International Criminal Court Bar Association

Anta Guissé has been a practising lawyer at the Paris Bar in France since 1999. Her working language is French, while she also speaks English. As a criminal defence lawyer, she has appeared regularly before national criminal courts and the Assize Court in particular. In addition, Ms Guissé has several years of experience appearing before the international jurisdictions. Between 2002 and 2010, she worked with several different defence teams before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, firstly as a legal assistant and then as counsel. In 2010, Ms Guissé had an assignment in a team of Legal Representatives of Victims before the International Criminal Court. She was also Defence Counsel at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Since 2012, Ms Guissé has been acting as an international lawyer for former Chairman KHIEU Samphân before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and is currently Counsel for Mr. Yekatom at the ICC. Ms Guissé also regularly presents at training workshops for colleagues on the subject of international criminal justice.

Philippe Larochelle is the founder of Larochelle Avocats, www.larochelleavocats.com, a litigation boutique based in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Larochelle maintains an active practice in international criminal law since 2001, representing clients before the ICTR, the ICC and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He has also assisted groups of victims, including before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.After obtaining genocide acquittals for his clients before the ICTR and in Canada, and the release by the ICC of his most recent client, Maxime Mokom, Mr. Larochelle practices now includes a sharp focus on neglected post-acquittals matters : relocation, compensation and review. One of his ICTR pro bono mandate is that of André Ntagerura, acquitted by the ICTR in February 2004 and still trying to find an acceptable relocation plan in 2024, 20 years later.

Emmanuel MOLINA is a French lawyer registered with the Marseille Bar and has been practicing as a specialist in Criminal Law for more than 20 years. Founder of MOLINA AVOCATS, member of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) and the European Bar Association (AEA), holder of a PhD in criminal sciences, author of numerous publications in specialized journals, he has taught at the Faculty of Law of Aix-Marseille and has carried out several international missions under the aegis of Avocats Sans Frontières France, the International Observatory of Lawyers and the Agence Justice coopération Internationale, particularly in Latin America. Member of the ICCBA for about ten years, and particularly involved in subjects related to international cooperation and the conditions of practice of lawyers committed to the protection of human rights and the rights of the defense, he contributed in 2025 to the activities of the ICC and the ICCBA as an ad hoc member of the Disciplinary Committee.

James is an English Criminal Barrister of 21 years’ experience, practising from 187 Chambers, London, with postgraduate qualification in ICL from Columbia Law School and a Master of Laws in ICL from Amsterdam University.  His practise focuses on: serious, complex and violent crimes, including matters with transnational, international and human rights law complexities. Admitted to the ICC’s and the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ lists of counsel.  He is currently a Legal Consultant to ICC’s Office of Public Counsel for Defence (OPCD), assisting with representing, protecting and promoting interests of defence and unrepresented suspects. In 2023/24, he led the development of OPCD’s advocacy training programme for junior lawyers, delivering the inaugural training sessions. He conducts international trial monitoring and reporting on compliance with IHRL. He assisted Case 004 defence team before the ECCC. He worked with UNHRC in preparing rapporteurs for the 122nd Session and periodic oral dialogues with States re ICCPR compliance. He served on the: Amicus Committee (3 terms) including as Chair; Training Committee in 2020/21 and 2024-2026 terms, where he trained Indonesian and Cambodian lawyers in Jakarta and ICC Counsel in the Hague on ICL trial advocacy; as well as on the Legal Advisory Committee (2023-2026 terms) including as Chair.

Geoffrey Roberts is a New York qualified international lawyer based in The Hague, Netherlands specialising in defending individual and collective rights before international and regional criminal and administrative courts, tribunals and justice mechanisms. Working as a sole practitioner in the centre of The Hague, within a short distance from the new ICC permanent premises, the IRMCT (formerly ICTY), the new premises for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers as well as the other international organisations in The Hague, Geoffrey has limited overheads and flexibility to work alone or together with suitable other independent lawyers, investigators and experts from different countries and legal cultures in large multidisciplinary teams of professionals.  As an early and experienced exponent of different legal technologies before different international tribunals, Geoffrey has also been at the forefront of its use in cases of real complexity, including those involving complicated DNA evidence, cell site data and other digital evidence. 

Ana Tuiketei an international lawyer and arbitrator that is the   first  Listed Pacific Counsel with ICC  and the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. She has served on the ICCBA  Defense, Victims and Membership Committee- another first for the Pacific.   She is also the only female Pacific Islander listed as an Arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, China International Economic and  Trade Arbitration Commission (China), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, South China International Arbitration Centre, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority- FINRA  (NY, USA). She is a South Pacific Task Force Member for the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA). She is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Small and Microstates based in the UK. She volunteers on the Save the Children’s Fund Fiji & Australia Boards. She is a Board Member for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Ethics Committee. In 2017 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Fiji by the President for her contribution to her country. Her qualifications include LLB, PDLP, PD Climate Change (USP, Fiji), LLM (USA), MBA Global (UK),  MBA Sports Management (Switzerland).  She is also pursuing her PhD.

Ingo Klaus Wamser is admitted to the German bar since 2005 and was awarded the title of a Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Munich bar in 2009. He is working on criminal law, cross-border and international criminal law and extradition cases before national courts and was appointed as duty counsel before the International Criminal Court. He is a specialist in disciplinary and contempt cases, served as Alternate Commissioner at the ICC, co-drafted the Code of Conduct for Counsel at the KSC, serves as disciplinary judge in Germany in his third term and in disciplinary related positions in international bar associations. As a founding member of the ICCBA Ingo contributed to the Membership and Professional Standards Advisory Committees in previous years. He is co-author of a commentary on the German Federal Lawyer’s Act, published on international and national criminal law topics and was lector for international law at an Austrian state university.