This year's recipient is Hans Corell, who served as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the United Nations from March 1994 to March 2004. He helped establish the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and was the Secretary-General's representative at the 1998 U.N. Conference that adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. During his service in the U.N., he also was involved in the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
The evening includes a performance by Sukanya Burman, a dancer and choreographer born and raised in Kolkata, India. She hopes to raise awareness, accessibility and provide opportunities in dance through arts education. (This evening is a ticketed event.)
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Since 2001, the Robert H. Jackson Center has preserved the values embodied in the life and works of Robert H. Jackson, who served as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Through programs, presentations, exhibits, media, internships, and scholarship, the Center seeks to demonstrate to current and future generations the relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and writings. The Center provides educational content on the United States Constitution and Supreme Court, civil rights, the legacy of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and international human rights, and the rule of law. During his illustrious career, Justice Jackson addressed these subjects, and the Center recognizes his thinking remains relevant today.
