Charles N. Brower

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Charles N. Brower is a former State Department official, international judge, and recognized expert in public international law and international dispute resolution. He has been a judge of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal since 1983. He has also served as a Judge ad hoc in three cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since 2014. He is currently affiliated with 20 Essex Street Chambers in London, UK.[1]

Brower was educated at Harvard College (B.A., 1957) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1961).[2]

He began his career as an attorney in private practice from 1961–1968 with the law firm of White & Case LLP. He then served in various roles in the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Department of State. He served as Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs (1969–1971); Deputy Legal Adviser (1971-1972); and Acting Legal Adviser (1973), leading the Office of the Legal Adviser.[3] During this period, he was also Member, Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Commercial Commission (1972-1973). He later served as Deputy Special Counsellor to the President of the United States (1987), with sub-Cabinet rank as Deputy Assistant to the President. He then returned to White & Case and co-founded its Washington, D.C., office in 1988.

Brower has served since 1983 as a judge of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands, where he was a full-time member from 1984 to 1988.[4] Since 2014, Brower has also been judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice. He is currently a judge in three active cases (two by appointment of the United States and one by Colombia):[5]

  • Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf Between Nicaragua and Colombia Beyond 200 Nautical Miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v Colombia): serving as judge ad hoc (2014–current).
  • The Case Concerning Certain Iranian Assets (Islamic Republic of Iran v United States of America): serving as judge ad hoc (2016-current).
  • The Case Concerning Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v United States of America): serving as judge ad hoc (2018–current).[6]

Brower has served also as a judge ad hoc of other international judicial panels, such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; as a member of the Register of Experts of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva (UNCC); and as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).[7]

Brower has been a Visiting Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Virginia Law School.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Honorable Charles N Brower". Twenty Essex. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ^ https://profiles.arbitration-ch.org/profile/103-Charles-N.-Brower-Arbitrator-Counsel
  3. ^ "Charles N. Brower | ArbitrationLaw.com". arbitrationlaw.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ Expert resume of Hon. Charles N. Brower, accessed at https://primefinancedisputes.org/expert/the-honorable-charles-n-brower
  5. ^ Biography of The Hon. Charles N. Brower, accessed at https://www.cailaw.org/media/files/CAIL/ConferenceMaterial/2021/charles-brower-bio.pdf
  6. ^ "The Honorable Charles N Brower". Twenty Essex. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  7. ^ "Charles N. Brower". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

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