Richard J. Goldstone
Richard J. Goldstone
Mr. Goldstone is from South Africa and received a BA and
LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand. After he earned his degree he was an Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar. He eventually rose to be a Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, and later a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. In the early 1990’s Mr. Goldstone served as Chairperson of the Goldstone Commission, or what was formally titled the Commission of Inquiry Regarding Public Violence and Intimidation. After the Commission he became the Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Goldstone helped to draft the Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities for the Director General of
UNESCO, or Valencia Declaration. Mr. Goldstone is chairperson of the Bradlow Foundation, a charitable educational trust, and is the head of the board of the Human Rights Institute of South Africa. He has numerous honorary Doctorates from universities around the world, and was awarded the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association.
