Prosecutor Brenda Hollis: "Lessons learned as an international prosecutor"

Brenda Hollis was appointed Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in February 2010 by the Secretary‐General of the United Nations. Ms Hollis has been the Principal Trial Attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor where she has been leading the prosecution against former Liberian President Charles Taylor since 2007. From 1994 to 2001, Ms Hollis was a member of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) where she was lead counsel in the preparation of the case against former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Ms Hollis acted as Expert Legal Consultant on international law and criminal procedure from 2001 to 2007. During this period she trained judges, prosecutors and investigators at courts and international tribunals in Indonesia, Iraq and Cambodia. She also assisted victims of international crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Colombia to prepare submissions requesting investigations by the International Criminal Court. In 2002 and 2003, and again in 2006, Ms. Hollis served as an Expert Consultant to the Office of the Prosecutor in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where she provided legal and tactical advice. As Team Leader, she participated in evidence‐gathering missions, and was the primary drafter of seven of the eight original indictments of the Office of the Prosecutor, including that against Charles Taylor.