HE Dr. Hab. Marcin Czepelak
Secretary-General
PCA
Elected on 14 February 2022 by the PCA Administrative Council for the term of 5 years (from 1 June 2022 until 31 May 2027)
Previous Position:
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (September 2017 – May 2022)
- Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (September 2017 – May 2022)
Languages:
- Polish (native).
- English (fluent).
- French (fluent).
- German (fluent).
- Dutch (good).
- Spanish (good).
Diplomatic Experience:
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland (September 2017 – May 2022)
- Member of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (2019 – 2020)
- Chairman of the Working Group on the Rules of Procedure of The Hague Conference on Private International Law – HCCH (2018 – 2020)
- UNGA First Committee (Disarmament and International Security – New York): co-leading the official delegation of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations General Assembly, First (Disarmament and International Security) and Sixth (Legal) in New York
Managerial Experience:
- Head of Mission – Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Business – Member and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, ENION S.A. (2006 – 2008)
- Public administration – Team Leader, Legal Information Unit and later Head, Urban Planning Department, Town Hall of Kraków (2003 – 2006)
Legal Experience:
- Private International Law Jagiellonian University in Kraków – Law and Administration Faculty (since 2006);
- Assistant in the Chair of Private International Law (since 2006);
- Associate Professor in the Chair of Private International Law (since 2007)
- Max-Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg – Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (2004 – 2005) – doctoral research year financed by the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
- Expert of the European Commission – member of the Group of Experts on the property consequences of marriage and other forms of union – “PRM-III”
- Expert of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament on the reform of the Brussels II Regulation
- Expert of the Polish Parliament on the substantial reform of Part IV of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure (Rules on International Civil Procedure)
- Speaker on courses for judges from the European Union organized by the Academy of European Law in Trier (ERA)
- Author of 40 publications on international instruments from the field of private international law, party autonomy, international commercial litigation, and investment arbitration