{"id":1713,"date":"2025-11-02T05:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:46:26","slug":"the-iijs-steven-hill-appointed-as-un-assistant-secretary-general-for-legal-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/the-iijs-steven-hill-appointed-as-un-assistant-secretary-general-for-legal-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"The IIJ&#8217;s Steven Hill appointed as UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations my precious friend and colleague Steven Hill, a champion of global peace and security!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announced the appointment of Steven Hill of the United States as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is currently the Executive Secretary of the The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law (IIJ), where I serve on the advisory board. A brilliant leader, Steven brings over two decades of experience working on international legal issues in multilateral organizations, national government and in academia. Steven previously held the position of Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of Legal Affairs at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (2014-2020). He served as a career official at the United States National Security Council (2021-2022) and in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the United States Department of State (2001-2008). He was also the Deputy Legal Adviser at the United States Mission to the United Nations (2011-2014). Steven has taught international law at academic institutions in China, Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, Connecticut, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College, Massachusetts, USA, he is destined to hold even higher appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We thank Steven for his outstanding contribution for global peace and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"1716\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1003\" data-id=\"1715\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-1024x1003.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-1024x1003.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-300x294.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-768x752.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" data-id=\"1714\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2-1024x731.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2-1536x1097.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-2.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the UN Press Release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/personnel-appointments\/2025-10-22\/mr-steven-hill-of-the-united-states-of-america-assistant-secretary-general-for-legal-affairs\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations my precious friend and colleague Steven Hill, a champion of global peace and security!<\/p>\n<p>United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announced the appointment of Steven Hill of the United States as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Congratulations my precious friend and colleague Steven Hill, a champion of global peace and security! 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