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.)