Professor Dietrich Kappeler served as director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva from 1993 to 1998. He was the founding director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta, 1990–1993. Professor Kappeler has extensive experience in diplomacy and international relations, and lectures and writes on international law, diplomatic and consular law, law of international institutions, human rights and humanitarian law, diplomacy, and constitutional and administrative law of Switzerland.

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Born March 6th, 1933 in Berne, Switzerland, Swiss nationality
Secondary education in Berne and Beirut, Lebanon

University education:

  • Faculty of Law, Université St. Joseph, Beirut, degree: Bachelor in French Law 1953
  • American University of Beirut, auditor in political science
  • Faculty of Law, University of Berne, degrees: Licence in public law 1955, Doctorate in public law 1957

Professional career:

  • Swiss diplomatic service 1957-1965 with postings in The Hague and Algiers as well as at headquarters (legal department)
  • Personal assistant to Professor Paul Guggenheim 1965-1973 (second edition of Traité de droit international public and consultancies)
  • Consultant with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1966-1974 for the training of third world diplomats: creation of International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC) 1971 and Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies of University of Nairobi (1973)
  • Expert sent by Swiss Government to assist the Government of Equatorial Guinea in setting up its Foreign Ministry and training its diplomats 1969-1970
  • Research fellow with teaching obligations at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva 1972-1975
  • Member of Evaluation Committee of the International Red Cross System 1974-1975
  • Professor associated with the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and seconded to the University of Tehran, Centre for International Studies 1975-1977 and to the University of Nairobi, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies 1977-1990
  • Founding Director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies of the University of Malta 1990-1993
  • Director of Diplomatic Studies Programmes of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva 1993-1998
  • Consultant to Diplo programmes and first president of the Board of administrators of DiploFoundation since 2000

Teaching experience

  • Public international law
  • The Law of Treaties
  • The Law of International Institutions
  • Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Diplomatic and Consular Law
  • Swiss Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • Diplomacy
  • Diplomatic History

Guest lecturerships

  • Institute of administration, Beirut, Lebanon 1973, 1974
  • University of Shiraz, 1976, 1977
  • University of Isfahan, 1976, 1977
  • Melli University, Tehran, 1976
  • Centre for Foreign Relations, Dar es Salaam, 1979, 1981
  • University of Zambia, 1979, 1981
  • University of Malawi, 1981
  • Academia Diplomatica del Peru 1983
  • Institute of International Relations, Trinidad, 1983
  • Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 1986
  • International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Association des Etudes Internationales, Tunis, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996

Publications in international law, international relations and diplomacy in:

  • Annuaire Français de Droit International
  • Annuaire Suisse de Droit International
  • Revue de Droit Suisse
  • Aussenpolitik
  • Europa Archiv
  • Revue Iranienne de Droit International
  • Etudes Internationales (Tunis)

Member of Société Suisse de Droit International, Rencontres Suisse, American Society of International Law

Address:

Chemin des Chameilles 20, CH-1807 Blonay, Switzerland
Tel (41 21) 943 13 44, Fax (41 21) 943 15 24
e-mail: kappelerblonay@bluewin.ch