Former Nuremburg prosecutor reflects on the importance of the ECCC
by Henry T. King Jr.

About Professor King:

Henry T. King, Jr., is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. A former U.S. Prosecutor at the Nuremburg Trials, a former General Counsel of the U.S. Foreign Economic Aid Program, as well as a former Chairman of the Section on International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association, Mr. King is U.S. Chairman of the Joint ABA (American Bar Association), CBA (Canadian Bar Association), Barra Mexicana Working Group on the Settlement of International Disputes whose recommendations for the Settlement of Disputes under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were incorporated into the Agreement. He is U.S. Director of the Canada-United States Law Institute and Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University of Law where he teaches international arbitration. He is also of Counsel to the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Mr. King served as a member of the ABA Task Force on War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia. He was founder of the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group and is a former president of the Cleveland World Trade Association. Mr. King is a former chair and long-time member of the Northern Ohio District Export Council. He has published over seventy articles on international legal subjects, including international business transactions, international arbitration, and Nuremburg related topics. Mr. King has written a book on Albert Speer, one of the Nuremburg defendants, entitled The Two Worlds of Albert Speer. The University of Pittsburgh, School of Law named Mr. King a Fellow honoris causa of the Center for International Legal Education on March 9, 2002. On June 4, 2002, Mr. King was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws by The University of Western Ontario. Mr. King was a guest of the government of The Netherlands on March 11, 2003, for the inauguration of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.