Édouard Descamps

Baron Édouard Eugène François Descamps (1847–1933)[1] was a Belgian jurist and politician who was known as a contributor to international law.

[2] He was the son of Edouard-J.

Descamps and Sylvie Van der Elst.

He was married to Maria David-Fischbach Malacord (1860–1921), who gave him three sons (of whom one died): He was a law professor at the University of Louvain, and it was at his suggestion that a committee of the League of Nations proposed an international court of justice.

[3] Between 1901–1907 and 1911–1914, he was president of the Senate, and he served until 1910 as Minister of sciences and arts.