Associate Professor PhD. Titus CORLĂŢEAN
„Carol I” National Defense University from Bucharest, Senator, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate, Romania
Associate Professor PhD. Titus CORLĂŢEAN
PhD. Titus Corlăţean is a legal scholar, diplomat, lawmaker and an educator. He holds a BA and a PhD in Law from the University of Bucharest, and has conducted advanced studies in International Relations and Diplomacy at the International Institute for Public Administration in Paris, and at the National Defense College in Bucharest.
Currently, he teaches International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International and European Human Rights, Foreign Policy and the General Theory of Law as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Security and Defence of the National University of Defence “Carol I” în Bucharest, Romania.
Most recently, Dr. Corlăţean was appointed visiting scholar at Harvard University, where he conducted research on European values and secular governance related to the freedom of conscience and religion. He is the author of several books in the field of International law, Human Rights, and of numerous scientific papers in the fields of International Law, human rights, succession of states, post-Soviet secessionism and constitutional law.
From a political point of view, since 2004 Mr. Corlățean perform one term as a Deputy and four consecutive terms as a Senator, currently being the Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate. In 2008 he was a member of the European Parliament. He is also currently a member of the delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and from 2022-2023 held the position of Chairperson of the PACE Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights Parliamentary Assembly as well as the Representative of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). Between 2012 and 2014, Dr. Corlățean served as Romania’s Minister of Justice, and as Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. In February 2020, he was elected interim President of the Senate of Romania.