Victims Committee
The Victims Committee is mandated to take into consideration the interests of victims and, through a commentary, provide proposals to the Legal Advisory Committee and advise the Executive Council and the General Assembly on all matters affecting Counsel for Victims.
Introductory videos on different aspects of the representation of victims at the ICC are available here.
Training videos produced by the Victims Committee are available on the Training Page.
Current members
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.
ELISABETTA GALEAZZI
Elisabetta Galeazzi is an Italian Criminal Lawyer with 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). 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. She is currently representing victims at the ICC in the Situation in Ukraine. Since 2016 she has been a member of the International Committee of the Bologna Bar Association, with responsibility for liaising with the ICC. She is also a trainer in ICL for mandatory continuing education programs for lawyers, and has published articles on this topic. 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.
EVELYNE OMBENI
Called to the Bar in the D.R. Congo in 2013, Evelyne Ombeni is an international criminal law practitioner with over 15 years of experience in victims’ representation before the International Criminal Court. Her expertise focuses on victimhood in the D.R. Congo, complemented by extensive training, consultancy, and civil society engagement.
CRISTINA PEROZZI
Lawyer since 1995 in Rome, I specialized in national and international criminal law (TRAWAW Project on Violence against Women; TALE Project on children defence) and I followed several cases of violence crimes defending victims before Supreme High Court in Rome and ECHR. I teach Human Rights international law, international humanitarian law and law of armed conflicts, military law and law of war violations in international missions and national courses for Italian Red Cross, Italian Defence University and Academies and Civilian Victims of War Association in Rome. I’m military legal advisor at Italian Defence Ministry and member of: Sanremo International Institute of Humanitarian Law; Rome Bar Commission of Criminal Military Law; International Society of military law and law of war; ECBA – European Criminal Bar Association; ADGI /FIFCJ – International Federation of Women in Legal Careers and ICCBA – International Criminal Court Bar Association. I’m working on Defence Ministry project on International PKO Italian Criminal Code, in Women Peace Safety Res ONU 1325 Course Net of Sapienza University in Rome and in an international criminal law and judicial cooperation in international crimes by Italian Justice Ministry and National Centre for Prevention and Social Defence Foundation.
ANA TUIKETEI
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.





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