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Muslim Journal Newswire
INTERNATIONAL - It has been a year since the announcement of the appointment of Prof. Intisar A. Rabb and Amal Clooney among 17 Special Advisers selected by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court"), Mr. Karim A.A. Khan.
According to the International Criminal Court press release last year, the appointments are drawn from different regions of the world with cultural, linguistic and gender diversity to bring on-board rich expertise and experiences from different legal systems and specializations.
The release notes that these appointments form part of Prosecutor Khan's vision to "reinforce the Office's capabilities to effectively and efficiently discharge its mandate under the Statute, and to strengthen specialization on a wide range of issues touching upon public international law, sexual violence in conflict, crimes against and affecting children, slavery crimes, among other priority areas identified by the Prosecutor."
Prosecutor Khan created various new posts of Special Advisers for the first time, including portfolios on the Crime of Aggression; the Darfur, Sudan Situation; Gender Persecution; Genocide; International Criminal Law Discourse; Islamic Law; Knowledge Transfer; Slavery Crimes and Public International Law.
The 17 newly appointed Special Advisers to Prosecutor Khan are:
Akhavan, Payam - Special Adviser on Genocide;
Aubert, Veronique - Special Adviser on Crimes Against and Affecting Children;
Bergsmo, Morten - Special Adviser on Knowledge Transfer;
Clooney, Amal - Special Adviser on Darfur;
Davis, Lisa - Special Adviser on Gender Persecution;
Heller, Kevin Jon - Special Adviser on International Criminal Law Discourse;
Kress, Claus - Special Adviser on Crime of Aggression;
Lowe QC, Vaughan - Special Adviser on Public International Law;
McCormack, Tim...