Biography

Short Bio

Curriculum Vitae

Bibliography

Photo of Hans Corell

UN Links

Links to the United Nations Website

United Nations

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

Material posted from 1994 to 2004 by me when I was Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations   

From 1993 to 2004, the UN Office of Legal Affairs was involved in and in some cases directly responsible for the establishment of the following institutions:

The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (1993)                                                                                                                                             

The International Tribunal for Rwanda (1994)                                                                                                                                       

The International Seabed Authority (1994)                                                                                                                                     

 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1996)                                                                                                                                      

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (1997)                                                                                                                                                 

International Criminal Court (1998) 

Ceremony Marking the Opening for Signature of the Rome Statute of the Internaional Criminal Court on 18 July 1998

Signing the Agreement on the Special Court for Sierra Leone with Minister of Justice Solomon Berewa on 16 January 2002

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (2002) 

With President Kabbah at the Courthouse Opening Ceremony on 10 March 2004         

In the Killing Fields Cambodia March 2000

Extraordinary Chambers of the National Courts of Cambodia (2003) 

Signing with His is Excellency Sok An the Agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Nations at the Chaktomuk Theatre, Phnom Penh on 6 June 2003

Iraq 1998

Baghdad February 1998                                       

Baghdad February 1998

Present Engagement

Present Engagements

Links to some institutions in which Hans Corell is presently engaged

The International Bar Association 

       – Co-Chair of the Council of the Human Rights Institute 2015-2018

       – Vice-Chair of the Council of the Human Rights Institute 2010-2014

       – Member of the Rule of Law Action Group

       – Member of the War Crimes Committee Advisory Board

       – Co-Chair of the World Organisations Committee (WOC) 2008-2012

The American Society of International Law 

       – Counsellor 2006-2009

       – Honorary Member

The American Bar Association

       – Member of the International Law Section since 2009

       – Council Member At-Large of the International Law Section 2009-2014 and              2016-2019 

The American Bar Foundation

 – Life Fellow 2023

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law 

       – Member of the Committee of Honorary Patrons

The World Justice Project

         – Honorary Chair

Arctic Frontiers

         – Member of the Advisory Board

Arctic Governance Project

          – Member of the International Steering Committee

World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability

          – Member of the High Level International Advisory Committee

International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP)

         – Adviser

The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice

         – Member of the International Council

The Edelstam Foundation

         – Member of the Board

The American Bar Association International Criminal Court Project (ABA-ICC Project)

          – Member of the Board of Advisors

The Robert H. Jackson Center

         – Member of the Board of Directors

The International Science Program (ISP) Uppsala University

        – Member of the Board of Directors

Special missions after retirement from public service 

- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Adviser 2010-2022 

- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice 2012-2021

  - Adviser to INTERPOL 2016-2019 

- Member of the Steering Committee of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative

-  Member of the Advisory Board of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University March 2005-June 2016

-  Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration 1990-2014. Member of the Financial Assistance Fund Board of Trustees 2006-2014

-Member of the Commission of Jurists to inquire into the death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld 2012-2013

           – Report of the Commission of Inquiry of 9 September 2013

           – The Report as a UN document in all six official languages

-  Legal Adviser to the Panel of Eminent African Personalities, chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to support the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation 2008-2013. Chairman of its Legal Working Group on Governance in February 2008

-  Member of the Independent Panel on International Criminal Court Judicial Elections 2012

- Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes 2006-2012

-  Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 2006-2012 

- Chairman of the Conference “Common Concern for the Arctic”, organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers at Ilulissat, Greenland, on 9-10 September 2008. The Conference Report including the Chairman's Conclusions is available here.

