The UK’s candidate to join the International Criminal Court
(ICC), Judge Joanna Korner, has started a campaign to be elected
to the world renowned Court in December.
Judge Joanna Korner has over 26 years judicial experience,
sitting on the Crown Court of England and Wales. She has
expertise in the field of international criminal law and personal
experience of high profile prosecutions of war crimes in the
former Yugoslavia. Judge Korner played a decisive role in
bringing to justice those who bore the most responsibility for
the atrocities committed in the Bosnian conflict, including in
one trial that lasted nearly three years, with over 190 witnesses
and over 4000 pieces of evidence.
Judge Korner has now launched a series of webinars on
international law and events to inspire the next generation of
lawyers and judges. Joining online panels from Geneva to New
York, she has given talks on a woman’s perspective on a career in
international law, and the challenges and opportunities for women
on the international stage.
As part of her campaign, she also shared her expertise with legal
students and the wider legal community in a series of online
webinars throughout June and July, including on her experience at
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,
the art of improvisation as an advocate, case management in long
and complex trials, and the intricacies of trying international
crimes in domestic courts.
Foreign Secretary , said:
The UK has always been a staunch advocate of the International
Criminal Court. British lawyers and Judges have always boldly
spoken up for those without voices, and led the charge on
righting the most grievous of wrongs.
I’ve known Judge Korner since she was an advocate at the
Yugoslavia Tribunal. A formidable judge and one of our finest
international lawyers, she would strengthen the ICC at this
pivotal moment in its history.
