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- Born
- ( 1947-02-09 ) February 9, 1947 (age 79) , Bignasco , Switzerland
- Occupation
- former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carla
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Lugano
- Occupation
- ambassador
- Educated at
- University of Geneva
- Employer
- United Nations
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Academic degree
- Master of Laws
- Image
- Carla Del Ponte.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947) is a Swiss former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999, replacing Louise Arbour.
In 2003, the U.N. Security Council removed Del Ponte as the Prosecutor for the ICTR, and replaced her there with Hassan Bubacar Jallow following pressure from Rwanda's president Kagame who was obstructing her efforts to investigate crimes by Tutsi. She remained the Prosecutor for the ICTY until 1 January 2008, when she was succeeded by Serge Brammertz. Del Ponte was formerly married, and has one son.
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