Baron Édouard Eugène François Descamps (1847–1933)[1] was a Belgian jurist and politician who was known as a contributor to international law.[2]
Family
editHe was the son of Edouard-J. Descamps and Sylvie Van der Elst. He was married to Maria David-Fischbach Malacord (1860–1921), who gave him three sons (of whom one died):
- Pierre Descamps (1884–1965)
- Emmanuel Descamps (1886–1968)
Career
editHe was a law professor at the University of Louvain, and it was at his suggestion that a committee of the League of Nations proposed an international court of justice.[3]
Between 1901–1907 and 1911–1914, he was president of the Senate, and he served until 1910 as Minister of sciences and arts.
Honours
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Belgium: Minister of State, by Royal Decree.- Belgium: Created Baron Descamps, by Royal Decree in 1904.
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.[4]
- Belgium: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown, RD in 1919.[5]
France: Knight Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.[6]
Italy: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown of Italy.[7]
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[8]
Japan: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Rising Sun.[9]
Greece: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Phoenix.[10]
Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown.[11]
Notes
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- ^ The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Peace, 1901-1956, entry Chevalier Edouard Eugène F Descamps.
- ^ Dominik J. Schaller; Jürgen Zimmerer (13 September 2013). The Origins of Genocide: Raphael Lemkin as a Historian of Mass Violence. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-317-99042-0.
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