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Mark Klamberg (born 7 June 1975 in Lund) is a Swedish lawyer and is a Professor of public international law at Stockholm University.

Education and career

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He graduated from Spyken in natural sciences, received his law degree (jur.kand.) at Lund University and doctorate at Stockholm University. Klamberg also has an a LL.M. in human rights law from Raoul Wallenberg Institute and a degree in political science (fil. kand.) from Stockholm University. Klamberg did his post-doc at University of Oxford where was member of the Senior Common Room, Christ Church.

He has worked as a lawyer at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the District Court of Blekinge and at the International Criminal Court. Previous employments also include Skandinavisk Press, United Nations Association of Sweden and Society and Defence.

Research

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He is the author of several publications on international criminal law, surveillance, privacy and other fields of international law, including ‘Evidence in International Criminal Trials: Confronting Legal Gaps and the Reconstruction of Disputed Events’,.[1] ‘Power and Law in the International Society - International Relations as the Sociology of International Law’[2] and co-author of the leading textbook on public international law in Sweden: ‘Sverige och folkrätten’.[3] He is the chief editor of the ‘Commentary on the Law of the ICC’ (CLICC).[4]

His work appeared in Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Georgetown Journal of International Law, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, International Criminal Law Review, Nordic Journal of International Law, George Washington International Law Review, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, and book sections published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and Oxford University Press.

Affiliations

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  • Deputy director of the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ)
  • International Visiting Scholar, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
  • Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, Washington D.C.
  • Expert to the Consultative Council at the National School of Judges of Ukraine
  • Expert for OSCE ad hoc missions as part of its human dimensions mechanism (also known as the Moscow mechanism)
  • Board member for the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund
  • Board member Paideia, the European Institute for Jewish Studies

Politics and public engagement

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Klamberg was member of City Council (liberal), Lund 1998-2001, elected by the constituency through single preference vote overriding the set order of the party list.[5] He was vice chairman of the Liberal Youth of Sweden (19992002). After having moved to Stockholm, Klamberg was deputy member of City Council (liberal), Stockholm 2010-2013.

As a member of the liberal party, Klamberg argued - both prior to and after the invasion - that the party should take a stand against the US 2003 invasion of Iraq.[6] which was at odds with the party position at the time.[7]

Klamberg has been engaged in public debate in national and international media on mass surveillance,[8] corporate accountability for war crimes[9], prosecution for mass atrocities in Iran [10] and the legal response to the Covid-19 pandemic.[11]

Personal life

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He is married to Birgitta Ohlsson. They have two children.

References

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  1. ^ "Evidence in International Criminal Trials: Confronting Legal Gaps and the Reconstruction of Disputed Events". Evidence in International Criminal Trials. Brill Nijhoff. 21 February 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-23652-3.
  2. ^ Power and Law in International Society, Routledge 2015
  3. ^ Sverige och folkrätten, Norstedts Juridik, 2020
  4. ^ Commentary on the Law of the ICC: The Statute, vol. I, chief editor and author of several comments, TOAEP, 2nd edition, 2023, Commentary on the Law of the ICC: The Statute, vol. II, chief editor and author of several comments, TOAEP, 2nd edition, 2023, Commentary on the Law of the ICC: The Rules of Procedure and Evidence, chief editor and author of several comments, TOAEP, 2023
  5. ^ [Anne Aobadia, Kryss i rutan gav plats i fullmäktige Sydsvenskan, 25 September 2000]; Elections in Sweden
  6. ^ Folkpartiet har hamnat fel i Irakfrågan, Tidningen NU, 1 February 2002; Folkrätten i kölvattnet av Irakkriget, Liberal Debatt nr 2 - 2003; Liberal Debatt nr 2 - 2003 - table of contents
  7. ^ Björklund (fp) vill ha svensk trupp i Irak-krig, 24 November 2002
  8. ^ New York Review of Books, 19 January 2017, "The Swedish Kings of Cyberwar”
  9. ^ [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230905-oil-execs-on-trial-in-sweden-over-sudan-war-crimes-role France24/AFP, “Oil execs on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes role”, 5 September 2023
  10. ^ [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/a-swedish-court-just-upheld-the-conviction-of-a-former-iranian-official-its-a-warning-to-all-perpetrators-of-atrocity-crimes/ New Atlanticist, “A Swedish court just upheld the conviction of a former Iranian official. It’s a warning to all perpetrators of atrocity crimes”, 20 December 2023
  11. ^ Le Monde, ”Covid-19 : la Suède adopte une « loi pandémique » qui autorise de nouvelles restrictions”, 9 January 2021
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