Wang Tieya

Wang Tieya (; 6 July 1913 – 12 January 2003) was a Chinese jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Education Wang Tieya was educated at Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the London School of Economics.

Career Following the communist victory in 1949, Wang Tieya became one of the leading authorities on international law in the People's Republic of China, along with Li Haopei, one of his classmates in London. Wang was legal advisor to the PRC delegation to the United Nations in 1950 and the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in 1979.

Wang Tieya commenced his career as a Professor of International Law at the National Wuhan University (1940-1942) and National Central University (1942-1946). In 1946, he relocated to Beijing University, where he remained until 1997. During that time, he was Chairman of the Political Science Department (1947-1952), and Head of the Section on International Law at the Faculty of Law (1956-1983). In 1983 Wang became the founding Director of the International Law Institute of Beijing University.

Wang was elected in 1997 as a Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In March 2000, he resigned for reasons of ill-health. After almost 20 months of hospitalisation, Wang died in a hospital in Beijing on 12 January 2003. His funeral was held five days later at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, a venue normally reserved for state officials. He was survived by his wife and three daughters.

Upon learning of the death of Judge Wang Tieya, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Judge Claude Jorda, expressed his "great sadness at the loss of a distinguished colleague who will be remembered as a learned lawyer and a wise Judge. He was also a dedicated colleague and a gentle man who brought to the bench his great experience in the field of international law".