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Buhm-Suk Baek (Republic of Korea)
Education
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S., Aug. 2007–Aug. 2011
J.S.D. (Doctorate in Law)
Dissertation:
‘Human Rights Institutions as Medium: NHRIs and RHRIs in Asian
Human Rights Context’
Committee:
Muna Ndulo, Sidney Tarrow, Jens Ohlin, and Sital Kalantry.
Honors:
Cornell Graduate Legal Studies Fellowship, 2007–2011.
The CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Spring, 2010.
Activity:
J.S.D. Editor, Cornell International Law Journal, 2008–2011.
Reviewer, the Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Cornell Inter-University Graduate Student Conference,
2008–2010.
Judge, the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, International
Round, Washington D.C., Mar. 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S, Aug. 2006–May 2007
LL.M. (Master of Law)
Thesis:
‘Economic Sanctions against Gross Human Rights Violations’
Graduate School of Int’l Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Sep. 2004–Jul. 2006
M.A. in International Cooperation
Concentration:
International Law and Organization, International Relations.
Thesis:
‘The Definition of the Crime of Aggression and the International
Criminal Court’
Honors:
Dean’s List for Academic Excellence.
College of Law, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea – Mar. 1994–Aug.1998
LL.B.
Thesis:
‘Legal Aspects of Political Offense Exception to Extradition’ (Honors)
Honors:
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Seoul National University,
1994–1996; College Student Scholarship, Korea Foundation for
Advanced Studies (KFAS), 1994–1997.
Activity:
Member of the Korean National Team, Philip.C.Jessup International
Law Moot Court Competition, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Selected publications
Books in English
• ‘Transitional Justice in Unified Korea,’ Palgrave Macmillan, with Ruti Teitel eds.
(2015)
Books in Korean
• ‘Understanding the World from the Lens of International Law,’ PYBook, with InSeop Chung eds. (2019)
• ‘The Third Generation Human Rights and North Korea: Right to Development and
Right to Peace,’ Korea Institute for National Unification, with Ju-Young Lee et al.
(2019)
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