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Born 24 October 1954 (age 69) ( 1954-10-24 ) Alma mater National University of Cordoba
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Judge silvia fern ndez de gurmendi president of the international criminal court
Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi (born 24 October 1954) is an Argentinian lawyer, diplomat and judge. She has been a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 20 January 2010 and President of the ICC since March 2015. She was elected to the presidency for a three-year term and will serve until 2018.
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- Education
- Career
- Judge of the International Criminal Court 2010 present
- President of the International Criminal Court 2015 present
- Other activities
- Selected publications
- References
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Education
Fernández studied law at the universities of Córdoba and Limoges, and earned a doctorate at the University of Buenos Aires.
Career
Fernández trained as a diplomat 1987–1988, and entered the diplomatic service in 1989. In 2006, she became Director General for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry.
Judge of the International Criminal Court, 2010-present
Fernández was elected as a judge at the ICC on 18 November 2009. During her time as judge, she regularly issued dissenting or partially dissenting opinions in high-profile cases, including opposing the opening of an ICC investigation in Côte d'Ivoire in 2011. She served as presiding judge when the ICC rejected Libya's request to annul the international arrest warrant for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, ruling that the Libyan government was not yet capable of holding a fair trial by itself and it is obliged under international law to hand him over to the ICC. In 2014, as member of the Pre-Trial Chamber I, she later confirmed four charges of crimes against humanity against former Ivorian minister and youth activist Charles Blé Goudé and committed him to trial before a Trial Chamber.
President of the International Criminal Court, 2015-present
In early 2015, Fernández was elected president of the court for a term of three years. Her two vice-presidents, also appointed for three-year terms, are Joyce Aluoch and Kuniko Ozaki. With the office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court held by Fatou Bensouda, four of the court’s most influential legal positions are held by women.
In August, Fernández decided to reopen a hearing into whether to take action against Kenya over allegations it obstructed investigations into its President Uhuru Kenyatta, arguing that the appeals chamber had failed to properly assess the role of prosecutors and that errors prevented it "from making a conclusive determination".
Other activities
Fernández is also a visiting professor at American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.