Sharon A. Williams

{{short description|Canadian lawyer and legal scholar (1951-2016)}}

Sharon A. Williams (1951—2016){{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-yearbook-of-international-law-annuaire-canadien-de-droit-international/article/sharon-a-williams-19512016/29B11CCF0BAE78E2ED0C3C4CA30BE2CF|doi = 10.1017/cyl.2017.22|title = Sharon A. Williams (1951–2016)|journal = Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire Canadien de Droit International|year = 2017|volume = 54|pages = 309–310|s2cid = 231889771}} was a Canadian lawyer and legal scholar who served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague from 1991 to 1997,{{cite web|url=http://toxipedia.org/display/wanmec/Sharon+A.+Williams|title=Sharon A. Williams - WANMEC|website=Toxipedia.org|accessdate=27 December 2017}} was a consultant to the Canadian Department of Justice on extradition matters,{{cite web |url=http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/williams-sharon-a/ |title=Williams, Sharon A. - Osgoode Hall Law School |accessdate=2015-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922103545/http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/williams-sharon-a/ |archivedate=2015-09-22 }} and was a Judge ad litem at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/milan_simic/tjug/en/sim-sj021017e.pdf|title=International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Former Yugoslavia since 1991|website=Icty.org|accessdate=27 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/sid/7980|title=Press - International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|website=Icty.org|accessdate=27 December 2017}} She studied at Harvard (LL.B.) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M., D.Jur.) where she was a professor of law.