International Criminal Court Bar Association

I was sworn in to the Bar of Senegal on March 9, 1990. This long experience allowed me to familiarize myself with the different legal systems and instruments of the world. In addition to my registration on the ICC List of Counsel, I am also registered on the List of Counsel for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. In addition, I am a Member of the Executive Council of the Coalition for an African Court and President of the Senegalese Section of Avocats-Sans Frontières. I was Vice-President of the Senegalese League of Human Rights and representative of counsel on the Advisory Committee of the Court. I also led one of the teams of lawyers, before the Extraordinary African Chambers. I have also been duty counsel on many occasions, in the situation of Côte d'Ivoire and Burundi. In addition to having participated in practically all the training sessions organized by the Registry for Counsel, I was also part of the team of Expert Trainers twice, at the sessions held in Arusha and The Hague, in the months of February and June 2016. Finally, I am currently part of the LRV team in the Central Africa II case.

Rangajeeva Wimalasena has been a judicial officer for the last twenty years in three commonwealth jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific region.  He started his career in 1999 as a Prosecutor in Sri Lanka and later joined the bench in 2003 as a Magistrate. Having served as a Magistrate as well as a District Court Judge in Sri Lanka he joined the Fiji Judiciary in 2009. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Fiji in 2018 and was the first judge of the Anti-corruption Division of the High Court of Fiji. He is currently serving as a Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal in Nauru, which is the apex court. Apart from his judicial career, he is serving as a director and board member in a number of not-for-profit organizations in Australia on pro bono basis. He is also the Chair of Queensland Child Protection Advocates Group. He is an accredited mediator by the Singapore and Fiji Mediation Centers. His educational background includes a Master of Laws in International human rights, Children’s and women’s rights and a Bachelor of Laws. He also has a Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance from Queensland University of Technology.

Silvia Antoaneta Berbec is a lawyer at the Bucharest Bar, Romania, since 2008. She has experience in the field of public international law, international protection of human rights and criminal law. She has experience in litigation before national and international courts. She completed traineeships at the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Court of Justice of the European Union, visiting professional at the International Criminal Court (Pre-Trial Division). Mrs. Berbec works also as a consultant for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on legal matters related to the situation of unaccompanied and separated children displaced from Ukraine. Since 2011, she also holds the position of president of the Association Pro Refugiu, a non-governmental organisation based in Bucharest, whose mission is to promote and protect the rights of victims of crime, asylum seekers and refugees. Mrs. Berbec is frequently involved in the coordination of European legal projects implemented in partnership with organisations and institutions from the member states of the European Union.

Chilean Lawyer, with 30 years of experience, Professor of Economic Criminal Law, Litigation, Cybercrimes, Data Protection and Privacy in Criminal Proceedings, and International Criminal Law in Universidad Catolica de Chile (LLM) and Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (Chile). Lecturer and Speaker in different Congress and Doctoral and Magister Programs in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Spain, etc. Litigator, LLM (California Western School of Law, San Diego, USA, 2016); Specialist in Economic and Corporates Criminal Law (Universidad Castilla – La Mancha, Spain, 2011); Advanced Diploma in International Criminal Law and before the International Courts (The Syracuse Institute, Italy, 2018); Legal Advisor for Senate and Deputies Chamber in Chile. Former President of Valparaiso Bar Association (many periods), Chile. Full member of ICCBA, and Counsel before ICC – CPI (admitted in 2018), Member of AFBA, Member of Privacy Rules International.​

Paolo Iorio  is member of the Bar of Rome, since 1978 and counsel at the ICC since 2011. He is specialised in international and comparative criminal law. He dealt with many  cases all over the Europe and world. In 2005 he was appointed by British Government to. deal with the  extradition case regarding the terroristic attack in tube station in London. He taught comparative criminal law a indenture professor for 12 years at the Luiss University in Rome as well as Roma 3 University for one year. He  has published 14 books  on international  and criminal comparative law. As member of the International Authority of Anti-corruption association he gave lectures at the National Procuratorate Office in Beijing.