M. Cherif Bassiouni - Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

In 1999 Professor Bassiouni was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the field of international criminal justice and for his contribution to the creation of the International Criminal Court. He did not win as Médecins Sans Frontières received the award in 1999.

In 2007 he was awarded the Hague Award for International Law for his "distinguished contribution in the field of international law". He was awarded a colloquium in his honour: The Third Hague Prize Colloquium. This colloquium was organized by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law.
He has also received the Via Sapientiae Award (DePaul University) in 2009, the Beccaria Medal from the International Society for Social Defence in 2009, the Silvia Sandano Award of the University of Rome in 2008. In addition to his many awards, Professor Bassiouni also holds a number of Honorary degrees such as the Doctor of Humane Letters, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, US (2009); Doctor of Law honoris causa, National University of Ireland, Galway (LLD) (2001); Doctor of Law honoris causa, Niagara University (LLD) (1997); Doctor of Law honoris causa (Docteur d'Etat en Droit), University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, France (1986); Doctor of Law honoris causa (Dottore in Giurisprudenza), University of Torino, Italy (1981). Additionally, Professor Bassiouni holds the following Law degrees: LLB University of Cairo, JD Indiana University, LLM John Marshall Law School, and SJD George Washington University. Furthermore, he studied law at University of Burgundy, France, and at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

He has received the following medals:

• Order of Military Valor (First Class), Arab Republic of Egypt (1956)
• Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commendatore (1976), Grande Ufficiale (1977), Cavaliere di Gran Croce (2006)
• Order of Scientific Merit (First Class), Arab Republic of Egypt (1984)
• Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic (Commander) (1990)
• Order of Lincoln of Illinois, United States of America (2001)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Commander), Federal Republic of Germany (2003)
• Légion d’Honneur (Officier), Republic of France (2003)
• Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Republic of France (2006)

He has also received numerous academic and civic awards, including:

• The Special Award of the Council of Europe (1990)
• The Defender of Democracy Award, Parliamentarians for Global Action (1998)
• The Adlai Stevenson Award of the United Nations Association (1993)
• The Saint Vincent DePaul Humanitarian Award (2000)
• The Dominican University Bradford-O’Neill Medallion for Social Justice (2011)