- Assisted the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government in the preparation of and during their 26th Annual Plenary Session, held in Stockholm on 25-27 June 2008. See http://www.interactioncouncil.org

-  Chairman of the XXVIII Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held in Stockholm on 6-17 June 2005                       

- Engaged in training of Iraqi judges, organised by the International Bar Association in 2004 and 2005

- Coordinator of a working group on legal responses to terrorism, which was established during the preparations for the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, organised by Club de Madrid (former Heads of State and Government) in Madrid on 8-11 March 2005.  See http://www.clubmadrid.org 

- Senior Counsel at Mannheimer Swartling 1 March 2005 - 28 February 2009. 

Material on UN Website

Material posted by Hans Corell, Legal Counsel 6 March 1994 - 14 March 2004

CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE and the following titles appear in the Drop-down Menu: 

• On Leaving the United Nations, February-March 2004

• Sixth Committee of the General Assembly -  Last meeting in the 20th Century

• Sovereignty – Intervention

• International Criminal Court

• Special Court for Sierra Leone

• Peacekeeping

• Rule of Law in International Relations

• Global Compact

• Corruption

• Teaching of International Law

• Millennium Summit

• Terrorism

• Cyber-Crime

• Law of the Sea

• UNCITRAL

• In Swedish only/Endast på svenska 

Selected Material

Selected Material 2004 -

Selected Speeches and Articles After March 2004

With respect to earlier material reference is made to "Material on UN Website" and to Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography under "Biography"

Antarctica

 Address at the opening of the 28th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Stockholm 2005

Concluding Remarks at the 28th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

The Arctic

The Legal Regime in the Arctic. Address at a seminar on “The Arctic - Climate, Culture and Security” at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, on 17 April 2023

The Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean – Some Basic Rules. In: Current Developments in Arctic Law, Volume III (2015). Eds Timo Koivurova and Waliul Hasanat. University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law (2015) (p. 13-14) (printing range p. 19-20)

The Arctic and the Present Geopolitical Situation. Opening Remarks at a Conference organised by the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, the University of Bergen, and the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland on the topic Challenges of the Changing Arctic: Continental Shelf, Navigation and Fisheries, held in Bergen, Norway on 26-27 June 2014 

Published in Challenges of the Changing Arctic Continental Shelf, Navigation and Fisheries. Eds. Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore and Ronán Long. Leiden/Boston: Brill/Nijhoff Publishers (2016) (p. 10-16)

Final documents of the Arctic Governance Project April 2010

The Arctic: An Opportunity to Cooperate and Demonstrate Statesmanship. In: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 42:1065 (p. 1065-1079) 

Conclusions by the Chairman of the Conference “Common Concern for the Arctic”, organised by the Nordic Council of Ministers on 9-10 September 2008 at Ilulissat, Greenland. -- The full Conference Report is available here.

The North is not the wild West. In: The Globe and Mail, 28 April 2008

Reflections on the possibilities and limitations of a binding legal regime for the Arctic. In: Environmental Policy and Law, Vol. 37 (2007) No. 4 (p. 321-324)

Climate and Environment

 See also "The Arctic" and "Rule of Law in International Relations".

World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability Meets in Brazil. In: International Judicial Monitor, Summer 2012 Issue

Defence Alliances

Defence Alliances – A Future Necessity. In: Bevara alliansfriheten Nej till Nato-medlemskap! Ed. Anders Björnsson & Sven Hirdman. Lund: Celanders förlag (2014)

Disarmament

Nuclear Disarmament and Security Council Reform. Address at an event “Law’s Imperative: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons”, honouring Peter Weiss, LCNP President Emeritus, New York on 2 April 2014

Is It Possible to Outlaw Nuclear Arms? In: NOW IS THE TIME TO PROHIBIT NUCLEAR WEAPONS! A special edition of the journal of the Swedish section of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. LÄKARE MOT KÄRNVAPEN 2010 # 120: 6-9

The Role of Public International Law and the lCJ in a Changing World. In: Freedom from Nuclear Weapons through Legal Accountability and Good Faith. Ed. George Farebrother for the World Court Coalition. Russell Press Ltd. (2007) (p. 12-22) 

Empowerment of Women

International Women's Day 2012 on the theme: Women in North Africa – The Arab Spring: Women in democracy processes. Address at the Historical Museum in Stockholm on 8 March 2012

Global Compact

The Global Compact. In: Corporate Social Responsibility – Sustainable Business Environmental, Social and Governance Frameworks for the 21st Century. Eds. Rae Lindsay and Roger Martella. Kluwer Law International B.V. (2020) (p. 325-335), The volume was published in June 2020 and the chapter is published here with kind permission of the International Bar Association. 

