Event
01-12-20
Luca Ferro

lecture by Judge Kimberly Prost

On 2 December 2020, Judge Kimberly Prost will give a public lecture (from 13.00 to 14.30) as part of the 2020-21 International Order & Justice Lecture Series at Ghent University (Volume III).  The title of the lecture is 'Standing at the intersection of law and politics - The role of the Ombudsperson to the Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee'. Judge Prost will also take part in a closed seminar (from 11.00 to 12.30) with (post-)doctoral researchers.

Prior to her election as judge of the ICC as of 11 March 2018, for a term of nine years, Judge Prost served as Chef de Cabinet for the President of the International Criminal Court for a two year term. Before joining the Court, she was appointed in 2010 as the first Ombudsperson for the Security Council Al Qaida Sanctions Committee. In July 2006, she was appointed to sit as an ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on a multi-accused trial (Popovic et al) related to events at Srebrenica and Zepa. Earlier in her career, Judge Prost worked for the Canadian Department of Justice for 18 years. She participated in negotiating over 40 extradition/mutual legal assistance treaties and was a member of the Canadian delegation for negotiating the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption.

For all practical information, see the Lecture Series and Specialist Course flyers!