German scholar discusses world order's future during ceremony at the Ukrainian Free University

MUNICH - The hectic pace of course work during the summer semester at the Ukrainian Free University of Munich was briefly interrupted by a solem academic ceremony. On July 1, the UFU honored a renowned German scholar of international law and jurisprudence, Prof. Dieter Blumenwitz (University of Wrzburg) with an honorary doctorate in jurisprudence.

According to Prof. Richard Brunner of the UFU, who read the citation, Prof. Blumenwitz is not only a theoretical specialist on international law, whose works are read the world over, but also a famed trial lawyer, who has sucessfully prosecuted many cases of national and international import.

According to ancient academic tradition, the official ceremony was opened by the dDean of the Faculty of Government and Political Economy, Dr. Ivan Myhu,l after which UFU Rector Leonid Rudnytzky awarded Prof. Blumenwitz the honorary degree.

Visibly moved by the solemnity and splendor of the ceremony, Prof. Blumenwitz expressed his gratitude to the faculty and administration of the UFU and presented his paper - a cogent analysis of the Iraq war from the standpoint of international law. The paper will be published in the UFU "Varia" series in the near future.

The ceremony was attended by UFU faculty professors and students, as well as by those from neighboring German universities, representatives of the diplomatic corps, the press and the religious community of Munich. The Ukrainian Church was represented by Bishop Petro Kryk and the Rev. Jevhen Nebesniak.

The official part of the ceremony ended with the singing of the academic hymn "Gaudeamus Igitur," and was followed by a reception in honor of Prof. Blumenwitz.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 24, 2003, No. 34, Vol. LXXI

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