UN Global Compact principles: significance for the promotion of international trade. Address at a conference organised by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on 16 March 2018

Human Rights

See also under "Material on UN Website"  , "Global Compact" and "International Criminal Law". 

Human Rights under Threat after 9/11. On the Rule of Law in Dagens Nyheter, 10 May 2013.  Also published in the Spring 2013 Issue of the International Judicial Monitor as Human Rights, Rule of Law, Under Threat After 9/11.  Direct link to Rule of Law – A guide for politicians 

Protecting Human Rights: The Role of the United Nations – Major Challenges. Address at the Human Rights Week 2010, organised by Amnesty International, Law Students’ Network at Oslo University, on 19 February 2010

Human Rights Should Be Protected by the Rule of Law.  Address at a Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights organised by the American Bar Association's Section of International Law on the topic Human Rights, the Just Rule of Law and the Role of Lawyers, held in New York on 14 November 2008

 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights“. Opening Address – Music at Lake Siljan 28 June 1998

International Civil Service

Foreword in: Morten Bergsmo and Viviane E. Dittrich (editors), Integrity in International Justice, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2020 (ISBNs: 978-82-8348-190-7 (print) and 978-82-8348-191-4 (e-book)) 

Separate link to the e-book 

The Dag Hammarskjöld Legacy and Integrity in International Civil Service. In: Morten Bergsmo and Viviane E. Dittrich (editors), Integrity in International Justice, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2020 (ISBNs: 978-82- 8348-190-7 (print) and 978-82-8348-191-4 (e-book))   

Dag Hammarskjöld et l’éthique d’un fonctionnaire international. Réflexions lors d'une rencontre en mémoire de Dag Hammarskjöld, 50 ans après sa disparition. Maison de l’Unesco, Paris, 15 décembre 2011

The ethics of an international civil servant. In: New Routes 2/2011 (p. 12-16)

International Criminal Court

When hope and history rhyme: ICC vital to achieving global rule of law. In: Global justice news and civil society views from the Coalition for the ICC, posted on 3 May 2016

Challenges for the International Criminal Court. In: The Winter 2014 Issue of the International Judicial Monitor

International Criminal Law – How Long Will Some Miss the Missing Link? In: Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Vol. 37 No. 1 (2005) (p. 11-20)

International Criminal Law

A Special Tribunal for Ukraine on the Crime of Aggression – The Role of the U.N. General Assembly. In: Just Security, February 14, 2023

Translation into Ukrainian

Proposal for a Resolution by the United Nations General Assembly & Accompanying Proposal for a Statute of a Special Tribunal for Ukraine on the Crime of Aggression. Ukraine Task Force of the Global Accountability Network. 7 September 2022

Preface to: Options for Justice: A Handbook for Designing Accountability Mechanisms for Grave Crimes. Open Society Justice Initiative (May 2018) (p. 9-13)    The Handbook in Spanish

Introduction to: The Founders  Four Pioneering Individuals Who Launched the First Modern-Era International Criminal Tribunals. Ed. David  M. Crane, Leila N. Sadat and Michael P. Scharf. Cambridge University press (2018) (p. 3-18)

Reflections at the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute organised by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court on 15 February 2018

The Future of International Criminal Law Looking Back at Nuremberg. Keynote Address at the Tenth Annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs, held at Nuremberg, Germany, on 29-30 September 2016

