war crimes prosecutor
Tribunal's chief accuser
A war crimes prosecutor is a legal official who investigates and brings charges against individuals accused of violating international humanitarian law—genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, and other atrocities committed during armed conflict.
These prosecutors work for international tribunals, hybrid courts, or national jurisdictions with universal jurisdiction over such offenses: The war crimes prosecutor built her case using survivor testimony and satellite imagery.
The role requires navigating complex evidentiary challenges across borders and often decades after events occurred.
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- HagueDutch administrative capital
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
justice · witness · witness protection · testimony · evidence · chain of custody · courtroom · trial proceedings · verdict · accountability · victims · investigation · extradition · grave · massacre · mass graves · detention · arrest warrant
- Legal Expertsjurist, legal adviser, legal advisor, law professor, counsel
- Prosecutorsprosecutor, district attorney, DA, public prosecutor, federal prosecutor
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