Elinor Hammarskjöld is the second Swedish lawyer appointed UN Legal Counsel

On February 1, Elinor Hammarskjöld, former Director-General for Legal Affairs at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, took up the very important post as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel.

Elinor Hammarskjöld. Photo: Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Elinor participated as a moderator in our symposium "Security and the Formation and Application of International Law" in 2024. Elinor is the second Swedish lawyer to hold this position, after Hans Corell (who was the president of SCILJ between 2012 and 2021).

For more information, you can read the official press release on the UN website:

Ms. Elinor Hammarskjöld of Sweden - Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel

Last updated: February 3, 2025

Source: Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice

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