Brichambaut served as Judge and Vice-President of the International Criminal Court (2015-2024). He was previously the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. He has also served as Judge of the Conseil d’État and in senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence of France, and in the United Nations Secretariat. As the Legal Adviser of the Foreign Ministry, he headed the French delegation in the preparations for and during the Rome Conference, and signed the Rome Statute on behalf of France. He served as Legal Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing France before the European Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the International Court of Justice and the Court of Justice of the European Union. He graduated from École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud and École Nationale d’Administration.
Some publications of Marc Perrin de Brichambaut:
“The OSCE in Perspective, Six Years of Service, Six Questions and a Few Answers”, in Security and Human Rights, 2012, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 31–44.
“Six Years as OSCE Secretary General: An Analytical and Personal Retrospective”, in OSCE Yearbook 2011, Hamburg, Nomos, 2012, pp. 25–49.
Leçons de droit international public, Presses de Sciences-Po et Dalloz, Paris, 2011, Second Edition, 701 pp. (co-authored with Jean-François Dobelle and Frédérique Coulée).
“The OSCE. Status Quo and Future Perspectives”, in Strategie and Sicherheit 2011, BohlauVerlag, Wien, 2011, pp. 489–501.
“Jump-Starting Democracy”, Survival, April–May 2010.
“Les nouveaux enjeux de la sécurité internationale”, in Jacques Attali (ed.), Le sens des choses, Robert Laffont, Paris, 2009, pp. 337–352.
“An Agenda for Human Dignity”, Survival, November–December 2008.
“The Role of the United Nations Security Council in the International Legal System”, in Michael Byers (ed.), The Role of Law in International Politics, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp 269–277.
“Le rôle du directeur des affaires juridiques dans un pays engage dans la coopération européenne”, in Recueil d’articles de conseillers juridiques d’Etats, d’organisations internationales et de praticiens de droit international, United Nations, 1999, pp. 85–97.
“Quelques aspects de la spécificité de la procédure devant la Cour de Cassation française face au contrôle de la Cour Européenne des droits de l’homme”, in Mélanges en hommage à Louis-Edmond Pettiti, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 1998, pp. 593–605 (co-authored with Michele Dubrocard).
“Les avis consultatifs rendus par la CIJ le 8 juillet 1996 sur la licéité de l’utilisation des armes nucléaires dans un conflit armé (OMS) et sur la licéité de la menace de l’emploi d’armes nucléaires (AGNU)”, in Annuaire Français de Droit International, 1996, CNRS Editions, Paris, 1997, pp 314–336.
“Opening argument” and “Closing argument”, in New Zealand at the International Court of Justice: French nuclear testing in the Pacific, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington, 1996, pp. 195–211 and 238–241, respectively.
“Les relations entre les Nations Unies et les systèmes régionaux”, in Société Française de Droit International, Le Chapitre VII de la Charte des Nations Unies, Pedone, Paris, 1995, pp. 97–107.
