Fausto Pocar (born 1939) is an Italian jurist. He is professor emeritus of International Law at the

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, where he also taught Private International Law and European Law, and where he served many years as Faculty Dean and Vice-Rector. From 1984-2000, he was an elected member of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations, serving as the committee's chair from 1991-92. Pocar served in the Italian delegation to the

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in New York and to the

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in Geneva several times. He also served as Italian delegate in the UNCOPUOS (

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) and its Legal SubCommittee. In 1999, he was appointed as a judge to the

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes in the Yugoslav Wars, war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try ...

(ICTY), and was Vice-President of the tribunal from November 2003 to November 2005, and President from November 2005 to November 2008. He was also a member of the Appeals Chamber of the

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(ICTR) from 2000 until the ICTR's closure in 2015, where he presided over many cases, including the one whereby the ICTR was closed. In 2017, Pocar was appointed Judge ad hoc of the

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(ICJ) in the case between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. As of 2012 Pocar is President of the

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(Sanremo, Italy). Pocar is a doctor honoris causa of the

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and of the Kennedy University of Buenos Aires. In 2014 he was made Cavaliere di Gran Croce (Great Cross Knight, the highest Italian honor) by the President of the Italian Republic. His article, 'International Criminal Tribunals and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law against Civilians and Prisoner of War', was published in ''International Criminal Law and Human Rights,'' edited by Manoj Kumar Sinha (Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2010). He taught "Sistema de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas" at American University

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’s Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law as a visiting scholar in the summers of 2012-2015, and "Impunidad y justicia internacional" in the summers of 2016-2017.

References

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

External links

by Fausto Pocar entitled ''Completing the Mandate: The Legal Challenges Facing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia'' in th

* ttp://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Pocar_LAC.html Lectureby Fausto Pocar entitled ''Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to the Development of International Humanitarian Law'' in th
Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

by Fausto Pocar entitled ''The Progressive Blending of Legal Traditions in the Procedure of International Criminal Courts'' in th

* ttp://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icty/icty.html Introductory noteby Fausto Pocar on the ''Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia'' in th
Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pocar, Fausto 1939 births Living people 20th-century Italian judges 21st-century Italian judges International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda judges Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Italian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals University of Milan faculty Members of the Institut de Droit International