"About the editors" [2012] ELECD 1315; in Boas, Gideon; Schabas, A. William; Scharf, P. Michael (eds), "International Criminal Justice" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) vii

Book Title: International Criminal Justice

Editor(s): Boas, Gideon; Schabas, A. William; Scharf, P. Michael

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781005590

Section Title: About the editors

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

About the editors

Gideon Boas is an Associate Professor of the Monash Law Faculty and a
Barrister. He was a Senior Legal Officer at the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), where he was the senior adviser
to the Trial Chamber in the Milosevic case. He has consulted for a range of
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governments, including the Australian federal government and Victorian
government departments, as well as the United Kingdom Foreign and
Commonwealth Office. He has also consulted for international organ-
isations and NGOs, writing briefing papers and providing training. Gideon
has been pro bono legal counsel for accused war criminal Radovan
Karadzic, and has provided expert advice on extradition and other matters.
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He has published many books, book chapters and articles on international
criminal law and justice.
William A. Schabas is Professor of International Law at Middlesex Uni-
versity in London. He is also Professor of International Criminal Law and
Human Rights at Leiden University, Professor of Human Rights Law at the
National University of Ireland Galway, chairman of the Irish Centre for
Human Rights, and a visiting professor at the Paris School of International
Affairs (Sciences-Po). He is the author of more than 20 books and 300
journal articles, on such subjects as the abolition of capital punishment,
genocide and the international criminal tribunals. Professor Schabas was a
member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is a
president of the Irish Branch of the International Law Association and chair
of the Institute for International ...