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The International Criminal Court is a permanent international tribunal established by the Rome Statute, adopted in 1998 and entering into force in 2002, and seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It prosecutes individuals, not states, for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. Its jurisdiction is generally limited to crimes committed by nationals of, or on the territory of, states that are parties to the Rome Statute, or situations referred to it by the United Nations Security Council. It is distinct from the International Court of Justice, which handles disputes between states rather than prosecuting individuals.

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Disputed
Founding Year
2002 1
2002 is the year the Rome Statute entered into force and the Court formally came into being. The Rome Statute itself was adopted in 1998, so 1998 is sometimes cited instead as the founding year.
Seat
The Hague, Netherlands 1
Jurisdiction Scope
Prosecution of individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression, generally limited to states party to the Rome Statute or situations referred by the United Nations Security Council. 1
Jurisdiction Scope
Jurisdiction Scope (category)
International / Supranational 1
International Criminal Court
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The first conviction handed down by the International Criminal Court, 2012.

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Source Adrian Fulford (Wikipedia)
Source Akua Kuenyehia (Wikipedia)
Alda Facio, Jurists
Source Alda Facio - Wikipedia
Source Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor (Wikipedia)
Anita Usacka, Jurists
Source Anita U?acka (Wikipedia)
Source Anthony Carmona (Wikipedia)
Source Bertram Schmitt (Wikipedia)
Beti Hohler, Jurists
Source Beti Hohler (Wikipedia)
Bruno Cotte, Jurists
Source Bruno Cotte (Wikipedia)
Source Chile Eboe-Osuji - Wikipedia
Source Chris van den Wyngaert (Wikipedia)
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Claude Jorda, Jurists
Source Claude Jorda (Wikipedia)
Source Cuno Tarfusser (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Ekaterina Trendafilova
Source Elizabeth Odio Benito - Wikipedia
Source Erdenebalsuren Damdin (Wikipedia)
Erkki Kourula, Jurists
Source Erkki Kourula (Wikipedia)
Source Fatoumata Demb?l? Diarra (Wikipedia)
Fumiko Saiga, Jurists
Source Fumiko Saiga (Wikipedia)
Source Georghios Pikis (Wikipedia)
Source Gocha Lordkipanidze (Wikipedia)
Source Hans-Peter Kaul (Wikipedia)
Source Haykel Ben Mahfoudh (Wikipedia)
Source Howard Morrison (barrister) (Wikipedia)
Iulia Motoc, Jurists
Source Iulia Motoc (Wikipedia)
Joanna Korner, Jurists
Source Joanna Korner (Wikipedia)
Joyce Aluoch, Jurists
Source Joyce Aluoch (Wikipedia)
Keebong Paek, Jurists
Source Keebong Paek (Wikipedia)
Source Kimberly Prost (Wikipedia)
Kuniko Ozaki, Jurists
Source Kuniko Ozaki (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza
Source Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (Wikipedia)
Mauro Politi, Jurists
Source Mauro Politi (Wikipedia)
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Navi Pillay, Jurists
Source Wikipedia: Navi Pillay
Source Nicolas Guillou (Wikipedia)
Source Philippe Kirsch (Wikipedia)
Source Piotr Hofmanski - Wikipedia
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Robert Fremr, Jurists
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Source Song Sang-hyun - Wikipedia
Source Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (Wikipedia)
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Source Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi - Wikipedia
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Source Solome Bossa (Wikipedia)
Source Song Sang-hyun - Wikipedia
Source Sylvia Steiner (Wikipedia)
Tomoko Akane, Jurists
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Wikipedia: International Criminal Court
  • Lead section, first sentence
    The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organisation and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.
  • Lead section, second sentence
    Established in 2002 under the multilateral Rome Statute, the ICC is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
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Wikidata: International Criminal Court
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Alda Facio - Wikipedia
Has Member: Alda Facio, Lead section
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She is one of the founding members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court.
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Song Sang-hyun - Wikipedia
  • Has Member: Song Sang-hyun, Lead section
    Song Sang-hyun (Korean: 송상현; born 21 December 1941) is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • Has Member: Sang-Hyun Song, Lead section
    Song Sang-hyun (Korean: 송상현; born 21 December 1941) is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi - Wikipedia
Has Member: Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, Lead section
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She was a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 18 November 2009 to 10 March 2018 and was the first woman President of the ICC from March 2015 to March 2018.
