M. Cherif Bassiouni, full name Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, lived from 1937 to 2017 and was an Egyptian American law professor whom the media often called the Godfather of International Criminal Law. He taught at DePaul University from 1964 to 2012, founded its International Human Rights Law Institute in 1990 and served as its president until 1997. He chaired the United Nations Commission of Experts investigating violations in the former Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1994, served as an independent expert on human rights for Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006, chaired the Commission of Inquiry for Libya from 2011 to 2012, and chaired the drafting committee for the 1998 diplomatic conference that established the International Criminal Court. He wrote dozens of books on international criminal law, human rights and comparative criminal law and died of cancer in Chicago.
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Role-American emeritus professor of law at DePaul University, where he taught from 1964 to 2012 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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What was M. Cherif Bassiouni's role in creating the International Criminal Court?
He chaired the drafting committee at the Rome conference that produced the court's founding treaty.
When the diplomatic conference that drafted the treaty for the International Criminal Court opened in Rome, Bassiouni was chosen as chair of its drafting committee. In that role he worked to develop a widely acceptable text for the treaty establishing the court.
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Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni (Arabic: محمود شريف بسيوني; 9 December 1937 - 25 September 2017) was an Egyptian-American emeritus professor of law at DePaul University, where he taught from 1964 to 2012.
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He was a founding member of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University which was established in 1990.
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Wikidata Q6712478, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1937
Wikidata Q6712478, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1937-12-19
Wikidata Q6712478, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2017
Wikidata Q6712478, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2017-09-25
Wikidata Q6712478, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cairo
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P20 (place of death): Chicago
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