Original: In the words of former ICJ President Stephen M. Schwebel , Judge Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 's '' attainments are unsurpassed by any international lawyer of this century ... he taught and wrote with unmatched distinction '' S.M. Schwebel , International Arbitration : Three Salient Problems , xiii ( Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 1987 ) .
Simplified: Sir Hersch Lauterpacht ( 16 August 1897 , Zó kiew , Poland -- 8 May 1960 ) was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission from 1952 to 1954 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1955 to 1960 .