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Chile Eboe-Osuji - Wikipedia
Has Member: Chile Eboe-Osuji, Lead section
Quote, Has Member: Chile Eboe-Osuji, Lead section
Eboe-Osuji served as the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague from March 2018 to March 2021.
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Wikipedia: Navi Pillay
Has Member: Navi Pillay, Lead section
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She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
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Piotr Hofmanski - Wikipedia
Has Member: Piotr Hofmanski, Lead section
Quote, Has Member: Piotr Hofmanski, Lead section
Piotr Józef Hofmański (born 6 March 1956) is a Polish jurist who served as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2021 to 2024 and as a judge of the ICC from 2015 to 2024.
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Elizabeth Odio Benito - Wikipedia
Has Member: Elizabeth Odio Benito, Lead section
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She has also served as Vice-President of the International Criminal Court and as a judge and Vice-President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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Tomoko Akane (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Tomoko Akane, Lead section
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Tomoko Akane (赤根 智子, Akane Tomoko) is a Japanese jurist and current judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Japan, as well as the president of the court.
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Philippe Kirsch (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Philippe Kirsch, Lead section
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Philippe Kirsch, (born April 1, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2009 and was the Court's first president.
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Rosario Salvatore Aitala (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Lead section
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Aitala was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court in 2017, for a mandate from 11 March 2018 to 10 March 2027.
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Reine Alapini-Gansou (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Reine Alapini-Gansou, Lead section
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Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou (born 11 August 1956) is a Beninese jurist who has been a judge of the International Criminal Court since March 2018.
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Joyce Aluoch (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Joyce Aluoch, Lead section
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Joyce Aluoch (born 1947) is a Kenyan lawyer who served as Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2009 until 2018.
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Ren? Blattmann (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Rene Blattmann, Lead section
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René Oswaldo Blattmann Bauer (born 28 January 1948) is a Bolivian judge, lawyer and politician who is a judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Anthony Carmona (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Anthony Carmona, Lead section
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Previously, he was a High Court Judge at the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago, and served as a Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2013.
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Bruno Cotte (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Bruno Cotte, Lead section
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Bruno Cotte (born 10 June 1945 in Lyon) is a French jurist who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2007 to 2014.
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Adrian Fulford (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Adrian Fulford, Lead section
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Previously, he was a judge of the International Criminal Court in The Hague from 2003-12, the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales from January 2016 to March 2017, and former member of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL).
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Hans-Peter Kaul (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Hans-Peter Kaul, Lead section
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From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Akua Kuenyehia (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Akua Kuenyehia, Lead section
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Akua Kuenyehia (born 1947) is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer who served as judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2003 to 2015.
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Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Sanji Mmasenono Monageng, Lead section
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Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (born 9 August 1950) is an international lawyer and jurist from Botswana who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2009 to 2018.
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Howard Morrison (barrister) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Howard Morrison (barrister), Lead section
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Sir Howard Andrew Clive Morrison (born 20 July 1949), is a British lawyer who was a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2021 and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2009 to 2016.
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Kuniko Ozaki (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Kuniko Ozaki, Lead section
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Kuniko Ozaki (尾崎久仁子, Ozaki Kuniko), (born 1956) is a Japanese lawyer who served as judge of the International Criminal Court and the Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber V, constituted to try the cases against four Kenyan nationals.
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Georghios Pikis (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Georghios Pikis, Lead section
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Georghios Pikis (Greek: Γιώργος Πίκης; 22 January 1939-29 January 2026) was a Cypriot judge who was a member of the International Criminal Court.
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Sylvia Steiner (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Sylvia Steiner, Lead section
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Sylvia Helena de Figueiredo Steiner (born 19 January 1953) is a Brazilian judge who was a member of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2016.
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Cuno Tarfusser (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Cuno Tarfusser, Lead section
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Cuno Jakob Tarfusser (born 11 August 1954) is an Italian former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Chris van den Wyngaert (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Has Member: Christine Van den Wyngaert, Lead section
    She served as international and comparative criminal law expert from 2009 to 2018 as a judge on the International Criminal Court.
  • Has Member: Chris Van den Wyngaert, Lead section
    She served as international and comparative criminal law expert from 2009 to 2018 as a judge on the International Criminal Court.
