) is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 Professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 for International Law

International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

 and judge

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

 at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an intergovernmental organization created by the mandate of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. It was established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on December 10, 1982...

.

Biography

He is the son of Pierre Cot

Pierre Cot

.Pierre Cot , French politician, was a leading figure in the Popular Front government of the 1930s...

, also politician and minister.

After studying law at Sorbonne University

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

 in Paris

Paris

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 from 1955 to 1965 he earned a Ph.D. in 1966. He then was professor of public law and international law at the University of Amiens, then the University of Paris I, before being elected to the Savoy

Savoie

Savoie is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes region in the French Alps.Together with the Haute-Savoie, Savoie is one of the two departments of the historic region of Savoy that was annexed by France on June 14, 1860, following the signature of the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860...

 in 1973. He was later re-elected, before joining the Socialist government of Pierre Mauroy

Pierre Mauroy

Pierre Mauroy is a French Socialist politician and former Prime Minister under François Mitterrand . Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. Mauroy is currently emeritus mayor of Lille.-Biography:...

 in 1981 as deputy Minister in charge of Co-operation and Development.

He became a Member of European Parliament in 1978–1979 and 1984–1999, and chaired the socialist group of the European Parliament

Party of European Socialists

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between 1989 and 1994, before becoming its vice-president in 1997.

Since 2002 he has been a member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

External links

• ITLOS - Judge Jean-Pierre Cot Biography at the website of the ITLOS