Mohammed Bedjaoui () (born September 21, 1929 in

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) is an Algerian diplomat and jurist. He served as Algeria's ambassador to

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and the

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among other places. He also served as a judge on the

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and as President of the Constitutional Council, Algeria's highest judicial authority of constitutionality review.

Early life and education

He was born in

, Algeria during French Colonization. He earned a Diploma of the

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in 1952 and a PhD degree from

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in 1956.

Career

He was legal adviser of National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1956 to 1962. At the beginning of the

independence of Algeria Independence Day (, ), observed annually on 5 July, is a National Holiday in Algeria commemorating colonial Algerian independence from France on 5 July 1962. Algerian War (1954–1962) The Algerian War of Independence began in November ...

, Mohammed Bedjaoui was appointed first as ''Secretary General of the Government'' in 1962, and then ''Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals'' from 1964 to 1970. He was appointed as Ambassador of Algeria to France from 1970 to 1979. Mohammed Bedjaoui was appointed as Ambassador at Permanent Representative of Algeria to the

in New York from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Bedjaoui was

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at the

of the Hague for almost twenty years from 19 March 1982 to 20 September 2001. His international law career has been summarised as "always committed to reforming international law from within the discipline’s centres of intellectual and professional power, but ... demonstrating an expansion and augmentation of his existing beliefs into a broader account of the historical and conceptual relations between colonialism and international law". He was appointed as

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on May 1, 2005 during a cabinet reshuffle, and remained in that position until the appointment of a new government on June 4, 2007, in which he was not included. He was replaced as foreign minister by Mourad Medelci."Algérie: M. Bouteflika reconduit M. Belkhadem comme Premier ministre"
Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2007 .

Major works

Selected books

* Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''Fonction publique internationale et influences nationales''. s.l.: Stevens, 1958. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''Law and the Algerian Revolution''. Brussels: International Association of Democratic Lawyers, 1961. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''Terra nullius, "droits" historiques et autodétermination''. s.l.: Autonomy, 1975. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''Towards a New International Economic Order''. s.l.: Holmes and Meier, 1979. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''International law: achievements and prospects''. Paris, Unesco, 1991. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed. ''The New World Order and the Security Council: Testing the Legality of its Acts''. s.l.: Nijhoff Publishers, 1995.

Selected academic articles and chapters

* Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1956). ''‘Jurisprudence comparée des tribunaux administratifs internationaux en matière d'excès de pouvoir'', 2 Annuaire français de droit international 482. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1969). ''La nouvelle organisation judiciaire en Algérie'', 23 Revue Juridique et Politique 521. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1970). ''Problèmes récents de succession d'états dans les états nouveaux'', 130 Recueil des cours (Lecture in the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law). (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1974). ''L' Algérie dans la lutte pour le développement du Tiers Monde'', 1 Annuaire du tiers monde 17. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1977). ''Aspects internationaux de la Constitution algérienne'', 23 Annuaire francaise de droit international 75. (in French) * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1991). ''The “manufacture” of judgments at the International Court of Justice'', 3 Pace International Law Review 29. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1995). ''The Vision of Non-Occidental Cultures on the Legitimacy of Contemporary International Law'', 11 Anuario de Derecho Internacional 23. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (1995). ''The Reception by National Courts of Decisions of International Tribunals'', 28 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 45. * Bedjaoui, Mohammed (2004). ''The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Legal Framework and Universally Recognized Principles'', 56 Museum International 150.

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