Richard J. Goldstone was a judge in South Africa for 23 years, the last nine as a Justice of the Constitutional Court. Since retiring from the bench he has taught as a visiting professor of universities, including University of Virginia School of Law and the Central European University in Budapest.
In the fall of 2004 he was the first scholar-in-residence at the new Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice at the City University of New York School of Law. From August 1994 to September 1996 he was the chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
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MAR 31, 2004 • Article
Promoting Democracy through International Law
Failing to draw adequately on international law, the model of democracy promoted by the Bush administration is neither effective nor legitimate in the eyes of ...
MAY 12, 2000 • Article
Morgenthau Lecture: Kosovo: An Assessment in the Context of International Law
South African jurist Richard J. Goldstone traces the troubled history of the Albanian province of Kosovo after it was incorporated into the new Yugoslavia in 1945.