Danilo Türk Book Presentation

Professor Jan Škrha, Vice-rector of Charles University in Prague, has welcomeH. E. Professor Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia, on Charles University:

Your Excellency, Mr President,

Yours magnificences,Your Excellencies, spectabiles, honorabiles, professores, doctores, cives academici, colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour to me in the name of Charles University, to welcome our dear guest, His Excellency Dr. Danilo Türk, president of the Republic of Slovenia, on the occasion of a presentation of the Czech translation of his book “Foundations of International Law”, and also to welcome those accompanying him. Permit me also to express our pleasure at the presence of the ambassadors and members of the Prague diplomatic corp. Finally let me welcome the Rectors and other academic dignitaries from Prague universities as well as other visiting scientists and scholars, teachers, staff and especially student from our university and all our guests today. Let me introduce few words about our distinguished guest: Dr. Türk studied at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana where he received his law degree (1975). He continued his studies in the field of minorities and international law and in 1982 he obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana with a thesis on“The principle of non- intervention in international relations and in international law”. His career continued at the Faculty of Law till his profesorship of international law. However, his activites were broad as in Slovenia as out of its frontiers. This was also his contribution to the establishent of the Human Rights Council in Slovenia. After Slovenia´s declaration of independence Dr. Türk

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