John Clint Williamson

John Clint Williamson has served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues since being confirmed by the U. S. Senate on June 29, 2006. He is the third person to hold this title.

Immediately prior to his appointment in the Department of State, Ambassador Williamson served as the Acting Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Relief, Stabilization, and Development at the National Security Council (NSC). From 2003 to early-2006, he served as the Director for Stability Operations on the NSC staff. While at the NSC, he was instrumental in developing the proposal for creation of a standing U.S. Government post-conflict response capability, which was realized with the establishment of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization in the State Department in mid-2004.

While with the NSC, Ambassador Williamson served a rotation in Baghdad, Iraq as the first Senior Adviser to the Ministry of Justice. From late-2001 through 2002, he served in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations as the Director of the Department of Justice in the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, overseeing the justice and prison systems.

From 1994 to 2001, he worked as a Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands. While at the ICTY, he supervised investigations and field operations in the Balkans, compiled indictments, and prosecuted cases at trial. Among the cases handled by Ambassador Williamson were those against Slobodan Milosevic and the notorious paramilitary leader Zeljko Raznatovic, aka “Arkan,” as well as cases arising from the Yugoslav Army attacks on Vukovar and Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Prior to joining the ICTY, Ambassador Williamson served as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Section and as an Assistant District Attorney in New Orleans, LA.

Ambassador Williamson holds a bachelors degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, and a law degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.

References

*cite news |first= JOHN |last= KIFNER |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= INQUIRY ESTIMATES SERB DRIVE KILLED 10,000 IN KOSOVO |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE1DE103FF93BA25754C0A96F958260 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date= July 18, 1999 |accessdate=2008-06-24

External links

* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/75505.ht, Biography: Clint Williamson, United States Department of State]