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He is a member ==Affiliations==*Member of the [[Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Committee]]*International Advisory Board, [[International Journal of Transitional Justice]] <ref>[http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/ijtj/editorial_board.html Editorial Board], International Journal of Transitional Justice, accessed April 8, 2010.</ref>*Advisory Board (former member), [[Coalition for International Justice]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030612023016/cij.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff Staff], Coalition for International Justice (Archived page from 2003), accessed June 1, 2010.</ref>*Expert Member, [[Institute for the Research of Genocide]] <ref>[http://www.instituteforgenocide.ca/board-of-directors/ Directors], Institute for the Research of Genocide, accessed June 25, 2010.</ref> ==Resources and articles=====Related Sourcewatch articles===*[[The New Humanitarians]] – Member <ref>Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, "[http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=8613 Morality's Avenging Angels: The New Humanitarian Crusaders]", ''Znet'', 30 August 2005.</ref> ===References===<references/>
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'''M. Cherif Bassiouni''' "is a Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President of the [[International Human Rights Law Institute]]. He is also President of the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in Siracusa, Italy, as well as the Honorary President of the International Association of Penal Law (President 1989-2004), based in Paris, France.
"He has served the [[United Nations]] in a number of capacities, including as: Member and then Chairman of the Security Council's Commission to Investigate War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (1992-94); Commission on Human Rights' Independent Expert on The Rights to Restitution, Compensation and Rehabilitation for Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1998-2000); Vice-Chairman of the General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee on the Establishment of an [[International Criminal Court ]] (1995); and Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the 1998 Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. In 2004, he was appointed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in [[Afghanistan]].
"In 1999, Professor Bassiouni was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize ]] for his work in the field of international criminal justice and for his contribution to the creation of the International Criminal Court. He has received the following medals: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Commander), Federal Republic of [[Germany ]] (2003); Legion d’Honneur (Officier), Republic of France (2003); Order of Lincoln of Illinois, United States of America (2001); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Republic of Austria (1990); Order of Sciences (First Class), Arab Republic of Egypt (1984); Order of Merit (Grand’Ufficiale), Republic of Italy (1977), and Order of Military Valor (First Class), Arab Republic of Egypt (1956).. He has also received numerous academic and civic awards, including the Special Award of the Council of Europe (1990); the [[Defender of Democracy Award]], Parliamentarians for Global Action (1998) The Adlai Stevenson Award of the United Nations Association (1993); and the Saint Vincent DePaul Humanitarian Award (2000)." <ref>[http://www.law.depaul.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_information.asp?id=7]</ref>
==External links==
*"[http://www.law.depaul.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_information.asp?id=7 Biography]", Accessed December 2006.
[[category:human rights]][[category:Middle East]] [[categoryCategory:human rightsNew Humanitarian Crusader|Bassiouni, Cherif]]
