Judge Robert Fremr

Nationality: Czech Republic (the) (Eastern Europe)

Term: 11 March 2012 - 10 March 2021

Assumed full-time duty: 1 March 2013

Elected from: List A on 13 December 2011

Previously assigned to: Trial Division (11 March 2012 - 16 March 2021)

​First Vice-President: 11/03/2018 - 10/03/2021

Biography

Judge as of 11 March 2012 for a term of nine years. Assigned to the Trial Division; assumed full time duty 1 March 2013. National of the Czech Republic, elected from list A (competence in criminal law and procedure) on 15 December 2011.

Prior to his election as a Judge at the International Criminal Court in 2011, Judge Fremr served the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as an ad litem judge of the Trial Chamber (2006-2008 and 2010-2012).

After holding several positions within the Czech judicial system (judge of the District Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court in Prague), he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic in 2004. He also represented the Czech Republic as a member of several expert committees of the Council of Europe, focused on the fight against organised crime, corruption, and the agenda of human rights, and was a member of the Consultative Council of European Judges.

Judge Fremr has been active as an educator throughout his career, both as an external teacher of Criminal Law at the Charles University in Prague, and a lecturer at courses for judicial practitioners and judges organized by the Judicial Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic.

He graduated from the Law School of the Charles University in Prague, and obtained his Doctorate of Laws in 1981.

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Past situations and cases:
The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang - Trial Chamber V(a) ( 26 April 2013 - 21 May 2013 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber V ( 26 April 2013 - 21 May 2013 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber V(b) ( 21 May 2013 - 30 January 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang - Trial Chamber V(a) ( 21 May 2013 - 20 March 2018 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber V(b) ( 1 February 2014 - 13 May 2015 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber V(b) ( 1 February 2014 - 13 May 2015 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber VI ( 18 April 2014 - 18 March 2015 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Trial Chamber VII ( 30 January 2015 - 18 March 2015 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber VI ( 18 March 2015 - 20 March 2018 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber VI ( 20 March 2018 - 20 November 2019 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 27 June 2019 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber VI ( 20 November 2019 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 16 March 2020 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 9 September 2020 - 16 March 2021 )