ICC Prosecutor Appoints Tim McCormack as Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo today announced the appointment of leading international law expert Tim McCormack as his Office’s Special Advisor on International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
“Professor McCormack has a worldwide reputation for his scholarship and expertise in International Humanitarian Law,” said Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo. As Special Adviser to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), Professor McCormack will focus on the application and interpretation of international humanitarian law in relation to crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court, as well as on general principles of criminal law and legal issues related to military structures.
Professor McCormack is Professor of Law at the Melbourne Law School and the Acting Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (having served as the Founding Director from 2001 – 2009). He served as the Foundation Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the Melbourne Law School (1996-2010) until he recently stepped down from that position. He is also Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tasmania Law School.
For the last decade Professor Tim McCormack has worked closely with Australian Red Cross and with the Australian Defence Force. In particular he has collaborated with the Australian Defence Force Legal Service to establish the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law at the University of Melbourne Law School and has been involved in research and training programs with military officers particularly from the Asia Pacific Region.
Professor McCormack acted as amicus curiae on international law matters before the ICTY for the trial of Slobodan Milošević; he provided expert Law of War advice for the Defence of David Hicks before the US Military Commission in Guántanamo Bay. He has also been a National Vice-President of the Australian Red Cross and chaired the Australian Red Cross National Advisory Committee on IHL. He was editor-in-chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law published by the TMC Asser Press in The Hague from 2003-2009 and is also a member of editorial boards of numerous leading international academic journals. Additionally, Professor McCormack has co-edited and contributed to numerous books, studies and articles.
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