US Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor has received the World Peace & Liberty Award from the World Jurist Association (WJA). The award recognises her impeccable judicial work and her efforts to uphold and apply the law even in challenging circumstances.
H.M. King Felipe VI spoke at the closing ceremony, as did Luis Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic.
David E. Kovel, General Counsel of the World Jurist Association, read out the award certificate, which reflects the merits of Judge Sotomayor for obtaining this award and whose career is reflected in the values of the WJA. The laudatio to Sonia Sotomayor was delivered by Stephan Harbarth, President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, and Anthony Kennedy, Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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