International Criminal Court Bar Association

NOOR ALAZAB

Dr. Noor Alazab is a lawyer, legal researcher, and PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Jordan. She holds a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies, with a thesis examining the legal and social realities of single mothers in Jordan. Her doctoral research focuses on punishment and the body through philosophical and legal approaches, with particular attention to feminist perspectives on criminal justice. She is the Founder and President of Kuni for Justice and Equality, a Jordanian non-governmental organization. She has experience in legal research, legal analysis, strategic litigation, and advocacy, with a focus on gender-based violence, accountability, and international criminal justice. From 2023 to 2025, she served as the Gender and Natural Diversity Focal Point within the International Criminal Court Bar Association. Her combined legal and academic experience enables her to contribute to the Victims Committee and the Legal Advisory Committee through rigorous legal analysis, the advancement of victims’ rights, and the promotion of international criminal law and human rights standards.

GIOVANNI CHIARINI 

Giovanni Chiarini is a professor of international criminal law at Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia, where he serves as Vice-Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at the College of Law and International Relations, and a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. He is the author of several publications in journals such as the Cambridge International Law Journal, Harvard International Law Journal, Texas Law Review, and Case Western Reserve University Law Review, including the book The Evolution of International Criminal Procedure (Routledge, 2025) and the Law of War, Use of Force, and International Criminal Court - International Handbook of Legal Language (Springer, 2026). Chiarini is also a criminal defense attorney and a Senior Associate at MEPLAW in Rome. He previously worked at the University of Huddersfield and Texas Tech University. He is an awarded Fellow of the Asian Law Institute in Singapore, and former International Fellow at the National Institute of Military Justice in Washington, DC. His publications (https://hud.academia.edu/GiovanniChiarini) have been awarded the Gold Medal for Best Article by the Cork Law Review (Arthur Cox Prize), Best PhD Publication by the American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and Best Article by the Center for Studies in International Affairs.

EMMANUEL MOLINA

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.

DANIEL WALYEMERA

Dr Daniel M. Walyemera is Managing Partner at Walyemera & Co. Advocates in Kampala, Uganda, and an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda. Daniel is also a Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public. He practices before the International Criminal Court and the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. He holds an LLD in Criminal Justice from the University of the Western Cape and is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNISA’s College of Law, in the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law. He is also a Senior Lecturer at Cavendish University Uganda, where he teaches International Criminal Law. Dr Walyemera’s research focuses on international criminal law, anti-corruption, governance, and AI accountability, integrating transformative constitutionalism, TWAIL, and Ubuntu jurisprudence. He has a forthcoming publication on extending Article 28 of the Rome Statute to include algorithmic command responsibility, and has published extensively on the ICC’s ability to prosecute corruption, with contributions to Brill, Springer Nature, Asser Press, and Edinburgh University Press. He is on the editorial boards of various law journals. Dr Walyemera’s experience in doctrinal drafting, ICC practice, and academic research supports his candidacy for the Legal Advisory and Amicus Committees.

LILY ZANJANI

Lily Zanjani is an international criminal law practitioner with experience across defence litigation, prosecutorial investigations, victims’ participation, academia, and international policy. She currently works as Legal Assistant with the Defence team of Mr. Al Hassan (Mali) before the International Criminal Court. Her broader ICC experience includes work with the Office of the Prosecutor, including sensitive investigative interviews involving vulnerable witnesses and survivors of conflict-related SGBV, as well as with the Victims Participation and Reparations Section in the Ongwen (Uganda) and Abd-Al-Rahman (Sudan) matters, focusing on victims’ applications, participation, and reparations. Her international criminal litigation experience also extends to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, where she worked with the Defence teams of Rexhep Selimi and Pjetër Shala, and to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, where she supported Appeals Counsel in the Office of the Prosecutor. Alongside her legal practice, Lily has taught International Criminal Law, Public International Law, and European Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She has also conducted research on military artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, and international humanitarian law through ELSA Lab Defence, in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Defence. Her wider professional background includes policy and legal work with the United Nations Mine Action Service, including contributions to UN Security Council resolutions, and with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, focusing on humanitarian law, protection of civilians, rule of law, and international accountability. Lily holds an Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law, specialising in International Criminal Law, from Leiden University, alongside graduate training in international law and a background in international relations.