Pranas Kūris


Pranas Kūris – lawyer, political figure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Lithuanian SSR, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania, Minister of Justice of the LSSR, the only minister of the occupational Soviet government to become a member of the first Lithuanian Government after the restoration of Independence, professor at Vilnius University, lecturer at the Faculty of Law, judge of international courts, legal scholar and internationalist, diplomat, ambassador, honorary doctor of the Mykolas Romeris University.
His son is Egidijus Kūris – lecturer in constitutional law, professor at Vilnius University, head of the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of VU, former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, lecturer at the VU Institute of International Relations and Political Science.

Education, pedagogical, scientific activities

Pranas Kūris graduated from the Faculty of Law of VU, where he was awarded the qualification of a lawyer. Later, he continued his studies in postgraduate studies, defended his dissertation of the candidate of legal sciences “The status of a free city in international law” at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, candidate of legal sciences, on October 26, 1973 – his dissertation on the topic “The concept and foundations of legal liability in modern international law”, Doctor of Laws. He deepened his knowledge at the Institute of Advanced International Studies of the University of Paris, and at the Hague Academy of International Law.
Taught law subjects at the Faculty of Law of VU and held administrative functions at Vilnius University. Lecturer, associate professor, dean of the Faculty of Law of VU. Since 1974, Professor at Vilnius University, corresponding member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
Pranas Kūris' main area of research is international law and the liability of states for violations of international law. He has published more than 70 works on this topic, including 5 books. The conclusions of the monograph "Violations of International Law and State Responsibility" were used by the United Nations International Law Commission when drafting the Convention on State Responsibility. He has published over 200 publications. He has been the author of the journal since 1977. He is an honorary doctor of the Lithuanian University of Law . He has read papers at various international conferences.

Practical activities

Minister of Justice of the Lithuanian SSR, Minister of Justice of the First Government of the Republic of Lithuania after the Restoration of Independence ; Author of the, for which the then Government was even accused of treason. State Counselor of the Republic of Lithuania, member of the Lithuanian State Delegation for negotiations with the USSR, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
In 1992, when the Soviet nomenklatura returned to power during the 1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election, it began to form the Lithuanian courts, appointing loyal persons as their heads, abolishing the Supreme Court of Lithuania and re-appointing the judges of the Supreme Court, Kūris became a judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and the President of this Court. Chairman of the Council of the judiciary of Lithuania.
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, serving 2 terms, Judge of the European Court of Justice.
Speaks Russian, English, French.

Publications

Efektyvi kova su liaudies turto grobstymuAš – Tarybų Sąjungos pilietisAuklėti įsitikinusius kovotojus už komunizmąLietuvos TSR Konstitucija ir aktualūs socialistinio valstybingumo, teisės ir teisės mokslų vystymo klausimai respublikoje. – 1979. – 126 p.Tarptautinės teisės teorijos pagrindai. – 1972. – 134 p. – Kūris, Pranas.Suvienytųjų nacijų organizacijos įstatai; Tarptautinio teismo statutas. – 1981. – 87 p.
  • Kūris P., Požarskas M. Tarptautinės teisės apybraižos. Vilnius: Mintis, 1985.