John Hocking

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John Hocking (born August 6, 1957 in Australia ) is Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations , Rechtspfleger of the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and, at the same time, Rechtspfleger of the International Residual Mechanism for the Ad Hoc Criminal Courts (UNMICT).

biography

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed John Hocking for two terms, first on May 15, 2009 and again on May 15, 2013, and as Head of the Secretariat of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ), a neutral body which provides legal, diplomatic and administrative support to judges, prosecutors and defense. On January 18, 2012, Ban also appointed Hocking to the Chief Executive of the International Residual Mechanism for the Ad Hoc Criminal Courts and entrusted him with the start of its work.

Hocking joined the ICTY in 1997 as a legal officer in the first ICTY trial with several defendants, in the Celebici case. He then acted as Senior Legal Officer for the ICTY Appeal Chambers and the International Criminal Court for Rwanda . From 2004 to 2009 he was the deputy judicial officer of the ICTY.

Before joining the United Nations, Hocking held legal and political advisory functions, both internationally and nationally, including with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, the Australian state television and radio station, and the Special Broadcasting Service , British Film Institutes in London and on the Australian Film Commission. Early in his career, Hocking worked as a legal associate for Judge Michael Kirby, former President of the Court of Appeals and Judge at the High Court of Australia, and for human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC in London.

Hocking was appointed to the bar at Lincoln's Inn , London, and is admitted to the bar with the Supreme Court of Victoria and Supreme Court of New South Wales in Australia.

He holds a Masters of Laws with Honors from the London School of Economics and Political Science , a Bachelor of Law from Sydney University and a Bachelor of Science from Monash University in Melbourne . He attended leadership training at Harvard Kennedy School .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Hocking on the ICTY website. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ^ John Hocking on the UNMICT website. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ^ John Hocking Appointed as Tribunal Registrar . ICTY press release of May 13, 2009. Accessed April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ About the ICTY: Registry ( Memento of the original dated February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the ICTY website. Retrieved April 1, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.icty.org
  5. ^ Secretary-General Appoints John Hocking of Australia Registrar of International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals . UN press release of January 18, 2012. Accessed April 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.icty.org/sid/7617
  7. ^ Mr. Hocking Appointed Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals . ICTR press release of January 19, 2012. Accessed April 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ British lawyers formally appointed to defend Miloševic at UN was crimes tribunal . UN News Center article dated September 3, 2004. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ Lorenza Bacino: War crimes and punishment. John Hocking reflects on his 15 years at ICTY in the Hague. Article on the University of Sydney website. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Hocking, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian lawyer, Associate Secretary-General of the United Nations
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Australia