Justice Richard Goldstone Speaks at Harvard Law School
"International War Crimes Tribunals: Lessons from Rwanda and Yugoslavia"
International Justice: Crimes Against Humanity Lecture Series
Monday, January 22, 2001, 5:30pm
Langdell North

    Justice Richard Goldstone is a leading figure involved in current efforts to create international mechanisms of accountability and prosecution. Justice Goldstone currently sits on the South African Constitutional Court and serves as Chairman of the Independent Inquiry on Kosovo. Previously, he served as Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Court for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. He also chaired the Goldstone Commission, a commission of inquiry established in 1991 regarding the prevention of public violence and intimidation in South Africa.

The Project on Justice in Times of Transition is co-sponsoring Justice Goldstone's address. The Project is an inter-faculty program of Harvard University under the auspices of the Law School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, created at the urging of Czech President Vaclav Havel, with the purpose of bringing together individuals from a broad spectrum of countries to share experiences in ending conflict, establishing peace and building a civil society. The International Justice lecture series brings to Harvard scholars and practitioners involved in issues relating to transitional justice and seeks to facilitate discussion at Harvard on current developments in international prosecution.