We are delighted to announce that Paul Reichler has received ‘The Honorary Member Award’ from the American Society of International Law (ASIL). The award was unanimously approved by ASIL Executive Council following the recommendations of the ASIL Honors Committee. This was presented during the ASIL Annual Meeting in April. This award is conferred on an individual of American or other nationality who has rendered distinguished contributions or service in the field of international law.
Paul was recommended by the ASIL Honors Committee for his career in public international law which spans four decades. They noted that Paul has brought 20 cases to the International Court of Justice and made 50 oral pleadings before the court as well as representing states in dozens of cases before other international courts, inter-state arbitral tribunals and investor-state panels. They recognised that Paul has been a champion of the rights of smaller states in disputes against the large and powerful as well as vulnerable communities at risk of grave violations of human rights.
The cases Paul has worked on have led to lasting geo-political outcomes. He represented Mauritius when the ICJ ruled on the lawfulness of the United Kingdom’s separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius. He represented Palestine before the Court on the legality of Israel’s prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian Territory, which helped inspire a High-Level Peace Conference on the Two State Solution. He is also counsel to the Gambia in the case alleging genocide of the Rohingya Muslim population. And he also represented Uruguay in the Pulp Mills case.
The ASIL Honoray Committee concluded “By honoring Reichler as an Honorary Member, ASIL would recognize his tireless and highly impactful contributions to the theory and practice of public international law and (in the words of another nominator) his efforts to “hold the world to its own best standards, through international law.””
For more information about Paul’s practice or instructing him please contact Lee Cutler to Tori Eastwick.
