International Criminal Court Bar Association

Criminal attorney, defense attorney, criminal justice attorney

Occupation: Lawyer (international human rights activist)

Summary: Highly accomplished (human rights lawyer) with extensive legal knowledge and history of advising governmental and private organizations across (20) years of work. Comprehensive analysis of laws, decrees, and statements for use in legal proceedings, pleadings, and memoranda.

A committed and creative attorney specializing in [public] law.Highly skilled in oral advocacy and legal research, which leads to successful litigation of many cases.Experience in mediation, arbitration and settlement negotiations

Kate Gibson has been representing accused before the international criminal courts and tribunals since 2005. At the ICC, Kate was the Co-Counsel of former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba and the Co-Counsel of Bosco Ntaganda.  At the SCSL, she was Co-Counsel of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. At the ICTY, Kate was the Associate Legal Officer of Judge Mohamed Shahabadeen, and then Co-Counsel of former President of the Republika Sprska Radovan Karadžić before the IRMCT. At the ICTR, Kate was Lead Counsel of former Minister Justin Mugenzi and Co-Counsel of Jean-Baptiste Gatete, and is currently Lead Counsel of Prosper Mugiraneza before the IRMCT. Currently, Kate is Associate Counsel to Joseph Kony before the ICC, and Legal Consultant to Maxime Mokom before the ICC. She is also part of the legal team of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi before the Kosovo Specialist Chamber. Kate also represents a group of Rohingya victims in the Myanmar/Bangladesh situation, and was part of a legal team representing victims in the first case before the ECCC.  Kate also works in hostage diplomacy, and was Lead Counsel of Paul Rusesabagina detained in Rwanda, and currently represents US citizen Ryan Corbett, detained by the Taliban. Kate is the former President (2023) of the Association of Defence Counsel Practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT), a former member of the ICCBA Executive Council (2022), and regularly lectures, teaches and trains in international law and procedure. Kate is an Associate Tenant of Doughty Street Chambers, holds an LLM in International Law from Cambridge University.

Elisabetta is an Italian Criminal Lawyer with nearly thirty years of experience as Defence Counsel and Counsel for Victims before national courts and higher jurisdictions. After completing an LL.M. in International Law and Human Rights, she was admitted to the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court in 2012. For decades, she has served as Lead Counsel in serious criminal cases (Immigration Law, Domestic and International Law, EU Criminal Law, Computer and Cybercrime, Sexual Offences), and she is also a dedicated Human Rights defender. Elisabetta has been a member of several national and international bar associations and played an active role in the establishment of the ICCBA. In 2016, she served as an expert for the EU and the International Criminal Law Commission at the Italian Ministry of Justice. Currently, she is a member of the International Committee of the Bologna Bar Association, with responsibility for liaising with the ICC. She is also a trainer in mandatory continuing education programs for lawyers, and her articles on these subjects have been published. A former Chair of the ICCBA Membership Committee, Elisabetta has also served as a member of the Executive Council, as well as on the Victims Committee and the Defence Committee.

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.

Nkomu Mabaso worked as a Prosecutor in the districts of Lulekani, Giyani and Hlanganani in South Africa from 1998. He was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 2002. He then joined the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Transkei Division as a State Advocate. In 2004, he joined the Directorate of Special Operations in the Eastern Cape as a Senior State Advocate. The Directorate investigates and prosecutes serious and complicated matters in the country. He then joined the Office of the Head and the National Director of Prosecuting Authority of South Africa in Pretoria. He worked in this office until he resigned and started his own private practice as an Advocate. He is practising from Oxford chambers in Sandton, South Africa. He specialises in Civil Law, Criminal Law and Labour Law. He appears in High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, Constitutional Court of South Africa and the International Criminal Court, The Netherlands. He has 26 years of experience in the court room as Prosecutor and Counsel. In 2021 he was appointed as an examiner of the Criminal Procedure for Advocates Admission Examinations by the Legal Practice Council, the body that regulates Legal Practitioners in South Africa. He is a member of the Legal Practice Council, South African Bar Association, African Bar Association, Commonwealth Lawyers Association and International Criminal Court Bar Association. 

Idenyemih Stella Omiyi is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria being called to the Nigerian Bar in 1971 after obtaining LLB and Masters Degrees University of London 1965-1970. Between 1971 and 2005 she worked at the Federal Ministry of Justice of Nigeria being appointed inter alia as Director of International and Comparative Law Department and Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation She participated in the discussions and negotiation process which led up to the Rome Statue. In 2003 she was a Nigerian delegation at the UN meeting on the election of ICC judges. A member of the Nigerian Legal team appointed: by the Government to prosecute the case concerning THE LAND AND `MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: NIGERIA VS CAMEROON before the International Court of JUSTICE at The Hague She is now an expert in international boundary disputes. She also runs an NGO focusing on women and children issues. She was elected Vice President of the International Criminal Bar in 2015. She is admitted to the International Criminal Court List of Counsel in 2011 and a founding member of the ICCBA and has been elected member of the Membership Committee in 2016 to 2017. Defence & Victims Committee 2021.  She got a letter of Commendation from the President and his Executive Council Members for a job well done. She was also elected a member of the Professional Standards Advisory Committee in 2022.

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.