The Brandeis University Ad Hoc Tribunals Oral History Project. An interview with Hans Corell, conducted on 11 March 2015

Assessing the Impact of Security and Geopolitical Considerations on the Protection of Human Rights and the Pursuit of International Criminal Justice. In: Globalization and Its Impact on the Future of Human Rights and International Criminal Justice. Ed.  M. Cherif Bassiouni. Intersentia nv, Belgium (2015) (p. 173-187). Printable manuscript

Foreword in: On the Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Convention. Ed.  Morten Bergsmo and SONG Tianying. FICHL Publication Series No. 18 (2014), Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels (2014) (p. iii-vi)

Reflections on International Criminal Justice:  Past, Present and Future. In Washington University Global Studies Law Review, Volume 12, Number 3 (2013), page 621. Also available under this link

Reflections on International Criminal Law over the Past Ten Years. Keynote Address at the Sixth Annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogues, held at Chautauqua, N.Y., on 26-28 August 2012.

Reflections on the role of international prosecutors and the judges of the International Criminal Court. In Foreword to: International Prosecutors. Ed. Luc Reydams, Jan Wouters and Cedric Ryngaert. Oxford University Press (2012) (p. v-xi).

International Prosecution of Heads of State for Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. In: The John Marshall Law Review [43:xxv 2009] (p. xxv-xli).

Addressing impunity – How united are the nations? In: Development Dialogue no. 53 Responses to Mass Violence – Mediation, Protection, and Prosecution. Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (November 2009) (p. 11-25). 

Also included here for ease of reference: Proposal for an International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia by Rapporteurs (Corell-Türk-Thune) under the CSCE Moscow Human Dimension Mechanism to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia of 9 February 1993.

Also included here for ease of reference: Report by Rapporteurs (Corell-Türk-Thune) under the CSCE Moscow Human Dimension Mechanism to Croatia of 7 October 1992.

Internet 

Educational Material to Assist the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Deciding What Status The Corporation Should Aim for as A Private International Entity in Its Host Country. August 2006

Islamic Law

Law of the Sea

See also "The Arctic"

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Present Geo-Political Situation. In: Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. Eds. Myron H. Nordquist and Ronán Long. Brill/Nijhoff Publishers. Series: Center for Oceans Law and Policy, Volume: 24 (2021) (p. 7-17)

The United Nations – A Practitioner’s Perspective. In: The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea. Ed. Donald R. Rothwell, Alex G. Oude Elferink, Karen N. Scott, and Tim Stephens. Oxford University Press (2015) (p. 346-372)

A brief contribution at the International Conference on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine in Kyiv on 21 August 2023

Words of Welcome at the opening of the 2021 ESIL Conference in Stockholm on 9 September 2021 

Reflections on Addressing Global Disputes. Keynote Address delivered at a Conference & Workshop organised by the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation in Stockholm on 3 October 2019

A Brief Message to the Students at the Closing Ceremony of the Academic Year 2017-18. Italian Diplomatic Academy. In Arena di Verona, Italy, on 10 June 2018    Link to the oral presentation

A few word of thanks to Dr Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia, for delivering the 2012 Anna Lindh Lecture at Lund University (Sweden) on 28 January 2013. Link to Dr Türk's Lecture Human Rights in a Temporal Perspective: From the "Age of Human Rights" to an Era of Uncertainty

Concluding remarks at an event to mark the centenary of Raoul Wallenberg’s birth “Implementing Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law – the Individual Responsibility” at Lund University on 24 April 2012

In Commemoration of Dag Hammarskjöld. Remarks at the opening of the 8th Annual Conference of the Hague Academic Coalition on 9 November 2011

A few word of thanks to Dr Shirin Ebadi for delivering the 2009 Anna Lindh Lecture at Lund University (Sweden) on 29 September 2009. Link to Dr Ebadi's Lecture Barriers to the Advancement of Human Rights in the World and in Iran

Lecture delivered at Uppsala on 18 September 2009 at a Commemorative Event organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on the 48th Anniversary of Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death. 
See pages 6 – 16 at: https://www.daghammarskjold.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/the_ethics_of_hammarskjold.pdf 

A few word of thanks to Dr Kofi A. Annan for delivering the 2008 Anna Lindh Lecture at Lund University (Sweden) on 2 October 2008. Link to Dr Annan's Lecture Establishing a Culture of Prevention 

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Dag Hammarsjkold. 

