Professor Peter T. Burns, QC

Member of the Society Board of Directors
Member of the Society Management Committee
Member of the Editorial Board of the Criminal Law Forum
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Centre
for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
Past President of the Society

Peter T. Burns, Q.C. is Professor Emeritus and past Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia.

He was a member of the United Nations Committee against Torture (1987-2003), and served as Chair from 1997 - 2003.

He served as Chair, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (1993-2007) and past -President, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law (1994- 1999).

He was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Auckland and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Otago. He has been a member of the Law Reform Commission of British Columbia 1986-91 and was Vice-Chairman, Forest Resources Commission of British Columbia (1989). Professor Burns was granted his LL.B., University of Otago, New Zealand, 1962, and his LL.M., University of Otago, 1963.