Christian Mahr

Biography

Christian Mahr (Japan) joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) in June 2016 as the Director of the Division of External Operations within the Registry. In his current capacity, he oversees the Registry's functions in the areas of cooperation, external communication, protection of witnesses and analysis. He also supervises the operations of all field offices of the ICC located in situation countries.

Prior to joining the ICC, Mr. Mahr was a Senior Legal Officer and the Coordinator of the Border Control and Law Enforcement Working Group at the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), a special political mission of the United Nations Security Council. While at CTED, he took the lead in designing, developing and securing the endorsement of the Security Council members for the main assessment tools used by CTED to measure the implementation by Member States of Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001).

Prior to joining CTED in 2005, he spent 10 years working in a variety of representative, legal, programmatic and administrative functions for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the United Kingdom, Poland and Belarus. Prior to joining UNHCR, he held private sector positions in management consulting and public relations.

Mr. Mahr holds a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a visiting fellow at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Mahr is admitted to practice law in the United States. He is married and has one daughter.