Speech held at Sammilsdal, Leksand, on 29 July 2005

Rule of Law

Reference is made also to titles under "Material Posted on the UN Website" and "Selected material 2004 -"

Introduction – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 

“Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,”

This quote from the Preamble of the UDHR draws on the experience of generations of oppressed peoples. The principal aim of the Declaration is “freedom, justice and peace in the world”. If one analyzes conflicts around the world, there is a common denominator. The root causes of the conflicts are: no democracy and no rule of law. The best way to achieve the aim expressed in the Declaration is to use every means possible to end this deficiency in the world community.

The United Nations 

The General Assembly

Resolution A/RES/67/1 of 24 September 2012: Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels

In the so-called Summit resolution A/RES/60/1 adopted in September 2005, Member States recommitted themselves to actively protect and promote all human rights, the rule of law and democracy. Special reference is made to paragraphs 11, 16, 21, 24 (b), 25 (a), 119 and 134 
https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/globalcompact/A_RES_60_1.pdf

The Security Council

The Council has also engaged itself in this field. Reference can be made to a presidential statement, adopted by the Security Council on 22 June 2006, S/PRST/2006/28 on Strengthening international law: rule of law and maintenance of international peace and security:

“The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and international law, which are indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.”

Security Council Reform and The Rule of Law

“Security Council Reform and the Rule of Law” Text of letter dated 22 November 2012 to the Permanent Representatives of the members of the United Nations Security Council. The address referred to in the letter is available here

"Security Council Reform: Rule of Law More Important Than Additional Members" Letter dated 10 December 2008 to the Governments of the Members of the United Nations

See also: Addressing Impunity: How United are the Nations? Address at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium plenary session Nations United Against the Victimization of Mankind held on 23 June 2009

United Nations Secretariat

United Nations and the Rule of Law

Legal Technical Assistance

Audiovisual Library of International Law

 The Need for the Rule of Law in International Affairs. Reflections on Dag Hammarskjöld’s address at Oxford University on 30 May 1961, “The International Civil Service in Law and in Fact”. Lecture delivered at Uppsala on 18 September 2009 at a Commemorative Event organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on the 48th Anniversary of Dag Hammarskjöld’s Death. 

Former Heads of State and Government

The InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government

See the Final Communiqué from the 26th Annual Plenary Session of the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 25-27 June 2008, addressing Present State of the World, Restoring International Law, and Managing International Financial Markets

At this Session the InterAction Council also endorsed the Chairman’s Report on the High-level Expert Group Meeting on Restoring International Law: Legal, Political and Human Dimensions, held in Hamburg, Germany, on 19 June 2008

There are also translations of the Communiqué into Arabic and Spanish at the Council’s webpage.

The Madrid Club

The Madrid Agenda Against Terrorism, adopted on 11 March 2005

“Any successful strategy for dealing with terrorism requires terrorists to be isolated. Consequently, the preference must be to treat terrorism as criminal acts to be handled through existing systems of law enforcement and with full respect for human rights and the rule of law.”

Rule of Law - A guide for politicians

Presentation of the Guide to the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on 24 October 2012 in the city of Québec, Canada

     Link to the Audiovisual Presentation

     Text of the Audiovisual Presentation

Definition of the Rule of Law

There is no precise definition of the rule of law. The concept is also not so easily translated into other languages. In French one would for example speak of "état de droit" or "prééminence du droit" and in German of "Rechtsstaat".

