Writings

What a century of life-experience can teach us about happiness, ambition, courage, love and how to make the most of the lives we've been given.  How many people do you know ...

Preface Meeting Benjamin Ferencz and Antonio Cassese Anyone who has met Benjamin Ferencz and Antonio Cassese knows that here are two men totally committed to the defense of ...

Preface A Glance Back The Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes plain that if there is to be freedom and justice and peace in the world there must be “recognition of ...

Introduction The following briefly summarizes ideas encompassed in the latest Ferencz book, New Legal Foundations for Global Survival, which is the culmination of his life’s ...

Preface For the first time in history, it lies within man’s power to destroy all life on earth. National and economic rivalries, competing political ideologies and ...

Introduction By Louis B. Sohn* Athens, Georgia, February 1983 This is the third part of a grand trilogy. In the first two parts, Benjamin B. Ferencz presented collections of ...

Introduction by Professor Louis Sohn, Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School A few years ago Benjamin B. Ferencz made available to the discerning public a ...