Ken Watkin
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Brigadier General Kenneth "Ken" Watkin OMM, CD, QC |
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| Born | November 3, 1954 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Ottawa, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Known for | Former Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Forces |
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| Predecessor | Maj.-Gen. Jerry Pitzul |
| Successor | Brig.-Gen. B. Blaise Cathcart |
| Spouse(s) | Maureen |
| Children | three daughters |
Brigadier General Kenneth "Ken" Watkin, OMM, CD, QC (born 1954) is a Canadian lawyer, soldier and jurist. Watkin was Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the Canadian Forces from 2006 to 2010. He is an expert on military law.
He was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed JAG effective April 2006, for a four-year term.
In June 2010, the Israeli government appointed Watkin to be one of two international observers serving on an Israeli commission of inquiry looking into the events surrounding an Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara.
Watkin was born in Kingston, Ontario, a non-identical triplet, along with a brother (Kerry) and sister (Kathy); he also has an older brother (Robert). He and his siblings attended Loyalist Collegiate.
Watkin is a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada (B.A., 1976) and Queen's University Law School in Kingston, Ontario, where he received Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees. From 2002 to 2003, Watkin was a Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights Program of Harvard Law School.
Ken Watkin started his career as an infantry officer in the Royal Canadian Regiment. His first tour of duty after graduating from The Royal Military College was with the Royal Canadian Regiment battalion in Gagetown New Brunswick.
Watkin served as a Canadian Forces legal officer, starting in 1982, for 24 years prior to his appointment to JAG. He was trial counsel at courts-martial and appellate counsel before the Canadian Court Martial Appeal Court. He worked as legal counsel on several investigations into the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, and counselled Canadian naval commanders in Bosnia and during a fisheries dispute with Spain. He has written papers on the topics of human rights, international humanitarian law, and military operational law.
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