 The meaning of the rule of law can also vary between legal systems and traditions. Basically, what it is all about is to create a system where the citizens and those who reside in a country are protected from arbitrary and abusive exercise of power by the different branches of government.

 Some argue, as I do, that a true system under the rule of law can exist only in a democracy in which international human rights standards are respected. Others may take a different view. This is often expressed as a difference between a "thick" and a "thin" definition of the concept of the rule of law.

 There are many writings on this topic. The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law has established a Rule of Law Bibliography: Books, Articles and Chapters in Edited Volumes which is available here.

Legal Technical Assistance

See United Nations Secretariat above.

Reference is also made to:

The World Bank

The Council of Europe

The International Bar Association

The IBA Rule of Law Directory

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law

The Europe and Eurasia program (CEELI)

The World Justice Project

The World Justice Project

The Rule of Law Index

Corruption

One of the major obstacles to the establishment of the rule of law is corruption. An absolutely neccessary companion to legal technical assistance is an effort to root out this despicable phenomenon that affects everyone in a society but in particular the poor. 

Message from the Secretary-General at the opening of the High-level Political Conference for the Purpose of Signing the United Nations Convention against  Corruption, held in  Merida, Mexico, 9 December 2003

An Appeal to Judges Worldwide  by  the Legal Counsel made at the High-level Political Conference for the Purpose of Signing the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Merida, Mexico, 9 December 2003 

A Global Rule of Law Meeting Point

Creating a Global Rule of Law Meeting Point

På Svenska

Visst material på svenska efter mars 2004 

Beträffande tidigare material hänvisas till "Material on UN Website" samt till  Curriculum Vitae och Bibliography under "Biography"

Folkrätt

Internationell straffrätt – tankar inför framtiden. Advokaten Nr 8 – 2019

Var det lagligt att döda Usama bin Ladin? Advokaten Nr 5 - 2011

Bara respekt för folkrätten kan få igång fredsprocessen. Om Mellanöstern i Dagens Nyheter, 12 juni 2010

Några ord vid en manifestation för fred mellan Israel och Palestina den 10 januari 2009

Anmälan av Ove Brings "Neutralitetens uppgång och fall -- eller den gemensamma säkerhetens historia" Publicerad i: Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet, N:r 4 2008 (p. 307-310)

Klimat och rätt. Advokaten Nr 5 - 2008

Rättspositivismen i folkrätten i ett praktiskt perspektiv. En kommentar. Publicerad i: Svensk Juristtidning, Vol. 1, 2008: 30-36

Vapen formar inte demokrati. Svenska Dagbladet, 12 november 2006   

Mot nya horisonter. Anförande hållet vid Kungl. Örlogsmannasällskapets högtidssammanträde den 15 november 2004. Publicerad i: Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet, N:r 4 2004 (p. 398-404)

FN, folkrätten och framtiden. Publiderad i: Svensk Juristtidning, Vol. 4, 2004: 333-350

Förenta nationerna

FN måste respekteras – och säkerhetsrådet reformeras. I Nätmagasinet Mänsklig säkerhet den 17 december 2019

FN:s säkerhetsråd måste reformeras. Svenska Dagbladet, 28 december 2016

Sveriges plats i FN:s säkerhetsråd förpliktigar. SVT Opinion den 29 juni 2016

Förmår FN leva upp till organisationens ändamål? Ett framtidsperspektiv. In: Mångkulturell samverkan – platser och prägel. Ed. Sven Arne Flodell. Stiftelsen Sverige och kristen tro (2012) (p. 152-174)   

Till frågan om Libyen och Syrien: FN:s säkerhetsråd måste föregå med gott exempel. Dagens Nyheter, 3 september 2011

