Eric David is Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is currently delivering a course on “The International Criminal Court” at the Hague Academy of International Law. Since 1996, Professor David has been President of the Advisory Board of International Humanitarian Law for the Red Cross in Belgium (Francophone section). He is the current President of the Centre of International Law at ULB and a Member of the Belgian Interministerial Commission of Humanitarian Law.
He has appeared before the International Court of Justice in the Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain case (Qatar v. Bahrain) (1991-2001), Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America/United Kingdom) (1992-2003), and the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) (2000-2002). Professor David has also represented the Belgian state before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as amicus curiae in the Bagosora, Ntuyahaga and Semanza cases. His publications include: Mercenaires et volontaires internationaux en droit des gens (Henri Rolin Prize 1977) and Principes de droit des conflits armés (“Peace Prize” 1994 and Paul Reuter Prize 1994).
Professor David holds a doctorate in law (ULB, Brussels, Belgium, 1966), a degree in International Law (ULB, 1968), and a degree in Political and Diplomatic Sciences (ULB, 1973).