Award for the Outstanding Performance by an International Lawyer in a Government or International Organization

This award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated sustained, outstanding service in the field of international law to include contributing to the development of the international system or to the rule of law, for general professional excellence or for other purposes consistent with the Section’s goals, priorities, or mission.

2012	John T. Masterson, Jr.
2011	D. Stephen Mathias
2010	Jonathan B. Schwartz
2009	Russell Munk
2008	Ronald J. Bettauer
2006	Eleanor Roberts Lewis
2005	Jeffrey D. Kovar
2002	Paul Szasz
2001	Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes, Office of Legal Advisor, United States State Department
1997	Office of the United States Trade Representative

Francis Shattuck Security and Peace Award

This award honors an American lawyer who has demonstrated significant creativity, initiative and courage in the cause of international security and peace by taking a concrete action or making a specific proposal to address an ongoing international conflict, or to strengthen international institutions of peace enforcement or justice and exemplified the promotion of security and peace through the international rule of law that was central to the career of Francis Shattuck.

2012	William H. Taft, IV
2010	Patricia M. Wald
2008	Ambassador Christopher Hill
2006	Senator George J. Mitchell

International Human Rights Lawyer Award

The Section of International Law presents the International Human Rights Lawyer Award to distinguished foreign human rights lawyers who have suffered persecution as a result of their professional activities.

2012	Edgar Perez
2010	Gao Zhisheng (China)
2009	Andrew Makoni
2008	Abdulrahman Al-Lahem (Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Dadkhah (Iran), Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) and Hina Jilani (Pakistan)
2006	Soraya Gutierrez Arguello (Columbia)
2003	Digna Ochoa y Placido (Mexico)
2001	Rosemary Nelson (Northern Ireland)
1997	Muchtar Pakpahan (Indonesia)
1996	Olisa Agbakoba (Nigeria)
1995	Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka)
1994	Teo Soh Lung (Singapore)
1993	Srdja Popovic (Serbia)
1991	Carlos Escobar Pineda (Peru)
1990	Gibson Kamau Kuria (Kenya)

Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law

In memory of the Section Chair Leonard J. Theberge (1979-80), this award was established to honor those persons who have made distinguished, long-standing contributions to the development of private international law.

2012	Louise Ellen Teitz
2011	Professor Ronald A. Brand
2010	Peter D. Trooboff
2009	Mary Helen Carlson
2008	David P. Stewart
2007	Peter Winship
2005	Don Wallace, Jr.
2004	Professor Boris Kozolchyk
2002	Harold S. Burman
2000	Adair Dyer
1997	Professor Arthur von Mehren
1996	Professor Allan Farnsworth
1992	Professor Louis B. Sohn
1990	Lester Nurick
1989	Monroe Leigh
1988	Sir Joseph Gold
1987	Peter H. Pfund
1986	Professor John O. Honnold
1985	Professor Willis L.M. Reese
1984	Ambassador Richard D. Kearney
1983	Philip W. Amram

Louis B. Sohn Award for Public International Law

In honor of Section Chair Louis B. Sohn (1992-93), this award is presented to those persons who have made distinguished, long-standing contributions to the field of public international law.

2012	Anne-Marie Slaughter
2011	John Murphy
2010	Jerome J. Shestack
2009	James Carter
2008	Professor Louis B. Henkin
2007	President Rosalyn Higgins
2006	The Honorable Thomas Buergenthal
2005	Dean Harold Koh
2004	Arthur Helton (posthumous)
2000	Elliot Richardson (posthumous)

Mayre Rasmussen Award for the Advancement of Women in International Law

The Section presents this award periodically to individuals who have achieved professional excellence in international law, encouraged women to engage in international law careers, enabled women lawyers to attain international law job positions from which they were excluded historically, or advanced opportunities for women in international law.

2012	Hope Lewis
2011	Carol Mates
2010	Diane Marie Armann
2009	Mary J. Harnett
2008	Deborah Enix-Ross
2007	Marsha Echols
2006	Aaron Schildhaus
2004	Rona R. Mears
2001	Dianna P. Kempe
2000	Lucinda A. Low
1999	Mayre Rasmussen (posthumous)

Outstanding International Corporate Counsel Award

The award is given to a Section member who is a practicing attorney employed by a company or other entity as an in-house counsel and who has demonstrated a significant contribution to the legal profession and the furtherance of the practice of law in an international context.

2012	M. Catherine Vernon
2011	Christine M Castellano

World Order Under Law Award

This award is presented periodically by the Section to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to and provided visionary leadership in pursuit of the American Bar Association’s Goal VIII, which is “To Advance the Rule of Law in the World.”

2012	LexisNexis
2011	Benjamin Ferencz
2010	Ana Montes Calderon
2009	Hans Corell
2007	Ambassador Thomas Graham
2005	Timothy L. Dickinson; Hongxia Liu
2003	Mary Robinson
1998	Talbot D’Alemberte
	Homer Moyer, Jr.
	Mark Ellis

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