Till frågan om en humanitär intervention i Libyen. Expressen, 24 februari 2011 

FN:s oförmåga drabbar civila. Svenska Dagbladet, 7 januari 2009

Reflektioner om FN:s framtid. In: FN Globalt Uppdrag.  Ed. Lars Eriksson, Berith Granath, Birger Halldén. FN-förbundet (2005) (p. 443-447)

Sverige har särskilt ansvar för att FN blir slagkraftigt. Dagens Nyheter, 9 September 2005

Bushs krig skadade FN.  Svenska Dagbladet, 23 september 2004

Försvarsfrågan

Försvarsallianser – en framtida nödvändighet. Publicerad i: Bevara alliansfriheten Nej till Nato-medlemskap! Red. Anders Björnsson & Sven Hirdman. Lund: Celanders förlag (2014) (p. 123-135)

Inlägg i försvarsdebatten: Lätt slå ut Sverige med störningar i sjöfarten. Göteborgs-Posten, 13 januari 2014

Havsrätt

Inlägg i debatten om en ev. gasledning genom svensk ekonomisk zon. Svenska Dagbladet, 21 december 2007

Intervjuer

Krigsförbrytelser och en hymn för fred – Hans Corell i rättsstatens tjänst. Intervju i Juridikens värld, Norstedts Juridik den 25 mars 2022

Jag glömmer aldrig barnens berättelser. Intervju i Global Bar Magazine, 19 februari 2021

Weekendintervju i Dagens Industri, 3 april 2008

Jusektidningen, 11 maj 2007 - https://www.akavia.se

FN:s eget samvete lämnar byggnaden. Intervju i Dagens Nyheter, 28 mars 2004

Jusektidningen, 8 mars 2002 - https://www.akavia.se 

Nedrustning

Konventionen om förbud mot kärnvapen – Juridiska aspekter. Publicerad i LÄKARE MOT KÄRNVAPEN 2018 # 152: 4-5

Juridiska aspekter på ett kärnvapenförbud. Publicerad år 2016 av Svenska Läkare mot Kärnvapen i: EN OSÄKER VÄRLD – KÄRNVAPNENS KONSEKVENSER OCH NEDRUSTNINGENS FRAMGÅNGAR, s. 63-76. Direktlänk till artikeln finns här

Kan man förbjuda kärnvapen? Publicerad i: DAGS ATT FÖRBJUDA KÄRNVAPNEN! Ett temanummer med fakta och tankar om kärnvapen och nedrustning. LÄKARE MOT KÄRNVAPEN 2010 # 119: 6-9

Rättsstaten 

Kyrkan, havet och rättsstaten. Publicerad i: Fast spridd i många länder. En vänbok om kyrka och utland tillägnad Lennart Sjöström. Red. Olle Kristenson. Artos förlag (2022) (p. 118–136)

Rättsstaten – en förutsättning för internationell fred och säkerhet. Denna artikel är publicerad av Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien i juni 2021 i Ideologisk sprängkraft inom EU – ett säkerhetspolitiskt hot? En antologi om värderingsförändringar inom EU, redaktör Björn Körlof. Referensen till artikeln på min hemsida är publicerad med Akademiens tillstånd.  

Advokatens roll i arbetet för rättsstaten och mänskliga rättigheter. Gästkrönika i Advokaten Nr 9 – 2015

Mänskliga rättigheter hotade efter 11 september - Dagens Nyheter, 10 maj 2013

”Rättsstaten – En handledning för politiker”, se nedan

Stärkt svensk rättsstat en förebild för världen. Dagens Nyheter, 26 maj 2011

Rättsstaten – En handledning för politiker

Se också under "Rule of Law"

Rättsstaten – En handledning för politiker. Utarbetad under överinseende av Raoul Wallenberginstitutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt vid Lunds universitet och Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL)

Tal vid särskilda tillfällen

Anförande på temat "Ryssland ut ur Ukraina" på Fria Ukrainas plats i Stockholm den 12 juni 2024

Situationen i Ukraina i ett folkrättsligt perspektiv. Föreläsning vid Karlstads universitet den 20 januari 2023

