O-Gon Kwon is a South Korean jurist, born September 2, 1953, in Cheongju. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2016, sitting as one of three judges in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic and presiding over the case against Radovan Karadzic, which ended in a 40-year sentence in 2016; he was Vice-President of the tribunal from 2008 to 2011. He later served as President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court from 2017 to 2020, the sixth person to hold that post and the second from the Asia-Pacific region, and by December 2025 he had joined the Board of Directors of the ICC's Trust Fund for Victims. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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RoleJurist, best known for being one of the three judges in the trial of Slobodan Milošević 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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He also sat on the bench for the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić.
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O-Gon Kwon is a South Korean jurist, best known for being one of the three judges in the trial of Slobodan Milošević.
Introduction, nationality
O-Gon Kwon is a South Korean jurist, best known for being one of the three judges in the trial of Slobodan Milošević.
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In the meantime, he also served as director of research at the Constitutional Court of Korea from 1997 to 1999.
In Legal System: Law of South Korea, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a South Korean jurist
- Member Of: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Wikipedia category: cat:Vice-Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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Wikidata Q7072011, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1953
Wikidata Q7072011, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1953-09-02
Wikidata Q7072011, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cheongju
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