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ICC-ASP-7-33-Add.1 English International Criminal Court ICC-ASP /7/33/Add.1 Assembly of States Parties Distr.: General 8 December 2008 Original: English/French/Spanish Seventh session (first resumption) New York 19-23 January 2009 Third election of judges of the International Criminal Court Addendum ASP-08-0496 ICC-ASP/7/33/Add.1 Page 2 Annex Alphabetical list of candidates (with statements of qualifications) Contents Name and nationality Page 1. AGBANRIN-ELISHA, Victoire Désirée Adétoro (Benin) ................................ 3 2. ALUOCH, Joyce (Kenya) ................................................................ ..................... 7 3. ARBOLEDA RIPOLL, Fernando Enrique (Colombia) ................................ ........ 12 4. CHIBESAKUNDA, Lombe P. (Zambia) ................................ .............................. 17 5. DASCALOPOULOU - LIVADA, Phani (Greece) ................................ ............... 22 6. DUGARD, Christopher John Robert (South Africa)................................ ............. 29 7. EBOE-OSUJI, Chile (Nigeria)................................................................ .............. 51 8. GONZÁLEZ CABAL, María del Carmen (Ecuador) ................................ ........... 61 9. KAM, Gberdao Gustave (Burkina Faso)................................ ............................... 67 10. MONAGENG, Sanji Mmasenono (Botswana)................................ ...................... 83 11. N’GUM, Aminatta Lois Runeni (The Gambia)................................ ..................... 95 12. RASOAZANANY, Vonimbolana (Madagascar)................................ ..................105 13. SAIGA, Fumiko (Japan)................................................................ ........................109 14. SHAHABUDDEEN, Mohamed (Guyana)................................ ............................114 15. SITA AKELE MUILA, Angélique (Democratic Republic of the Congo) ............124 16. SOW, El Hadji Malick (Senegal) ................................................................ ..........135 17. TARFUSSER, Cuno (Italy)................................................................ ...................145 18. THOMASSEN, Wilhelmina (Netherlands)................................ ...........................150 19. THOMPSON, Rosolu John Bankole (Sierra Leone)................................ .............156 20. VAN DEN WYNGAERT, Christine (Belgium) ................................ ...................164 21. VUKOJE, Dragomir (Bosnia and Herzegovina)................................ ...................174 ICC-ASP/7/33/Add.1 Page 3 1. Agbanrin-Elisha, Victoire Désirée Adétoro (Benin) [Original: French] Note verbale The Minister of Benin for Foreign Affairs, African Integration, the Francophone community and Expatriate Beninese presents his compliments to the Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and has the honour to submit to the Secretariat as an attachment hereto a file on the nomination of Maître Victoire Désirée Adétoro Agbanrin-Elisha, Advocate at the Cotonou Court of Appeal, as candidate in the elections for judges of the International Criminal Court, scheduled to be held in January 2009 at the first resumption of the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties. The Government of Benin nominates Maître Agbanrin-Elisha for election on list A. As can be seen from the curriculum vitae attached hereto, Maître Agbanrin-Elisha served as judge, counsellor and prosecutor in the courts of Benin from 1970 to 1988, before establishing a practice as advocate at the Cotonou Court of Appeal on her retirement in 1989. On the basis of her experience and proven abilities, this candidate had already been shortlisted in 2003 for the post of Deputy Prosecutor at the Court. This nomination is submitted by the Government of Benin with the intention of providing the international criminal justice system with the opportunity to benefit from the experience and professionalism of Maître Agbanrin-Elisha. … *** Statement of qualifications Personal Date of birth: 28 March 1944 Place of birth: Pobé, Benin Nationality: Beninese Education 1963 - 1967 Faculty of Law, University of Poitiers, France – Degree ( Licence ) in Public Law. Professional training 1967 - 1969 Judiciary - Centre National d’Etudes Judiciaires [National Training Institute for the Judiciary], Paris (France); internship at the Poitiers Court of Appeal. ICC-ASP/7/33/Add.1 Page 4 Professional experience 1970 - 1971 Investigating Judge at the Cotonou Tribunal de première instance. - Investigations, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or on application by a civil complainant, into all felonies or misdemeanours committed within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. 