Goler T. Butcher Medal
The Goler T. Butcher Medal is an award given by the American Society for International Law (ASIL) in memory of Goler Teal Butcher to an outstanding personality of American or other nationality for "excellence in human rights ", in particular for Contributions to their further development or their effective implementation should be appreciated.
It was donated after Goler Teal Butcher's death in 1993 and was first awarded four years later. As a rule, the recipients are honored for their life's work or their work over their entire career, but in exceptional cases the medal can also be awarded for outstanding activities in a shorter period of time. The award takes place without a fixed cycle, multiple recipients can be selected in the same year.
Award winners
- 1997: Thomas Buergenthal
- 1998: Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
- 1999: Baltasar Garzón
- 2000: Radhika Coomaraswamy
- 2001: Louis Henkin
- 2002: Sonia Picado Sotela
- 2003: Olara A. Otunnu
- 2004: Carla Del Ponte
- 2005: Pieter Kooijmans , Nigel Rodley and Theodoor Cornelis van Boven
- 2006: Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin
- 2007: Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade and José Miguel Vivanco
- 2008: Virginia Leary
- 2009: Monica Pinto
- 2010: Juan Ernesto Méndez
- 2011: Gay McDougall
- 2012: Asma Jahangir
- 2013: Dinah Shelton
- 2014: M. Cherif Bassiouni
- 2015: Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar
- 2016: James Anaya
- 2017: Patricia M. Wald
- 2018: Rosalie Silberman Abella
- 2019: Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
- 2020: Claudio Grossman
literature
- The Goler T. Butcher Medal. In: Frederic L. Kirgis: The American Society of International Law's First Century: 1906-2006. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Washington 2006, ISBN 90-04-15068-4 , p. 472
Web links
- American Society of International Law - Awards and Honors (English)
- List of award winners (PDF, 34 kB, English)