David Attard
{{Short description|Maltese advocate (born 1953)}}
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| name = David J. Attard
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| caption = David Attard in 2013.
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sliema, Malta
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| occupation = advocate, lawyer and lecturer
| title = Chancellor University of Malta
| term = 2011
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| education = University of Malta (LLD)
Pembroke College, Oxford (DPhil)
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David Joseph Attard (born 23 March 1953) is a Maltese advocate, judge-barrister, member of the Middle Temple England and Wales and academic professor.{{Cite web|title=Maltese professor made vice-president of international maritime law tribunal|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/maltese-professor-made-vice-president-of-international-maritime-law.659814|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Times of Malta|date=7 October 2017 |language=en-gb}} He was pro-chancellor University of Malta in 2006 and chancellor since 2011.Attard Prof. David bio note 2014 July, 2.(PDF)
Attard was born in Sliema, Malta. He qualified as a notary public at and holds an LL.D from the University of Malta. He earned a doctorate of law (D.Phil) at the University of Oxford (Pembroke College).{{Cite web|last=Malta|first=L.-Università ta'|title=Prof. David J Attard|url=https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/davidattard|access-date=2020-07-03|website=L-Università ta' Malta|language=en}}
Professional experience
He is experienced law teacher of the sea, associated professor in Law at the Malta University and became professor in International public law both in Malta University in 1988, he was head UNEP environmental diplomacy Mediterranean in academy of diplomatic studies, director IMO international maritime law institute, visiting professor of International Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1994, senior visiting lecturer in College of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, research fellow at University of Oxford in 1998, scholar in Yale Law School and visiting professor at Université de Paris I- Panthéon Sorbonne.{{Cite web|title=www.itlos.org: Vice-President David Joseph Attard|url=https://www.itlos.org/the-tribunal/members/vice-president-david-joseph-attard/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.itlos.org|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102144951/https://www.itlos.org/the-tribunal/members/vice-president-david-joseph-attard/|url-status=dead}}
Attard was Chairman of Exploration Committee in the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta in 1988, Advisor to the Secretary-general International Maritime Organization 1988-89, Special Legal Advisor to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi 1989-91 and member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Council of Europe, Strasbourg.{{Cite web|date=1970-01-01|title=David Attard|url=https://imlinf.org/members-2/david-attard/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=IMO IMLI-NF|language=en-US}}
Merit award
- Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion D’Honneur by President of the French Republic
- National Order of Merit by the President of Malta in 2009
- Orden de Isabel la Católica by the King of Spain in 2010.
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of Italy.
Book
- The Exclusive Economic Zone in International Law, Clarendon Press, A.J. David, and was granted the Paul Guggenheim award prize Geneva
Publications
- David Joseph Attard; Malgosia Fitzmaurice; Norman A Martínez Gutiérrez; IMO International Maritime Law Institute, {{ISBN|9780199683925}} {{OCLC|0199683921}}, Notes:"25th anniversary IMLI; supported by the Nippon Foundation
- David Joseph Attard; David M Ong; Malgosia Fitzmaurice; Alexandros XM Ntovas; Dino Kritsiotis, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|9780198824152}}
- David Joseph Attard; Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Publisher: Oxford Oxford University. Press 2014 Series: IMLI manual on international maritime law / Ed. David Joseph Attard, vol-1. {{ISBN|9780199683925}}
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Category:Yale Law School alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford
Category:University of Malta alumni