Judge Hans-Peter Kaul

Nationality: Germany (Western European and other States)

Term: 11 March 2003 - 1 July 2014

Elected from: List B on 7 February 2003

Biography

Judge as of 11 March 2003, for a term of three years and re-elected in 2006 for a further term of nine years. Assigned to the Pre-Trial Division. Elected from the Western European and Others Group of States (WEOG), list B.

Judge Kaul (1943) is qualified for the German Bar. In 2002, he was appointed Ambassador and Commissioner of the Federal Foreign Office for the International Criminal Court. From 1996 to 2003 he participated as head of the German delegation in the discussions and negotiation process of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Furthermore, in his capacity as Head of the Public International Law Division of the Federal Foreign Office (1996 - 2002), he was responsible, inter alia, for several cases involving Germany which were before the International Court of Justice. He has written extensively on the International Criminal Court and other fields of public international law.

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Past situations and cases:
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 19 January 2005 - 13 March 2006 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 19 January 2005 - 13 March 2006 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 14 March 2006 - 21 April 2008 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 14 March 2006 - 21 April 2008 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 22 April 2008 - 23 October 2008 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 22 April 2008 - 23 October 2008 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 24 October 2008 - 18 March 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti and Okot Odhiambo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 24 October 2008 - 19 March 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber III ( 24 October 2008 - 18 March 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 24 October 2008 - 19 March 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti and Okot Odhiambo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 19 March 2009 - 29 April 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 19 March 2009 - 29 April 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 19 March 2009 - 28 April 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 19 March 2009 - 28 April 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 29 April 2009 - 18 March 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 29 April 2009 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 29 April 2009 - 30 September 2009 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 29 April 2009 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti and Okot Odhiambo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 29 April 2009 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 6 November 2009 - 29 March 2012 )
The Prosecutor v. Walter Osapiri Barasa - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 6 November 2009 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 6 November 2009 - 29 March 2012 )
The Prosecutor v. Simone Gbagbo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 20 May 2011 - 22 June 2011 )
The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 20 May 2011 - 22 June 2011 )
The Prosecutor v. Charles Blé Goudé - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 20 May 2011 - 22 June 2011 )
The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Mudacumura - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 10 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 10 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun ("Ahmad Harun") and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman ("Ali Kushayb") - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Charles Blé Goudé - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Simone Gbagbo - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 March 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 19 July 2012 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 5 July 2013 - 3 July 2014 )
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Pre-Trial Chamber II ( 18 June 2014 - 3 July 2014 )