David Scheffer

David Scheffer
1st United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
In office
August 5, 1997  January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPierre-Richard Prosper
Personal details
Born (1953-09-18) September 18, 1953

David John Scheffer (born September 18, 1953, in Norman, Oklahoma) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. He is the Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he directed the Center for International Human Rights from 2006 to 2019.