Mr. Ronald St. John Macdonald

  • Deceased
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: June 25, 1984
    • Invested on: October 03, 1984

    As professor at the Dalhousie Law School, judge of the European Court of Human Rights, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague and advisor to governments, he is one of our leading thinkers on international law and has had a major influence on Canadian policy.

  • Companion of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: April 27, 2000
    • Invested on: October 26, 2002

    As a professor and former Dean of law at the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University, he is a renowned scholar, notably for his definitive work on the rule of law in international relations. He is the first and only non-European to serve as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights and the first Westerner appointed as Honorary Professor of Law at China's Peking University. Described as a "citizen of the world," he is recognized for his profound commitment to the universal protection of human rights. This is a promotion within the Order.