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CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor Dr. Young Sok KIM Ewha Womans University School of Law
EDUCATION
Doctor of Science of Law (J.S.D., Public International Law), 2000 College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL Dissertation; The International Criminal Court: A Commentary of the Rome Statute
Master of Law (LL.M, Public International Law), 1998 College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Master of Law (International Law), 1993
College of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Bachelor of Law, 1990
College of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Professor of International Law, School of Law, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, September 2010 – Present
Teaching International Law, Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law
Director of International Humanitarian Law Center, Ewha Womans University and the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (ICRC), Seoul, Korea, May 2008 – Present
Directing and Managing International Humanitarian Law Center which established Ewha Womans University and the ICRC and is in charge of dissemination and education of IHL in South Korea
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Member of the London Protocol Compliance Group
Elected for three terms in 2012, expiring in 2015 and participated in 8th Meeting of Contracting Parties to the London Protocol 14-18 October 2013, held in IMO, London, UK
Assistant Dean for Planning and Evaluation, School of Law, Ewha Womans University, February 2013- Present
Being charge of Administrative, budgetary, planning, evaluation, and international affairs of School of Law
Associate Professor of Law, College of Law, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, September 2005 – August 2010
Teaching International Criminal Law in the UN Regional Course in International Law (2010, Sungnam, South Korea)
Teaching International Law, Law of the Sea, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
Providing Legal Advices to Law Firms including Kim & Chang (the best and largest law firm in South Korea on International Legal Issues in International Litigations.
Providing Legal Advices to Gaesung Industrial Complex Committee regarding commercial dispute settlement between two Koreas
Visiting Associate Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, U.S.A.
January 2007- August 2007
Teaching International Criminal Court
Research on International Litigations and Arbitration in the U.S.
perspective
Assistant Professor of Law, College of Law, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, September 2003 - August 2005
Assistant Professor of Law, Division of Law, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, September 2001 - August 2003
Assistant Director of Treaties Division, Deputy Director of Human Resources Division in Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, April 1991- August 2001
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Provided legal advice to diplomats on International Law
Involved in concluding Protection of Investment Agreement, Commercial Dispute Settlement Agreement between South Korea and North Korea.
Negotiated and drafted articles of Treaties on Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, and Visa Exemptions.
Planning and improving Human Resources laws and systems in the Korean Foreign Ministry
Korean Delegation Member for International Conference, June 1998 - December 2013
Participated in the Eleventh session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (11th ASP) as a Legal Advisor to the Korean Delegation in The Hague, November 2012
Participated in the Tenth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (10th ASP) as a Legal Advisor to the Korean Delegation in New York, December 2011
Participated in the resumed Ninth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (9th ASP) as a Legal Advisor to the Korean Delegation in New York, December 2010
Participated in the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Baselines under the International Law of the Sea as a member of Korean Delegation in the Hague, the Netherlands, August 2010.
Participated in the resumed eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (8th ASP) as a Legal Advisor to the Korean Delegation in New York, March 2010
Participated in the eighth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (8th ASP) as a Legal Advisor to the
Korean Delegation in the Hague, November 2009.
Participated in the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression of the ASP of the International Criminal Court as a Korean Delegation member, February 2009 and informal consultation on the crime of aggression in New York, June 2009.
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Participated in the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (7th ASP) as a Korean Delegation member in the Hague, November 2008 and in New York, January 2009
Participated in the sixth session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (6th ASP) as a Korean Delegation member in
New York, January 2007 and in the Hague, December 2007.
Participated in the third session of the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression (3rd SWGCA) as a Korean Delegation member in
Princeton, June 2006
Participated in the third session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (3rd ASP) as a Korean Delegation member in
the Hague, September 2004
Participated in the fifth session of the UN Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (5th PrepCom).
June 2000
Participated in the fourth session of the UN Preparatory Commission
for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (4th PrepCom).
March 2000
Participated in the third session of the UN Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of the International Criminal Court (3rd PrepCom) as a member of the South Korean Delegation. November, December 1999
Participated in the UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court at Rome (Rome
Conference). June 1998
AWARDS
The Best Teacher Award; Ewha Womans University School of Law, Seoul, Korea, 2013
The Best Teacher Award; Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, 2006 The Best Teacher Award; Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 2002
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The Best Article Award in the Korean Foreign Ministry Article Competition; Korean Foreign Minister, 2000
Outstanding Staff Award; Korean Foreign Minister, 1996 citing outstanding contribution to the establishment of Overseas Korean
Foundation by planning and designing the administrative, budgetary, human resources, operational systems of the Foundation in 1996.
LANGUAGES
Korean (native), English (fluent), French (good), Italian (Basic)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Academic Books:
International Humanitarian Law, Pakyoungsa press, Seoul, South Korea, 2012
International Law, Pakyoungsa press, Seoul, South Korea, 2010
Law of the International Criminal Court. William S. Hein Co., N.Y., USA, 2007
Introduction to the Law of the United States. Ewha Legal Studies Institute, Seoul, Korea, 2004
The International Criminal Court: A Commentary of the Rome Statute.
