Cherif bassiouni biography of alberta

Active in several scholarly and professional organizations, he has served as the Secretary-General of the International Association of Penal Law since ; chairman of the International Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association for several years, and chairman of several committees of the Chicago Bar and American Bar Associations. A frequent lecturer at distinguished universities in the U.

Congress, for which he chaired two preparatory meetings of committees of experts in He also served in as co-chairman of the committee of experts which prepared the U. Cherif routinely transformed the hard work of building new institutions, like the International Criminal Court, and of challenging abusive authorities into an inspiring collaboration.

That was my first meeting with Cherif. His contribution to laws of armed conflict was comprehensive, his writings were prodigious and his leadership in paving the way for the first truly international criminal court was crucial. His presentation had a profound effect on me. From that day forward, my career would be the quest for accountability for atrocity crimes, and it still is.

He also served as chair of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry which was established in In , he stated his belief that the ICC will fail. Additionally, he served as the co-chairman of the Committee of Experts to draft the convention on the Prevention and Suppression of Torture in , and was the honorary vice-president to the Fifth Congress on Crime Prevention in US Government consultations [ edit ] In addition to his many positions in the UN, Bassiouni served as the consultant to the US Department of State and Justice on projects relating to international traffic in drugs and international control of terrorism and — He was also the consultant to the Department of State regarding the US hostages in Iran from to In he was awarded the Hague Award for International Law for his "distinguished contribution in the field of international law".