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MANILA, Philippines — The Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC) lately confirmed the appointment of Dov Jacobs as a part of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s protection workforce in his case of crimes towards humanity—however who precisely is that this lawyer?
In accordance with his LinkedIn profile, Jacobs has 15 years of expertise in worldwide regulation, worldwide legal regulation, and human rights.
He holds regulation levels from King’s School London, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Paris II Panthéon-Assas, in addition to a level in political science from Sciences Po in Paris.
Jacobs additionally accomplished a doctorate from the European College Institute in Florence, the place he centered on hybrid tribunals and worldwide legal regulation.
Skilled life
Jacobs serves as a protection counsel on the ICC, a job he has listed on his LinkedIn profile since February 2012.
In accordance with his weblog, he’s a part of the protection groups of Laurent Gbagbo and Mahamat Mentioned on the ICC, each of whom—like Duterte—have been accused of crimes towards humanity.
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Gbagbo, former president of Ivory Coast in West Africa, was tried for post-election violence allegedly dedicated between 2010 and 2011. Nonetheless, he was acquitted in 2019 resulting from an absence of proof.
Alternatively, Mentioned, a commander of Séléka within the Central African Republic, was accused of crimes towards humanity for allegedly ordering the unlawful imprisonment and torture of people he suspected of supporting then-President François Bozizé. His trial started in 2022 and is presently ongoing earlier than the ICC.
Other than the 2 instances, Jacobs can be a part of Félicien Kabuga’s protection workforce on the Mechanism for Worldwide Prison Tribunals. Kabuga faces a number of prices, together with genocide, for his alleged function within the Rwandan genocide.
Jacobs additionally served as an Amicus Curiae (that means “buddy of the court docket,” referring to an neutral adviser) in each the Afghanistan and Palestine Conditions on the ICC.
In addition to being an ICC counsel, Jacobs additionally sits on the editorial board of the Leiden Journal of Worldwide Regulation and is a founding member of the European Journal of Authorized Research.
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He’s additionally a founding member of the Worldwide Prison Court docket Bar Affiliation (ICCBA).
Jacobs can be a door tenant of 9 Bedford Row, a distinguished group of barristers specializing in legal, extradition, worldwide, and regulatory regulation.
The lawyer has additionally been an assistant professor at Leiden College since 2011.
It was on April 7 when the ICC revealed that Dov Jacobs had been named affiliate counsel on the request of Duterte’s lead lawyer, Nicholas Kaufman.
As affiliate counsel, Jacobs will help Kaufman by offering authorized recommendation, managing litigation, reviewing contracts, and performing different associated duties.
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The ICC presently has custody of Duterte, who was arrested and transferred to The Hague over alleged crimes towards humanity dedicated throughout his administration’s bloody warfare on medicine.
