The American Society of International Law (ASIL) is awarding its highest honor, the Manley O. Hudson Medal, to Professor José E. Alvarez in 2024. The award is given to “distinguished persons of American or other nationality for outstanding contributions to scholarship and achievement in international law” (see the history of honors conferred by the ASIL). The presentation will take place at the luncheon event during the Society’s 118th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on April 4, 2024.

Professor José E. Alvarez is the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at NYU School of Law, where he researches and teaches foreign investment law, international criminal law and courts, international organizations, and public international law. His latest book, co-authored with Judith Bauder, is Women’s Property Rights Under CEDAW (forthcoming, OUP). He is faculty director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Institut de Droit International, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a former president of the American Society of International Law and previous co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International Law.