Boris Mirkin-Getzevich

Boris Sergeyevich Mirkin-Getzevich (Russian: Борис Серге́евич Миркин-Гецевич; January 1, 1892 April 1, 1955), also known by his pen name, Boris Mirsky, was a Russian jurist. He had been a director of the Paris Institute of Comparative Law[1] and a professor at the Institute of Higher International Studies.

Life

Boris Mirkin-Getzevich was born in Kiev. He studied law in Saint Petersburg. In 1916, a sentence of exile to Siberia was pronounced against him because of an article he had published, but the sentence was never enforced. He emigrated to Paris after the Russian Revolution, and acquired French citizenship. He spoke Russian, French, German, English and Spanish. His daughter Vitia married Stéphane Hessel. He died in Paris.

Works

References

  1. Winter, Jay; Prost, Antoine (2013). René Cassin and Human Rights: from the Great War to the Universal Declaration. Cambridge University Press. p. 228. ISBN 9781107032569.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.