Chung Chang-ho (Korean: 정창호; born February 17, 1967) is a South Korean judge who has been serving as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2015. His nine-year term ended in March 2024, but he is continuing in office pursuant to Article 36 (10) of the Rome Statute to complete the trial of Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona.[1][2][3] He is the second South Korean to serve on the Court, following former president Song Sang-hyun.
Chung Chang-ho | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2015 | |
| Nominated by | South Korea |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | |
| In office 1 August 2011 – 28 February 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 17, 1967 |
Education and career
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Chung was born on February 17, 1967[4] in South Korea and holds a B.A. in Law and an LL.M. in International Law from Seoul National University. He was a court martial judge in the Republic of Korea Air Force for three years from 1993 to 1996. Chung also served eight years as a district court judge and six years as a high court judge before his mandate at the ECCC. He was a research scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2001 and at the University of Hong Kong in 2005. Chung also served as a legal advisor and the South Korean delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) at the South Korean embassy in Vienna, Austria, between 2008 and 2009.[1]
Chung then served as a United Nations International Judge in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 2011 to 2015. There, he was a member of the Rules and Procedure Committee and the Judicial Administration Committee.[5]
Chung was elected to the International Criminal Court from the Asian Group of States, list A, for a term of nine years beginning 11 March 2015 and ending on the same day in 2024.[6] He was assigned first to the Pre-Trial Division and then to the Trial Division.[1] In 2021, he was the presiding judge in the proceedings that resulted in Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda being sentenced to pay child soldiers and other victims a total of $30 million compensation, the Court's highest ever reparation order.[1][7]
Publications
editChung has published extensively, most recently in the Harvard International Law Journal, echoing his long-standing opinion that the Asia-Pacific should move to create a regional court of human rights.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Judge Chang-ho Chung". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Six new judges sworn in today at the seat of the International Criminal Court". International Criminal Court. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ @IntlCrimCourt (March 8, 2024). "#ICC judge Chang-ho Chung will continue in office" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "정창호, 국제형사재판소 재판관 당선". mobile.newsis.com (in Korean). 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Judge Chang-ho CHUNG". Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Courts of Cambodia. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "South Korean Chung Chang-ho elected as ICC judge". Arirang. December 9, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Van Den Berg, Stephanie (8 March 2021). "War crimes court orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims". Reuters. Retrieved 30 August 2024.