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Claude Jorda (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Claude Jorda, Lead section
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Claude Jorda (born 16 February 1938, in Bône, Algeria) is a French jurist and former Judge at the International Criminal Court (2003-2007).
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Erkki Kourula (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Erkki Kourula, Lead section
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Erkki Antero Kourula (born 12 June 1948) is a Finnish judge who served in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Kimberly Prost (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Kimberly Prost, Lead section
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Kimberly Prost (born June 4, 1958) is a Canadian jurist currently serving as a judge of the International Criminal Court, assigned to the Trial Division.
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Joanna Korner (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Joanna Korner, Lead section
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Joanna Korner (born 1 July 1951) is a British judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Solome Bossa (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Solomy Balungi Bossa, Lead section
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Bossa; born 14 April 1956) is a Ugandan judge on the International Criminal Court.
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Miatta Maria Samba (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Miatta Maria Samba, Lead section
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Miatta Maria Samba (born 3 October 1971) is a Sierra Leonian jurist and current Judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Keebong Paek (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Keebong Paek, Lead section
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Keebong Paek (Korean: 백기봉; Hanja: 白奇峯; born 19 December 1964) is a South Korean jurist who has been serving as a judge of the International Criminal Court since March 2024.
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Beti Hohler (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Beti Hohler, Lead section
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Beti Hohler (born 25 June 1981) is a Slovenian judge serving on the International Criminal Court (ICC) since March 2024.
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Erdenebalsuren Damdin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Erdenebalsuren Damdin, Lead section
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On 11 March 2024 he started a nine-year term as a judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Iulia Motoc (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Iulia Motoc, Lead section
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Iulia Antoanella Motoc (born 20 August 1967) is a Romanian judge and international law expert, currently a judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Haykel Ben Mahfoudh (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Haykel Ben Mahfoudh, Lead section
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Haykel Ben Mahfoudh (born 24 September 1971) is a Tunisian jurist who has been serving as a judge of the International Criminal Court since March 2024.
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Gocha Lordkipanidze (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Gocha Lordkipanidze, Lead section
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Gocha Lordkipanidze (Georgian: გოჩა ლორთქიფანიძე; born 3 February 1964) is a Georgian lawyer, legal scholar and civil servant, who has been a judge of the International Criminal Court since 2021.
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Socorro Flores Liera (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Socorro Flores Liera, Lead section
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María del Socorro Flores Liera (born 15 September 1965), known as Socorro Flores Liera, is a Mexican lawyer, diplomat and judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
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Sergio Gerardo Ugalde God?nez (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez, Lead section
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Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez (born 3 April 1971) is a prominent jurist and international lawyer from Costa Rica, and a current judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor, Lead section
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Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor (born 22 June 1973), is a Judge of the International Criminal Court.
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Robert Fremr (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Robert Fremr, Lead section
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Robert Fremr (born 8 November 1957) is a Czech jurist who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2021.
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Bertram Schmitt (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Bertram Schmitt, Lead section
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He was a judge at the Bundesgerichtshof from 2005 to 2015 and a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2015 to 2025.
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Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Lead section
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From 2011 to 2015 he was the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and from 2015 to 2024 he was a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
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Mauro Politi (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Mauro Politi, Lead section
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Mauro Politi (born 13 September 1944) is an Italian jurist who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2009.
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Fumiko Saiga (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Fumiko Saiga, Lead section
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Fumiko Saiga (齋賀 富美子, Saiga Fumiko; November 30, 1943, April 24, 2009) was a Japanese diplomat and was the first Japanese person and Asian woman to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court.
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Fatoumata Demb?l? Diarra (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Fatoumata Dembele Diarra, Lead section
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She was a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Anita U?acka (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Anita Usacka, Lead section
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She has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia and of the Trial and Appeals Divisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Nicolas Guillou (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Nicolas Guillou, Lead section
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Nicolas Guillou (born 13 August 1975 ) is a French jurist who has served as a judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and the International Criminal Court.
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Wikidata: Ekaterina Trendafilova
Has Member: Ekaterina Trendafilova, Wikipedia category: International Criminal Court judgesView the Source
Wikidata: Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza
Has Member: Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza, Wikipedia category: International Criminal Court judgesView the Source
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