Judge Kimberly Prost

Nationality: Canada (Western European and other States)

Term: 11 March 2018 - 10 March 2027

Assumed full-time duty: 11 June 2018

Elected from: List A on 8 December 2017

Assigned to: Trial Division

Previously assigned to: Trial Division (11 June 2018 - 16 March 2021)

Current chamber: Trial Chamber II, Trial Chamber IV, Trial Chamber X

Biography

Judge as of 11 March 2018, for a term of nine years. 

Prior to her election as judge of the ICC, Judge Prost served as Chef de Cabinet for the President of the International Criminal Court for a two year term. Before joining the Court, she was appointed in 2010 as the first Ombudsperson for the Security Council Al Qaida Sanctions Committee.

In July 2006, after election by the United Nations General Assembly, she was appointed to sit as an ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on a multi-accused trial (Popovic et al) related to events at Srebrenica and Zepa.

Earlier in her career, Judge Prost worked for the Canadian Department of Justice for 18 years appearing before all levels of the Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court. For 7 years she served as Director of the International Assistance Group which is responsible for extradition and mutual legal assistance matters for Canada. She participated in negotiating over 40 extradition/mutual legal assistance treaties and was a member of the Canadian delegation for negotiating the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and related documents, as well as the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption.

Judge Prost also held managerial positions with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime delivering a range of programmes for States on international cooperation, money laundering and asset forfeiture, counter terrorism, implementation of the Rome Statute, and combating organized crime and corruption.

Judge Prost graduated as a gold medallist from the University of Manitoba Law School.

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Situation and Cases

Current situations and cases:
The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga - Trial Chamber II
The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - Trial Chamber II
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber II
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Trial Chamber II
The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen - Trial Chamber II
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Trial Chamber IV (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud - Trial Chamber X (Presiding)
Past situations and cases:
The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo - Trial Chamber III ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 )
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Trial Chamber IV ( 20 March 2018 - 16 March 2021 )
Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Appeals Chamber ( 25 October 2019 - 5 March 2020 )
The Prosecutor v. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud - Trial Chamber X ( 21 November 2019 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Trial Chamber IV ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 ) (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud - Trial Chamber X ( 12 March 2024 - 10 July 2024 )