Editing Hans Corell

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[[File:Hans Corell.jpg|thumb|right|Corell at Salzburg Global Seminar in 2007]]

'''Hans Axel Valdemar Corell''' (born July 7, 1939) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] lawyer and diplomat. Between March 1994 and March 2004 he was Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the [[United Nations]]. In this capacity, he was head of the [[United Nations Office of Legal Affairs|Office of Legal Affairs]] in the [[United Nations Secretariat]].

Before joining the United Nations in 1994, Corell was an Ambassador and Under-Secretary for Legal and Consular Affairs in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hans Corell graduated with a [[Master of Laws]] at [[Uppsala University]]. He currently sits on the advisory board of The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at [[Brandeis University]] and on the boards of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association and the [[International Science Programme]]. He was chairman of the board of trustees of the [[Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law]] at [[Lund University]] from 2006 to 2012.

== The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative ==
Corell is on the Steering Committee of [[The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative]], launched in 2008 by the [[Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute]] to study the need for a comprehensive convention on the prevention and punishment of [[crimes against humanity]], analyze the necessary elements of such a convention, and draft a proposed treaty.<ref>[http://law.wustl.edu/harris/crimesagainsthumanity/?page_id=1301 The Crimes Against Humanity Initiative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810110326/http://law.wustl.edu/harris/crimesagainsthumanity/?page_id=1301 |date=10 August 2017 }} Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute</ref> The proposed treaty is now being debated before the UN [[International Law Commission]].<ref>Cecilia Marcela Bailliet, [http://ilg2.org/2014/08/06/un-international-law-commission-to-elaborate-new-global-convention-on-crimes-against-humanity/ "UN International Law Commission to Elaborate New Global Convention on Crimes Against Humanity"] IntLawGrrls</ref><ref>William A. Schabas, [http://www.humanrightsdoctorate.blogspot.com/2014/07/international-law-commission-to-work-on.html "International Law Commission to Work on Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity"] PhD studies in human rights</ref>

==World Justice Project==

Hans Corell serves as an Honorary Co-Chair for the [[World Justice Project]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldjusticeproject.com/honorary-chairs |title=Honorary Chairs |publisher=World Justice Project |date= |access-date=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105164516/http://www.worldjusticeproject.com/honorary-chairs |archive-date=2009-01-05 |df= }}</ref> The [[World Justice Project]] works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the [[Rule of Law]] for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldjusticeproject.com/about/ |title=About the |publisher=World Justice Project |date= |access-date=2010-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203064233/http://www.worldjusticeproject.com/about/ |archive-date=2010-02-03 |df= }}</ref>

==Lectures==
[http://legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Corell.html ''The Role of a Legal Adviser of an International Organization''] in the [http://legal.un.org/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]

==Awards==
*[[File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 4th Class BAR.svg|50px]] {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXIV/AB/10542/imfname_251156.pdf |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |title=Anfragebeantwortung |trans-title=Response to inquiries |id=10542/AB XXIV. GP |page=1658 |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=6 September 2024 |language=de}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hans Blix]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.havc.se Hans Corell's Homepage.]
*[https://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/corell_bio.html Biography at United Nations.]
*[http://untreaty.un.org/ola/legal_counsel3.aspx Information from the Legal Counsel.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061220020046/http://www.rwi.lu.se/index.shtml Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.]
*[http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/about/board.html Brandeis institute for international judges.]
*[http://untreaty.un.org/ola/legal_counsel3.aspx Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Prayer for Peace.]

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