1. CONTACT Free University of Brussels (VUB) Centre for International Law - Room 4.B.338 Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 Brussels Belgium Phone: (+32) (0)2/629.36.79 Phone: (+32) (0)2/779.00.24 Fax: (+32) (0)2/629.36.98 E-mail: Cedric.Van.Assche@vub.ac.be

2. EDUCATION

• 1993: Bachelor Degree in Law cum laude, FUNDP, University of Namen
  

• 1996: Master Degree in Law cum laude, RUG, University of Ghent (Option International and European Law)
  

• 1996: Certificate in Contemporaneous International Politics, RUG, University of Ghent
  

• 1997: Master in International Law 1 magna cum laude, ULB, University of Brussels
  

• 1998: Master in International Law 2 magna cum laude, ULB, University of Brussels
  

3. PROFESSIONAL CAREER

• 1999 - 2000: Attorney at the Brussels Bar, Hunton & Williams (Department International and EC Law)
  

• 2000 - 2001: Full-time research assistant at the Centre for International Law, Free University of Brussels (VUB)
  

• 2001 - : Co-lecturer of the course "Public International Law" in the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent, UK): Lectures on (1) International State Responsibility and (2) International Environmental Law
  

• 2000 - 2001: Legal Expert of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and International Cooperation: Legal Advice on "International Legal Effects of Direct Financing by the Belgium Government of Civil NGOs in Partner Countries", Report dated 31 January 2001, 45 p.
  

• 2000 - 2001: Legal Expert for the F.A.O., Rome: Legal Advice on Implementing International Fisheries Law with Respect to National and Regional Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Schemes (together with Prof. Dr. Erik Franckx), final Report dated 30 September 2001, 200 p.
  

• 2001: Legal Expert of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and International Cooperation: Legal Advice on the Belgian position regarding the UNESCO Conference on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention (together with Prof. Dr. Erik Franckx)
  

4. RESEARCH AREAS

• International Law
  

• International Law of the Sea
  

• International Treaty Law
  

• International Law of State Responsibility
  

• International Environmental Law
  

5. PUBLICATIONS

• Cédric Van Assche & Stefaan Smis, Cases and Materials on International Law (in Dutch), Brussels, VUB-Publishers, 2000, 289 p.
  

• Cédric Van Assche, Casebook on International Law and Organisations (in Dutch), Brussels, VUB-Publishers, 2001, 152 p.
  

• "La pratique belge en matière de droit international de la mer" (1993 - 1999) (with Prof. Dr. Erik Franckx and Tim De Bondt), Revue belge de droit international (publication foreseen in 2001).
  

• "La pratique belge en matière de droit international de la mer" (1999 - 2002) (with Prof. Dr. Erik Franckx), Revue belge de droit international (in preparation).