Beth Van Schaack
Beth Van Schaack | |
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| United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | |
| Assumed office March 17, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Morse Tan |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA) Yale Law School (JD) Leiden Law School (PhD) |
Beth Van Schaack is an American attorney and academic who serves as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.
Early life and education
Van Schaack obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, and a PhD from Leiden Law School at the University of Leiden.
Career
Van Schaack is a visiting professor in Human Rights at Stanford Law School, teaching in areas relating to international law and human rights. She has been the Acting Director of the Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic. She is a fellow with Stanford’s Center for Human Rights and International Justice. As an attorney, she was a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, as well as working with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
US State Department
She served as Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues in the Office of Global Criminal Justice at the State Department. She helped advise the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights on the forming policy aimed at curbing mass atrocities and genocide.
Ambassador at Large
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On October 21, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Van Schaack to be the ambassador at large for global criminal justice.[1] Hearings were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 12, 2022. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on March 8, 2022. Van Schaack was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote on March 15, 2022,[2] and she was sworn in on March 17.[3]
Publications
- Imagining justice for Syria.[4]
References
- ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "PN1297 — Beth Van Schaack — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Beth Van Schaack". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ Van Schaack, Beth (2020). Imagining justice for Syria. New York, NY, United States of America. ISBN 9780190055967.
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