This year the WFLS will honor U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (Md). Senator Cardin will receive the Harry LeRoy Jones Award for his stewardship of U.S. foreign policy at a time of deep global geopolitical upheaval, and for his steadfast commitment, as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and of the Helsinki Commission, to promoting the rule of law, defending democracy, and upholding respect for human rights across the world.

The WFLS bestows the Harry LeRoy Jones Award annually upon an honoree who promotes the rule of law--and international law in particular--and has a profound and lasting impact on institutions dedicated to justice, international law, or scholarship. Past recipients of the award include U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg; U.S. Senators George J. Mitchell and Richard Lugar; UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights John Ruggie; IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde; World Justice Project Founder William H. Neukom; former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker; former Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice; U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke; and USTR Katherine Tai.

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