Title:
Criminal Justice Forum I: Establishing a New Constitutional Court for South Africa: Adapting the Common Law to Reflect a Democratic Criminal Justice System
Fri, 09/09/2011 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot Court Room
Speaker:
Speaker:
Justice Richard Goldstone
Justice Richard Goldstone
During South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to democracy in the
early 1990s, Justice Goldstone served as the chairperson of the
Commission of Inquiry Regarding Public Violence and Intimidation, which
came to be known as the Goldstone Commission. His judicial career
includes appointment to the Transvaal Supreme Court in 1980 and later to
the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. After
serving as the first chief prosecutor of the United Nations'
International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda,
Justice Goldstone returned to South Africa and was appointed a judge of
the Constitutional Court in 1994, remaining on the court until 2003.
Justice Goldstone is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the MacArthur Award for International Justice, the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association, and Honorary Doctorates of Law from universities around the globe.
Since 2004, Justice Goldstone has taught as a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, Fordham University School of Law, and Georgetown Law School among others.
Justice Goldstone is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the MacArthur Award for International Justice, the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association, and Honorary Doctorates of Law from universities around the globe.
Since 2004, Justice Goldstone has taught as a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, Fordham University School of Law, and Georgetown Law School among others.
