Ernest Petrič
Ernest Petrič (1936) is
Slovenian judge,
jurist,
professor, and
diplomat. He began his career at the Institute for National Issues (1961–1964). From 1967 to 1972, he served on the Executive Council of the Slovene government. He was with the
University of Ljubljana from 1976 to 1988 in capacity of professor, vice dean and finally dean. From 1983 to 1986, he was with the
Addis Ababa University as a professor of International Law. From 1989, he began serving as an ambassador, including the
United States,
India, and
Austria, and, as a non-resident,
Nepal,
Mexico, and
Brazil. He is an ambassador to the
UN,
IAEA,
UNIDO,
CTBTO,
ODC, and
OECD. As UN ambassador, he has served as elected president of the International Law Commission. For three years beginning in 1997 he served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as its state secretary. From 2010 to 2013, he was president of the Slovenian Constitutional Court. Since 2017 he has served as a senior advisor to the president of Slovenia.
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