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Author: Said Mahmoudi

02 Jun

In Memoriam: Judge Lennart Aspegren (1931–2026)

Judge Lennart Aspegren has past away at his home in Stockholm, 95 years old. Aspegren became one of the three UN judges who, on September 2, 1998, delivered the world's first conviction for genocide in the Akayesu case. Lennart Aspegren was the son of brewery director Ivar Aspegren and Suleika Gazala Bey. His unique family background – with a mother from...

Ove Bring, Hans Corell, Johan Hirschfeldt, Marie Jacobsson, Mark Klamberg, Said Mahmoudi and Pål Wrange | 0 Comments
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