Erfarenheter från mitt arbete som rättschef i Förenta nationerna 1994–2004.  Anförande inför Uppsala FN-förening på FN-dagen den 24 oktober 2020

Advokatens roll i arbetet för rättsstaten och mänskliga rättigheter. Anförande inför Sveriges Advokatsamfund vid Advokatdagarna den 5-6 november 2015

Veterankonsert i Berwaldhallen den 29 maj 2014. Introduktion till Generalsekreterare Kofi Annans bön om fred

Fredens möjligheter i vår tid: En blick framåt – och en återblick. Tal vid öppnandet av Fredsmuseum på Uppsala slott den 16 december 2005

Kvinnor i demokratiprocesser. Högtidlighållande av Internationella Kvinnodagen den 8 mars 2012

Rättsstaten, mänskliga rättigheter, demokrati – förutsättningar för internationell fred och säkerhet. Högtidlighållande av FN-dagen den 24 oktober 2009

Högtidstal vid Lundajuristernas Dag i Allhelgonakyrkan i Lund den 14 juni 2008

Lagen och sanningen – Reflektioner kring kravet på FN:s trovärdighet. Högtidlighållande av FN-dagen den 24 oktober 2006

Fredens möjligheter i vår tid: En blick framåt – och en återblick. Tal vid öppnandet av Fredsmuseum på Uppsala slott den 16 december 2005

Reflektioner kring Dag Hammarskjölds tankar om den internationelle tjänstemannen.  Anförande vid en ceremoni i Helsingfors den 4 april 2005 för att hedra 100-årsminnet av Dag Hammarskjölds födelse

FN och arbetet för de mänskliga rättigheterna. Högtidlighållande av FN-dagen den 24 oktober 2004

Bagpipes/säckpipa

Playing at the ceremony to honour all those who gave their lives in the service of the United Nations

Staff Day in the UN Garden on 30 May 2003

 Photo: Mercedes Fajardo

“Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Prayer for Peace”   

– Composition for bagpipes (copyright UNICEF)

Farewell address

Staff notation

Sound recording

Veterankonsert i Berwaldhallen den 29 maj 2014

Introduktion till Generalsekreterare Kofi Annans bön om fred 

 The Pipes & Drums of the 1st Royal Enginees, numera Stockholm Pipe Band

Poetry/Poesi

*     Arvid Mörne: Nytt Världskrig – A New World War

This poem written by the Finnish/Swedish poet Arvid  Mörne (1876-1946) was published in 1935, four years before the outbreak of the Second World War. 

Swedish original and English translation

At the Closing of the Work of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly at its Fifty-fourth Session on 23 November 1999

Joseph Turrin´s Hymn for Peace (2003) Text by Arvid Morne. Translation by Hans Corell for SATB, flute, cello and piano

*     Mille  Fleurs: Symbolic collection of world poetry to mark the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations. Edited by H.E. Kamalesh Sharma, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.

Contribution by Hans Corell

*     Karin Boye: I rörelse – On the Move

To commemorate that the European Union turned fifty in 2007 and the cultural diversity of Europe, all 27 European Union member states and the European Commission Delegation in Washington, DC, launched a literary project in the Spring of 2007, entitled European Poetry in Motion®. One of the Swedish contributions was I rörelse – On the Move by Karin Boye (1900-1941). 

Poetry in Motion

As displayed in the subway and the busses in Washington in May 2007

*     Ginkaku-ji – A haiku in memory of a visit to the Silver Pavilion

In English and Japanese

Birds

Birds/Fåglar

BirdLife Sverige

Ottenby fågelstation 

Club 300

Angarngruppen

Roadrunner

Birds in Central Park

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Bird Conservation – Examples  

BirdLife International

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Birds and music – An example

Vienen los pájaros – Fåglarna kommer ur Canto General av Pablo Neruda, tonsatt av Mikis Theodorakis