Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Elizabeth Wilmshurst (born August 28, 1948 ) is a British lawyer. From 1974 to 2003 she served in various functions with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . She has been teaching at University College London since 2001 and has been a Distinguished Fellow for International Law at Chatham House in London since 2014 .
On March 3, 2003, Elizabeth Wilmshurst resigned after the vote by Lord Goldsmith , which was decisive for Britain's entry into the Iraq war , from her position because of the lack of legality for a war without a corresponding UN resolution. The Foreign Office kept the complete letter explaining her resignation under lock and key for two years; only a censored version was published. The letter only became fully known when it was published in the Guardian in March 2005.
Publications
- Daragh Murray, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, et al. a. (Ed.): Practitioners' Guide to Human Rights Law in Armed Conflict . [2004]. Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-879139-3 (multiple editions)
- Elizabeth Wilmshurst (Ed.): International Law and the Classification of Conflicts . Oxford University Press 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-965775-9
Movies
- 2008: Juliet Stevenson plays Elizabeth Wilmshurst in the episode "A Simple Private Matter" of the BBC series "10 Days to War" .
- 2019: She is played by Tamsin Greig in the film Official Secrets .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chatham House. Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG, Distinguished Fellow, International Law Program
- ^ Ewen MacAskill: Adviser quits Foreign Office over legality of war The Guardian, March 22, 2003, accessed March 20, 2009
- ^ Richard Norton-Taylor: War resignation letter censored The Guardian, March 24, 2005
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| SURNAME | Wilmshurst, Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1948 |