Biography
Johan D. van der Vyver
I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights
Areas of Expertise
International Human Rights, Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law
Biography
Johan D. van der Vyver is a former professor of law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an expert on human rights law and has been involved in the promotion of human rights in South Africa.
In 1990-91, Professor van der Vyver was the visiting I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Emory; he continued to visit Emory in alternate years to teach courses in international human rights. In 1995, he was appointed the I.T. Cohen Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Emory. He also served as a fellow in the Human Rights Program of The Carter Center from 1995-1998.
He is the author of many books and more than two hundred law review articles, popular notes, chapters in books and book reviews on human rights and a variety of other subject matters.
Education: BCom, 1954, LLB, 1956, Honns BA, 1965, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education; Doctor Legum, University of Pretoria, 1974; Diploma of the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights of the International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France), 1986; Doctor Legum (honoris causa) (University of Zululand), 1993; Doctor Legum (honoris causa) (Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education), 2003.
Publications
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Morality, Human Rights, and Foundation of the Law 54 Emory L.J. 187 2005
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International Criminal Court and the Concept of Mens Rea in International Criminal Law, The 12 U. Miami Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 57 2004
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Torture as a Crime under International Law 67 Alb. L. Rev. 427 2003
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The Right to Self-Determination and Its Enforcement 10 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 421 2003
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American Exceptionalism: Human Rights, International Criminal Justice, and National Self-Righteousness 50 Emory L. J. 775 2001
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National Reconciliation under the Norms of International Law for the New Millennium 2000-2003 Third World Legal Stud. 65 2000
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National Reconciliation under the Norms of International Law for the New Millennium 2000-2003 Third World Legal Stud. 65 2000
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Self-Determination of the Peoples of Quebec under International Law 10 J. Transnat'l L. & Pol'y 1 2000
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State-Sponsored Proselytization: A South African Experience 14 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 779 2000
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Personal and Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 14 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 1 2000
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National Reconciliation under the Norms of International Law for the New Millennium 2000-2003 Third World Legal Stud. 65 2000
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Prosecution and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 23 Fordham Int'l L.J. 286 1999
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Constitutional Perspective of Church-State Relations in South Africa 1999 BYU L. Rev. 635 1999
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Introduction to the Public Conference Addressing Religious Liberty in the United States 12 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 935 1998
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Universality and Relativity of Human Rights: American Relativism 4 Buff. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 43 1998
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The Self-Determination of Minorities and Sphere Sovereignty 90 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 211 1996
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