Marcin Piotr Czepelak (born 14 July 1978, Gliwice)[1] is a Polish jurist who serves as a Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague. Previously, he was ambassador of Poland to the Netherlands (2017–2022).

PCA Secretary-General Dr. hab. Marcin Czepelak
Marcin Czepelak
Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Preceded byHugo Siblesz
Polish Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
13 September 2017 – 31 May 2022
Appointed byAndrzej Duda
MonarchWillem-Alexander
Preceded byJan Borkowski
Succeeded byMargareta Kassangana
Personal details
Born (1978-07-14) 14 July 1978 (age 46)
Gliwice
NationalityPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
Professionjurist, diplomat

Education

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Marcin Czepelak has graduated from law at the Jagiellonian University. In 2006 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on international agreements. The dissertation won the Prime Minister’s award for the best thesis. In 2016, he was awarded post-doctoral degree (habilitation) on the basis of his monograph Party autonomy in the EU Private International Law.[2]

Besides Polish, he speaks English, French, German and Spanish.[3]

Career

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He was working in the Kraków Town Hall. He is the associate professor of the Jagiellonian University where he gives lectures on the law of international agreements, private international law and the international law of succession.[4] He has been participating in research projects at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg and the University of Cambridge. He completed internship at The Hague Academy of International Law.[3] He specializes in international civil procedure, the protection of foreign investments and the law of treaties. He publishes in Polish, English and Italian.[5]

On 22 June 2017 he was appointed Polish Ambassador to the Netherlands.[6] On 12 September he presented his credentials to king Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.[7] He has also been accredited to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[8] He ended his term on 31 May 2022.[9][10] On 14 February 2022 he started his 5-year term as a Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague.[11]

Works

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  • Autonomia woli w prawie prywatnym międzynarodowym Unii Europejskiej (Party autonomy in the EU Private International Law), Warszawa: Poltext, 2015, ISBN 978-83-7561-518-0.
  • Międzynarodowe prawo zobowiązań Unii Europejskiej. Komentarz do rozporządzeń rzymskich (International Law of Obligations of the European Union. Commentary on the Rome Regulations), Warszawa: LexisNexis, 2012, ISBN 978-83-7806-492-3.
  • Umowa międzynarodowa jako źródło prawa prywatnego międzynarodowego, Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2008, ISBN 978-83-7526-469-2.
  • Stosunki majątkowe między małżonkami w prawie prywatnym międzynarodowym, Kraków: Krakowskie Towarzystwo Edukacyjne, 2004.

References

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  1. ^ Bos-Karczewska, Małgorzata (2017-10-30). "Przedstawiamy Marcina Czepelaka nowego ambasadora RP w Holandii". Polonia.nl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska: dr hab. Marcin Czepelak". nauka-polska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  3. ^ a b "Marcin Czepelak – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Kingdom of the Netherlands". haga.msz.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  4. ^ "Dr hab. Marcin Czepelak". Katedra Prawa Prywatnego Międzynarodowego Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  5. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 64/". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-04-20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. ^ "Nominacje dla nowych ambasadorów RP". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2017-06-22. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  7. ^ "Geloofsbrieven ambassadeurs Luxemburg, Polen en Denemarken - Nieuwsbericht - Het Koninklijk Huis". koninklijkhuis.nl (in Dutch). 2017-09-12. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  8. ^ "Embassy of the Republic of Poland ('s-Gravenhage) - Embassies, consulates and other representations". Government.nl. 2018-02-21. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  9. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 13 maja 2022 r. nr 110.20.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (PDF). isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  10. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 13 maja 2022 r. nr 110.21.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" (PDF). isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  11. ^ "Polak nowym Sekretarzem Generalnym Stałego Trybunału Arbitrażowego w Hadze". Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych (in Polish). 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-17.