Beth Van Schaack
Beth Van Schaack | |
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United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | |
Assumed office March 17, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Morse Tan |
Personal details | |
Education | Stanford University (BA) Yale University (JD) Leiden University (PhD) |
Beth Van Schaack is an American attorney and academic who serves as the United States ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice.
Early life and education
Van Schaack obtained a
Career
Van Schaack was a visiting professor in human rights at Stanford Law School, teaching in areas relating to international law and human rights. She has been the acting director of the human rights and conflict resolution clinic. She is a fellow with Stanford's Center for Human Rights and International Justice. She was also a visiting professor at Santa Clara University School of Law focusing on laws of war.[1] As an attorney, she was an associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP, as well as working with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
US State Department
She served as deputy to the ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues in the Office of Global Criminal Justice at the State Department. She helped advise the secretary of state and the under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights on the formation of U.S. policy aimed at curbing mass atrocities and genocide.
Ambassador at Large
On October 21, 2021, President
Publications
- Imagining Justice for Syria[5]
References
- ^ "Beth Van Schaack". Santa Clara University. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "PN1297 — Beth Van Schaack — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Beth Van Schaack". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ISBN 978-0-19-005596-7.)
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