John Maktos Explained

John Maktos was an employee of the United States State Department from 1929 until 1962.^[1] In 1948 he served as chairman of the United Nations Committee on Genocide that drafted provisions to make genocide an international crime treated in the same way as piracy. In a 1973 interview Maktos describes the international law issues on which he worked as the State Department’s first Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs.^[2]

Maktos was a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School.

External links

• Truman Library photo of Maktos

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Maktos Oral History Interview . trumanlibrary.gov . National Archives and Records Administration, The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum . 28 June 2023 . May 28, 1973.
2. Buchwald . Todd F. . International Law and the "New Cold War": An Opportunity for Reflection on International Law in the "Old" Cold War . Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law (JIL) . 2023 . 55, Article 9 . 1 . 183–215 . 28 June 2023.