**Benjamin Berell Ferencz** (1920-yil 11-mart - 2023-yil 7-aprel) amerikalik huquqshunos edi. U Ikkinchi jahon urushidan keyin natsistlarning urush jinoyatlari bo'yicha tergovchisi va Nyurnbergda (Germaniya) AQSh hukumati tomonidan o'tkazilgan 12-Nyurnberg sudlaridan biri bo'lgan Eynsatzgruppen sudida Qo'shma Shtatlar armiyasining bosh prokurori vazifasida bo'lgan. 

Keyinchalik u xalqaro huquq ustuvorligi va Hni tashkil etish tarafdori bo'ldi. 1985-yildan 1996-yilgacha u Pace universitetida xalqaro huquq kafedrasi yordamchi professori bo‘lgan

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Ferencz 1920-yil 11-martda  tarixiy Transilvaniya mintaqasidagi Somkuta-Mare shahrida yahudiy oilasida tug‘ilgan.  Bir necha oy o'tgach, Tretion shartnomasi Vengriya Qirolligidan Ruminiyaga katta Transilvaniyani, shu jumladan Somkuta-Mare hududini ajratdi.

Ferencz o'n oylik bo'lganida, Ruminiya Transilvaniya, Banat, Crisana va Maramuresni o'z nazoratiga olganidan keyin Ruminiya Qirolligi tomonidan venger yahudiylarining ta'qib qilinishidan qochish uchun uning oilasi Qo'shma Shtatlarga hijrat qildi. 

Oilasi bilan Nyu-York shahrida joylashganlar, u yerda ular Manhattenning Quyi Sharqiy tomonida istiqomat qilishdi.  Ferencz Nyu-York shahrida joylashgan kollejda jinoyatchilikning oldini olish bo'yicha tahsil olgan va uning jinoiy huquq imtihonining natijasi unga Harvard yuridik fakultetining stipendiyasi g'olibiga aylantirgan. Harvardda u Rosko Pound  qo'l ostida tahsil olgan va o'sha paytda urush jinoyatlari haqida kitob yozayotgan Sheldon Gluek uchun tadqiqot olib borgan. Ferencz 1943-yilda Harvard universitetini tamomlagan. 

O'qishdan so'ng u AQSH armiyasiga qo'shildi. Uning armiyada askar bo'lgan vaqti Shimoliy Carolinadagi Camp Devisda mashinist sifatida ishlagan; o'sha paytda u yozuv mashinkasidan foydalanishni ham, quroldan otishni ham bilmas edi. Uning ish vazifalari, shuningdek, hojatxonalarni tozalash, qozon va pollarni tozalashdan iborat edi. 1944 yilda u 115-AAA qurol batalyonida, zenit-artilleriya bo'linmasida xizmat qilgan.


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