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Alan Baker ((ヘブライ語:אלן בייקר); born 1947) is an Israeli expert in international law and former ambassador of the state of Israel to Canada. He is the director of the ''Institute for Contemporary Affairs'' at the ''Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs'' and a former partner in the Tel Aviv law firm of Moshe, Bloomfield, Kobo, Baker & Co. He was a military prosecutor and senior legal adviser in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and represented the Ministry of Defense at international conferences, and then joined the Foreign Ministry as legal adviser. He participated in the negotiation and drafting of agreements and peace treaties with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinians. In January 2012 he was appointed by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to the three member committee chaired by former Justice Edmund Levy to examine the legal aspects of land ownership in the West Bank. The committee's report, referred to as Levy Report, was published by the Israeli government in Hebrew in July 2012. ==Life and career== Baker was born to a traditional Jewish family in Great Britain. He studied law at University College London, where he received his Bachelor of Laws in 1969, when the family emigrated to Israel,〔 〕 and has a Master of Laws in International Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1971). He was admitted to the Israeli Bar in 1977.〔 〕 He is married to Dalia Papo Baker. The couple has three adult sons.〔 Baker spent several years as a military prosecutor and senior legal adviser in the Israel Defense Forces’s (IDF) international law division and represented the Ministry of Defense and IDF at international conferences, and then joined the Foreign Service.〔 He was seconded by the government of Israel to the United Nations in New York where he served as a senior legal adviser.〔 〕 From 1996 to 2004, he was legal adviser and deputy director-general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served as Israel's ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2008. He retired from government service in February 2009 and joined the Tel Aviv law firm of Moshe, Bloomfield, Kobo, Baker & Co.〔 In 2010 he took up the post of Director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Baker has represented Israel in international conferences and negotiations, including the preparatory committees and conferences involved in the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 1998, and coordinated Israel’s legal presentation to the International Court of Justice on the issue of Israel’s security barrier in 2004.〔 He has been involved in the negotiation and drafting of agreements and peace treaties with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinians .〔 Baker is a member of the Israel Bar, the International Law Association, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and serves as a member of Israel’s panel of arbitrators at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Baker (diplomat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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