¶ … BIOS of Authors
The author of this report will be writing short biography summaries for seventeen different authors and pundits within the transitional justice scholarly sphere. About a third to half a page will be dedicated each. The names involved include William Schabas, Ryn Slyle and Dapo Akande. The background, ethnicity and famous works (if any) will be given for each. While there are varying beliefs and backgrounds with the authors, there is still a general pattern among them that should be taken seriously.
Biographies
Willian Schabas
Schabas is a white male that is in his 60's and lives in the greater Toronto area. He is a professor at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. His lineage includes a strong Jewish presence. He is a massive proponent if abolishing the death penalty as a form of criminal punishment. He also sought to form and shape the definition of genocide. Regarding the latter point, he is quick to say that not all mass killings are, by their nature and intent, genocide. The only three events he counts as a "genocide" were the Armenian Genocide, the Jew/Gypsy Holocaust and the much more recent actions in Rwanda [footnoteRef:1] [footnoteRef:2]. [1: Middlesex,. (2015). Schabas, William | Middlesex University London. Mdx.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/schabas-william] [2: Falk, R. (2015). An Interview with Professor William Schabas. Mwcnews.net. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://mwcnews.net/focus/analysis/49789-william-schabas.html]
James Goldston (OSF -- NYC)
James Goldston is also centered out of the United States. He is the Executive Director for the Open Society Justice Initiative. He also served for a year or so as the coordinator of prosecutions and was a senior trial attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. Mr. Goldston is white and he graduated from Columbia and Harvard for his undergraduate and law school, respectively. He has worked all over the world and this would Budapest (Hungary), much of the rest of Europe as well as the United States. His main focuses have been international law and criminal law. He focuses his attention on things like torture, counter-terrorism and racial discrimination [footnoteRef:3] [footnoteRef:4]. [3: OSF,. (2015). James Goldston. Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/people/james-goldston] [4: Guardian,. (2015). James A Goldston | The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.theguardian.com/profile/james-a-goldston]
Dr. Mahnoush Arsanjani (ex-OLA)
Ms. Arsanjani is, like Mr. Goldston, an international lawyer. Her initial schooling was in Iran but she was later awarded both a graduate degree and a doctorate by Yale University in the United States. She has written a number of books that focus on international law and its associated perspectives. She has served in the United Nations legal office for more than thirty years [footnoteRef:5] [footnoteRef:6]. [5: BICI,. (2015). Dr. Mahnoush H. Arsanjani | BICI. Bici.org.bh. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.bici.org.bh/index499b.html?commissioner=dr-mahnhoush-h-arsanjani] [6: OAS,. (2015). Mahnoush H. Arsanjani. Oas.org. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.oas.org/juridico/english/Seminar10.htm]
Priscilla Hayner (NYC)
Ms. Hayner is also a strong academic. She received degrees from Earlham College and from Columbia University. Her main specialties are with truth commissions and transitional justice. She was a cofounder of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). Some of the major focal points of that organization have included Sierra Leone, Peru and Ghana. Her most famous treatise on the subject would really have to be Unspeakable Truths in 2001. She has appeared on multiple broadcasts for the BBC and some radio stations in Africa [footnoteRef:7]. [7: Cassese,. (2015). Priscilla Hayner. Cassese-initiative.org. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.cassese-initiative.org/global-education/summer-schools/faculty/9-global-education/89-hayner-bio.html]
Mark Freeman
Mr. Freeman has written several books about much the same thing that Hayner focused on. Indeed, his books covered topics like truth commissions, procedural fairness, necessary evils (e.g. amnesty, etc.) and international human right laws, both in force and desired ones [footnoteRef:8]. [8: IFIT,. (2015). Mark Freeman -- IFIT - Institute for Integrated Transitions. Ifit-transitions.org. Retrieved 18 April 2015, from http://www.ifit-transitions.org/people/mark-freeman]
Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri
Dr. Vinjamuri is a white woman who also focuses a lot on international politics. Her focus is by no means limited to one city, state or country as she has been involved with actions and plans with the United Nations, in London and in some parts of Africa. Her bachelor's degree was from Wesleyan University while her MSc is from the London School of Economics. Her doctorate came from Columbia University. Ms. Vinjamuri is published in many reputable journals including...
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