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Richard Goldstone

South African former judge · South Africa · Academics · Born 1938 · age 87

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Richard Joseph Goldstone is a South African retired judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994 to October 2003.

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The Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand, from which Goldstone graduated in 1962 and where he became Chancellor in 1996The Great Hall of the University of the Witwatersrand, from which Goldstone graduated in 1962 and where he became Chancellor in 1996Residents of a South African township under apartheid rule in 1989. The Goldstone Commission investigated violence and other human rights abuses committed in South Africa's townships.Residents of a South African township under apartheid rule in 1989. The Goldstone Commission investigated violence and other human rights abuses committed in South Africa's townships.The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia building in The Hague, NetherlandsThe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia building in The Hague, NetherlandsExplosion in Gaza on 12 January 2009, the 17th day of the Gaza War[55]Explosion in Gaza on 12 January 2009, the 17th day of the Gaza War[55]Goldstone at Beloit College, 23 February 2007Goldstone at Beloit College, 23 February 2007

Awards

Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights2005
Honorary Doctor of the University of Johannesburg
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Cape Town
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Glasgow
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University
Honorary Doctor of the Duke University
Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University
Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa

About this person

Richard Joseph Goldstone is a South African retired judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa from July 1994 to October 2003. He joined the bench as a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, first in the Transvaal Provincial Division from 1980 to 1989 and then in the Appellate Division from 1990 to 1994. Before that, he was a commercial lawyer in Johannesburg, where he entered legal practice in 1963 and took silk in 1976.

Country
South Africa
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 87

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