Patrick Lipton Robinson
Patrick Lipton Robinson (born 29 January 1944, in Jamaica) is the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, a position he was elected to in November 2008. He was first elected to the Tribunal in 1998 and has been re-elected twice since. In 2004, he presided over the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević the first former head of state to be tried for war crimes.
He is the recipient of the national award, Order of Jamaica, awarded by the Government of Jamaica for services to International Law and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica and the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He is the recipient of the award of Honorary Membership of the American Society of International Law for 2011.[1]
He is the author of the book “Jamaican Athletics – A Model for 2012 and the World".
[edit] Other positions held
- 1988–1995: Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- 1991–1996: Member, International Law Commission
- Since 1996: Member, International Bioethics Committee
- 1995–1996: Foreign member, Haiti Truth and Justice Commission
- 1997: Chairman, United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations
- Since 1998: Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Since 2008: President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- [2] (Biography - ICTY page)
- [3] Jamaican Athletics - A Model for 2012 and the World
- [4] Video Citation at Jamaica College's Carlton Alexander Award Ceremony
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