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Jonathan Granoff is an American lawyer,
screenwriter and lecturer, widely known as President of the
Global Security Institute
The Global Security Institute (GSI) is a largely private (though partly bipartisan), non-governmental international organization with a mission to eliminate nuclear weapons through international cooperation and security. It aims to influence nat ...
.
Granoff is a Senior Advisor of the
American Bar Association
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's Committee on Arms Control and National Security and has served as Vice President of the NGO Committee on Disarmament at the
United Nations
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. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards including the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, the
Jane Goodall Institute
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The institute has offices in more than twenty-five coun ...
, the Bipartisan Security Group, and the
Middle Powers Initiativebr>
Granoff has lectured worldwide on the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on the threats posed by
nuclear weapons. As a
screenwriter, Granoff has been featured in more than 30 publication
He has practiced law in
Philadelphia
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as an individual practitioner, in several medium-sized firms, and as in-house counsel in a public company. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of
Nobel Peace Laureates
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in
Rome
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in 2004, where he represented the
International Peace Bureau
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, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization. Granoff has represented the International Peace Bureau at the Nobel Peace Laureate Summits in Rome every year since 2002.
Background
Granoff is the son of singer
Kitty Kallen
Kitty Kallen (born Katie Kallen; May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American popular singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War II pop scene and the early ...
— widely known for her 1954 chart-topping solo recording '"
Little Things Mean a Lot" —
and pioneering television syndicator Bernard "Budd" Granoff (1920-1996).
Granoff received his Baccalaureate degree, ''Cum Laude'', from
Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...
and ''Juris Doctor'' from
Rutgers School of Law - Camdenbr>
Speeches and writings
Selected speeches and writings by Mr. Jonathan Granof
May 5, 2010, New York City: presented at "Principles, Values and Global Security," seminar organized by Religions for Peace.
April 19, 2010, Tehran, Iran: presentation delivered at the International Conference on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, sponsored by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
December 5, 2009, Hiroshima, Japan: presented at the symposium, "Hiroshima Strives for Nuclear Abolition: Pursuing measures to energize the 2010 NPT Review Conference," organized by the Hiroshima Peace Institute and Chugoku Shimbun.
''December, 2009: World Policy Journal.
November 11, 2009, Berlin, Germany: presented at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Laureates.
''October, 2009: Tikkun Magazine.
July 16, 2009, Puntarenas, Costa Rica: prepared for the Article 9 and Article 12 Peace Constitutions for Global Disarmament conference.
Spring, 2009: Published in Reflections, Yale Divinity School.
April 3, 2009, New York City: Presentation at the special briefing and strategy session, Contributions of the United Nations System in Advancing the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and the Global Security Institute.
April 16–17, 2009, Rome, Italy: Delivered at the Overcoming Nuclear Dangers Conference, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and World Political Forum.
March 26, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland: Presentation at the Spring Conference organized and convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
March 17, 2009, New York City: address delivered at the Millennium Development Goals Award Ceremony, General Assembly, United Nations.
January 30, 2009, Berlin, Germany: transcript of remarks made at the sixth Article VI Forum meeting.
January/February 2009: published in ''Tikkun'' Magazine.
October 24, 2008, New York, NY: speech delivered at the GSI Strategy Session on Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention, as part of the East West Institute conference "Seizing the Moment: A One-Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament."
September 12, 2008, Stavanger, Norway to New York, NY: Speaker at the
Summer 2008: published in ''Disarmament Times''.
June 9–10, 2008, New Delhi, India: Presentation at International Conference, "Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council for World Affairs.
April 4, 2008: host of the Showcase Presentation at the American Bar Association Section of the International Law Spring Meeting.
March 9, 2008, Tehran, Iran: delivered at the Institute for Political and International Studies, organized by the Foreign Ministry of Iran.
March 30, 2008, Dublin, Ireland : delivered at Fifth Article VI Forum of the Middle Powers Initiative.
December 19, 2007: published in ''Embassy Magazine''.
December 13–14, 2007, Rome, Italy: and speeches delivered to the 8th Summit of Nobel Laureates.
November 20, 2007, New York, NY: an address to Inter-Parliamentary Union at the Chamber of the Economic and Social Council.
November 7, 2007: published in ''The Courier-Journal''.
September 26, 2007: published in the ''New York University School of Law Journal of International Law and Politics''.
July 18, 2007, New York, NY: Presentation to the Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
May 3, 2007, Washington, DC: briefing before the United States House of Representatives Taskforce on Non-proliferation.
May 4, 2007, Washington, DC: Moderator of Special Showcase Presentation with at the American Bar Association Section of the International Law Spring Meeting.
March 28, 2007, Washington, DC: delivered at Beyond Nuclear Weapons Conferences hosted by the Project for Nuclear Awareness.
March 15, 2007, Washington, DC: prepared Remarks to the Organization of American States.
February 10, 2007: published at ''CommonDreams.org''.
2007: in Ives, D. (Ed.), ''Reverence for Life: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today''. Cambridge Scholars Press.
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External links
Global Security InstituteLawyers Committee on Nuclear PolicyLawyers Alliance for World Security
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American lawyers
Living people
American anti–nuclear weapons activists
Vassar College alumni
Rutgers University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)