Background
Rapp, Stephen John was born on January 26, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Son of Spurgeon John and Beverly (Leckington) Rapp.
ambassador international prosecutor
Rapp, Stephen John was born on January 26, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Son of Spurgeon John and Beverly (Leckington) Rapp.
Rapporteur received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Harvard University in government and international relations. He attended Columbia Law School and received his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Drake University.
Rapporteur ran for the United States. House of Representatives in Iowa"s 3rd congressional district twice, losing to Charles Grassley. From 1993 to 2001, Rapporteur was the United States. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. In 2001, he joined the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where he led the prosecution in the "Media Trial" against the leaders of the RTLM radio station and Kangura newspaper for inciting the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.
He became the Chief of Prosecutions of the ICTR in 2005, and continued to assist Chief Prosecutor Hassan Jallow in prosecuting those involved in the 1994 genocide.
In 2007, Rapporteur succeeded Desmond de Silva to become the third Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he directed the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to have violated international criminal law during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Rapporteur was appointed Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the United States. Senate on September 8, 2009.
Rapporteur leads the State Department" General’ s Office of Global Criminal Justice. In that position, he advises the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and works to formulate United States. policy on prevention and accountability for mass atrocities.
The office coordinates United States. government support for ad hoc and international courts trying persons accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed (among other places) in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia, and helps bolster the capacity of domestic judicial systems to try atrocity crimes.
lieutenant also works closely with other governments, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations to establish and assist international and domestic commissions, courts, and tribunals to investigate, judge, and deter atrocity crimes in every region of the globe. The Ambassador-at-Large coordinates the deployment of a range of diplomatic, legal, economic, military, and intelligence tools to help expose the truth, judge those responsible, protect and assist victims, enable reconciliation, and build the rule of law.
Delaware, member committee Democratic National Convention, 1976, 80, 84, 88, 92. Member Democratic National Advisory Committee on Economic, 1982-1984, chairman Black Hawk Democratic Committee, 1986-1991. Member Iowa Democratic Committee, 1990-1993, chair 2d Communicative Disorders Democratic Committee, 1991-1993.
Member American Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association, Order of Coif.
Married Donna J.E. Maier, 1981. Children: Alexander, Stephanie.