Owen Pell is a retired partner from White & Case in New York City, a large international law firm where he handled complex commercial litigation, litigation involving foreign sovereigns, and litigation involving issues of international law, including as to the Holocaust. In addition to his litigation practice, Owen formulated a proposal for a title-clearing and dispute resolution center in the EU to address claims for art works looted from Jews during the Holocaust, a proposal that was endorsed by the European Parliament. In addition to publishing on Holocaust-looted art issues, he has authored a paper analyzing the history of the French National Railway during the Holocaust, contributed book chapters on Business and Human Rights, and given a TEDx talk titled “Diplomacy 2.0” on how companies and non-governmental organizations can affect human rights issues faster than countries. Owen is President of the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, the largest NGO in the world that trains government officials in long-term strategies for preventing identity-based violence. He also sits on the board of the International Peace Institute, the largest think tank dedicated to making the UN system work better.
