Christine Van Den Wyngaert
Christine Baroness Van Den Wyngaert (born April 2, 1952 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian legal scholar . From 2005 to 2009 she was a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and from March 11th. From 2009 to March 10, 2018, judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague .
Life
Van Den Wyngaert received 1974 Licentiate in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and 1975 ibid licentiate in criminology . In 1979 she did her doctorate summa cum laude at the VUB as Doctor juris . From 1974 to 1984 she worked as a research fellow before she was appointed full professor of criminal law and criminal procedure law at the University of Antwerp in 1985 . In 1996/97 she was doing research at the University of Cambridge and in 2001 was visiting professor at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa . In the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 ( Democratic Republic of the Congo v Belgium), Belgium nominated her as ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice .
On November 17, 2005, she was appointed judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, of which she had previously been an ad litem judge since December 2003 . At the Conference of the States Parties to the Rome Statute in January 2009, she was elected judge at the International Criminal Court by 73 votes for a term of nine years, where she belongs to the Main Proceedings Department . On March 10, 2018, she resigned from the college of judges according to schedule.
Van Den Wyngaert has received several awards for her services. In 1977 she received the Janine Segers Prize , in 1980 the Winkler Prins Prize and in 1985 the Henri Rolin Prize awarded by the VUB for a work under international law and endowed with € 2,500 . In addition, she was awarded the 2006 Human Rights League Prize. She received honorary doctorates from Uppsala University in 2001, from Brussels University in 2010 and from Case Western Reserve University ( Cleveland , Ohio ) and Maastricht University in 2013 . The Belgian king gave her the title of baroness.
Publications (selection)
- The Political Offence Exception to Extradition. The Delicate Problem of Balancing the Rights of the Individual and the International Public Order . Kluwer, Deventer 1980, ISBN 90-268-1185-3 .
- Criminal procedure systems in the European Community . Butterworths, London 1993, ISBN 0-406-02276-3 .
- Jurisdiction over crimes of terrorism . In: Terrorism and the military . Asser, Den Haag 2003, ISBN 90-6704-161-0 , pp. 147-156.
- Criminal law, criminal procedure law & international criminal law: in hoofdlijnen . 6th edition Maklu, Antwerp 2006, ISBN 978-90-466-0065-8 .
literature
- Van Den Wyngaert, Christine (Belgium). In: Third Election of Judges of the International Criminal Court. Annex: Alphabetical List of Candidates (with Statements of Qualifications) Document No. ICC-ASP / 7/33 / Add.1. Published by the Assembly of the Contracting Parties to the International Criminal Court, 2008, pp. 164–173 ( PDF file , approx. 928KB)
Web links
- Biography on the homepage of the ICC (English)
- Short biography on the homepage of the ICC ( Memento from June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English, French)
- Page from Christine Van Den Wyngaert on the homepage of the University of Antwerp (Dutch)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Den Wyngaert, Christine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Den Wyngaert, Christine Baroness |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian legal scholar and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |