Sharon A. Williams

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Sharon A. Williams (1951-2016) [1] was a Canadian lawyer and legal scholar who served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague from 1991 to 1997, [2] was a consultant to the Canadian Department of Justice on extradition matters, [3] and was a Judge ad litem at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2003. [4] [5] She studied at Harvard (LL.B.) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M., D.Jur.) where she was a professor of law. [3]

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References

  1. "Sharon A. Williams (1951–2016)". Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire Canadien de Droit International. 54: 309–310. 2017. doi:10.1017/cyl.2017.22. S2CID   231889771.
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  3. 1 2 "Williams, Sharon A. - Osgoode Hall Law School". Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
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