Wisdom House Publication, England, 2003
A Lecture on the Law of the International Criminal Court. Bubmunsa press, Seoul, Korea, 2003
Journal Articles:
A Review of Amendments to the 1996 London Protocol concerning Marine Geoengineering, Ewha Law Journal (Forthcoming 2014)
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A Case Study of Territorial Issues Settlements by the Political Organs of the United Nations, Ewha Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2013)
Japanese Sex Slaves and Crime against Humanity of Enforced Disappearance, Ewha Law Journal, Vol. 17. No. 1 (2012)
Commentary on ICTY Decision on the request of the United States of America for review, Prosecutor v. Milutinovic, Case No. IT-05-87-AR108Bis2, Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Intersentia (Antwerp, 2012)
Korean Implementing Legislation of the International Criminal Court Chinese Journal of International Law, Oxford University Press (March
2011)
Review of the Recent Discussions on the Crime of Aggression under the ICC Statute, Seoul International Law Journal Vol. 16, No. 1 (2009)
A Review of the Korea-US Beef Agreement in International Law Perspective, Seoul International Law Journal Vol. 15, No. 2 (2008)
Legal Analysis on the United States’ War on Terror and Military Commissions Act of 2006, Seoul International Law Journal Vol. 14, No. 2 (2007)
Responsibility to Protect, Humanitarian Intervention and North Korea,
Journal of International Business and law, School of Law, Hofstra University (Spring 2006)
National Implementation and Dissemination of International
Humanitarian Law in the Republic of Korea, The Asia Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, University of Philippines (Spring 2006)
A Korean Perspective on the International Criminal Court and Universal Jurisdiction, Korean Yearbook of International Law, International Law Association Korean Branch, Vol. 3 (2001)
The Crime of Aggression in the International Criminal Court, Seoul International Law Journal, Vol. 7, No.2 (2002)
The Precondition to the Exercise of the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: with focus on Article 12 of Rome Statute; Symposium
Edition on the International Criminal Court, International Law and Practice, Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law,Vol.8, No.1(Spring 1999)
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The Cooperation of a State to Establish an Effective Permanent
International Criminal Court, Journal of International Law and Practice, Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law,Vol.6, No1(Spring 1997)
Newspaper Columns
A Lesson from solving “English Warship Attacked”, Donga Daily Column (May 29, 2010)
Pursuing Responsibilities of North Korea’s violations of International Law in the situation of attacking Yeonpyung Island, Donga Daily Column
(November 30, 2010)
South Korea’s Trial of Pirates, an International Precedents, Donga Daily Column (February 2, 2011)
Discharging Radioactive Contaminated Water into the Sea and International Law, Kyunghyang Daily Column (April 7, 2011)
PRESENTATIONS and SYMPOSIA
Taught International Criminal Law in the UN Regional Courses in International Law held in Seoul, South Korea from 15 to 26 November, 2010.
Participated in Advanced Training Course in International Humanitarian Law for University Teachers, organized by Geneva Academy of
International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the ICRC, 23-27 August 2010, Geneva, Switzerland.
Participated in the Committee Meeting of International Law Association (ILA) International Criminal Court Committee as a member of the Committee to discuss and approve the Fourth Report of ILA Committee on the ICC.
European Academy in Otzenhousen, Germany, November 27-29, 2009 Participated in the Retreat on the Elements of Crimes for the crime of
aggression, Montreux, Switzerland, 16 to 18 April 2009 as a legal expert
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Participated in the Meeting of International Law Association (ILA)
International Criminal Court Committee as a member of the Committee to discuss and approve the Second Report of ILA Committee on the ICC.
European Academy in Otzenhousen, Germany, December 9-11, 2005
Participated in the Seminar in Commemoration of the Centennial
Anniversary of Korean Red Cross as a Speaker and a Panel Member along with Judge Sang-Hyun Song of the International Criminal Court and Judge Abdul G. Koroma of the International Court of Justice. Seoul, Korea.
November 3, 2005
Participated in the First Southeast and East Asian Teaching Session on the International Humanitarian Law. University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 12-18, 2005
Participated in the 42nd Session of Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) as a member of the South Korean Delegation.
Seoul, Korea, June 16-20, 2003
Participated in the 41st Session of Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) as a member of South Korean Delegation.
Abuja, Nigeria, July 15-17, 2002
Presented an article in the Symposium on the International Court held by Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law as a Speaker and a Panel Member along with David J. Scheffer (US Ambassador to the United Nation for War Crime Issues), the Key Note Speaker and a Panel Member.
March 27, 1999
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member of the International Criminal Court Committee of the International Law Association (ILA ICC Committee) 2003 – 2010
Members of the Advisory Committee on the International Humanitarian Law of the Korean Red Cross, 2003 - present
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Member of the Editorial Board of Seoul International Law Journal, 2002 – present
Member of the Advisory Committee on the International Criminal Law in the Korean Ministry of Justice, 2007- present
Member of the Editorial Board of Asia-Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 2005- present
Member of the Korean Society of International Law, 2001- present Member of the American Society of International Law, 2003- present
PERSONAL INFORMATION Age: 46
Date of Birth: 20 April 1968
Marital Status: Married, one daughter and two sons