SIR IAN BROWNLIEProfessor Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, was a respected British barrister and academic.He died on 3 January, 2009 in a car crash in Egypt.He was an influential figure in international law and during his career he contributed to such international affairs as the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis, as an advisor to Jimmy Carter, and in the aftermath of the Lockerbie Bombing in 1988.He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1958 and was a tenant at Blackstone Chambers from 1983 until his death.He taught at the universities of Leeds and Nottingham, Wadham College, Oxford and the LSE. He became an Oxford professor in the 1980s and was later made a fellow of All Souls College.He was knighted last June in recognition of his commitment to public international law.He was recently re-elected for his third five-year term to theInternational Law Commission, the United Nations body of 35 experts.Ian Mill QC, joint head of Blackstone Chambers, paid tribute to him: “Ian had been a member of Blackstone Chambers for over 25 years, during which time he continued to have both a phenomenal impact on the legal world as one of its most distinguished and renowned practitioners in the fields of international law and human rights, as well as playing an invaluable role in the life and development of Chambers.“His loss is, and will continue to be, deeply felt by all those with whom he worked closely, both here and throughout the world.”
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