1971 - 1972 Judge for Juveniles at the Cotonou Tribunal de première instance, with jurisdiction extended to the Porto Novo and Ouidah Tribunals. - Investigations into felonies or misdemeanours committed by minors; - Placing of delinquent minors; - Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. 1972 - 1973 Judge of the Cotonou Tribunal de première instance, with responsibility for matters concerning civil status. - Presiding Judge at conciliation and trial hearings in matters of divorce, spousal maintenance, infant custody, paternity disputes and searches, adoption, civil status, etc. 1973 - 1975 Counsellor at the Cotonou Court of Appeal. - Assessor in the Customary Law Chamber, hearing appeals in land and civil status disputes under customary law; - President of the Correctional Chamber, hearing appeals in criminal cases. 1975 - 1978 Investigating Judge at the Cotonou Tribunal de première instance. - Investigations, on the instruction of the Public Prosecutor or of the Prosecutor-General of the Cotonou Court of Appeal, into all felonies or misdemeanours committed within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, or, in exceptional cases, outside the jurisdiction ; - Presiding Judge for flagrant offences, trying flagrant offences committed within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction. 1978 - 1981 Counsellor at the Cotonou Court of Appeal. - President of the Chambre d’accusation [Indictments Chamber]. In a personal capacity : • Supervision of the activities of all offices of investigating judges of the Cotonou Tribunals; • Visits to Benin prisons to check the situation of accused persons held in pre-trial detention or on the orders of the Indictments Chamber, in order to decide whether pre-trial detention should be maintained. ICC-ASP/7/33/Add.1 Page 5 Jointly with the two other members of the Indictments Chamber: • Supervising the actions of the police; • Checking that correct procedure was being followed in cases under investigation by investigating judges; • Assessing charges and deciding whether accused persons should be sent for trial before the Assize Court, including issue of arrest warrants; • For police and correctional offences, hearing appeals from decisions of investigating judges. 1981 - 1986 Public Prosecutor for the Cotonou Tribunal de première instance. - Control of police officers within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal; - Receipt of complaints and denunciations; - Opening preliminary investigations and receipt of reports of investigations; - Ordering enquiries into causes of deaths (discoveries of bodies); - Initiating criminal prosecutions, by: (i) Instructions to the Investigating Judge or to the Judge for Juveniles; Reference to the Tribunal in the case of flagrant crimes, in accordance with the relevant procedure; Direct reference to the correctional or police courts; and (ii) Transmission to the Prosecutor-General for the Court of Appeal of files on investigations under the procedure for flagrant crimes; Participation as Prosecutor in hearings of the correctional and police courts; Participation in a number of sessions of the Assize Court, as: • Public Prosecutor (submissions in cases of fraudulent conversion of public funds; murder; poisoning; rape; armed robbery; manslaughter; conspiracy, etc.); • President of the Assize Court for cases as aforesaid. 1986 - 1988 Counsellor at the Court of Appeal: President of the Indictments Chamber, carrying out the same duties as in 1975 - 1981. February - Counsellor in the Judicial Chamber of the Supreme Court. September 1988 - Examination of files in criminal appeals as Counsellor/ Rapporteur; - Preparation of reports; - Participation in hearings of the Judicial Chamber as Counsellor. October 1988 Took early retirement on 1 October 1988, after a judicial career spanning 20 years. ICC-ASP/7/33/Add.1 Page 6 1989 Admitted to the Benin Order of Advocates; sworn in on 22 June 1989 at the Cotonou Court of Appeal. Since 1989 Advocate at the Cotonou Court of Appeal: specializing in criminal law, civil law, commercial law, customary law, etc. Member of the Council of the Order of Advocates since 1989: Chair of the Committee responsible for relations with judges; Participation in various activities on the instructions of the Order; - Authority to coordinate and settle conflicts, quasi-conflicts and working and professional relations between advocates and judges. Other activities 1973 Attendance at the IDEF Congress (Institute for French-speaking Lawyers), Tunis: Presentation of a paper on “Women in Dahomeyan Customary Law”, published in R. Jur. Pol. Ind; Coop. L 28 No 4, pp. 505 to 1336, Paris, December 1973. 1985 Participation in the work of the Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, organized by the United Nations in Milan (Italy). Study trip (comparative law) to the United States, organized by the United Nations
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