Louis B. Sohn

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Louis B. Sohn was a prominent international law scholar and advocate who played a key role in the development of the United Nations and modern international legal institutions.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
international law scholar ⓘ
international lawyer ⓘ
law professor ⓘ
legal academic ⓘ
advisorTo United States delegation to the United Nations ⓘ
advocatedFor peace through international law ⓘ
strengthening the United Nations system ⓘ
awardReceived Goler T. Butcher Medal ⓘ
Manley O. Hudson Medal ⓘ
coAuthorWith Grenville Clark ⓘ
contributedTo drafting of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
countryOfBirth Poland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
employer George Washington University Law School ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ
familyName Sohn ⓘ
fieldOfWork United Nations law ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
international law ⓘ
law of the sea ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of stronger international legal institutions ⓘ
contributions to the development of the United Nations ⓘ
work on codification of international law ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
memberOf American Society of International Law ⓘ
movement internationalism ⓘ
notableWork Basic Documents of the United Nations ⓘ
Cases and Materials on United Nations Law ⓘ
United Nations Decision Making ⓘ
World Peace Through World Law ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
participatedIn San Francisco Conference of the United Nations ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lviv ⓘ
linked to: Lviv, Ukraine
positionHeld Bentley Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School ⓘ
Woodruff Professor of International Law at George Washington University Law School ⓘ
president of the American Society of International Law ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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