Emil Sandström
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Alfred Emil Fredrik Sandström (1886, Nyköping, Sweden – 1962) was a Swedish lawyer. He was the chairman of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1950 to 1959.
Life
In the course of his career he was, among other things, a judge in the Supreme Court, at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague as well as at the so-called mixed courts that existed in Egypt until 1949 and settled disputes between Egyptians and foreigners. He also acted as an international mediator on many occasions - for example, as Swedish representative (and, from June 1947, Chairman) on the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP),[1] an attempt by the United Nations to test out the situation in Palestine during the termination of the British Mandate. In addition he succeeded Folke Bernadotte as president of the Swedish Red Cross.
In 1950, Emil Sandström became a member of the Institut de Droit International (institute for international law).
References
- ^ Ben-Dror, Elad (2022). UNSCOP and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Road to Partition. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1032059631.
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- 1886 births
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- Members of the Institut de Droit International
- Presidents of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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