The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has selected recipients from 12 countries to receive the 2008 UN Public Service Awards in New York on June 23rd. The UN's Director of the Division for Public Administration, Mr. Guido Bertucci, announced the award May 12, 2008 in New York.
Judge Eugene Hyman and the Santa Clara County Superior Court have been selected as the recipient for this prestigious honor for having broken new ground in United States jurisprudence. Judge Hyman is the creator and founder of the Santa Clara County Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence Court.
This award marks the first occasion that an American has won the UN's coveted Public Service Award.
