Herman von Hebel (born 22 November 1961) is a Dutch jurist who was Registrar of the International Criminal Court between 2013 and 2018.

Career

Van Hebel was born on 22 November 1961 in Coevorden.[1] From 1981 to 1987 Von Hebel studied international law at the University of Groningen.[1]

He was a senior legal officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2006. He was Deputy Registrar and later Registrar for the Special Court for Sierra Leone between 2006 and 2009. Von Hebel subsequently became Deputy Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.[2] On 10 December 2010 Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon appointed Von Hebel as Registrar.[3] He held positions at the Tribunal between 2009 and 2013.[2]

International Criminal Court

Von Hebel was elected as Registrar of the International Criminal Court on 8 March 2013. On 18 April 2013 he succeeded Silvana Arbia and was sworn in for a five-year term.[2] On 13 March 2018 he withdrew his candidacy for a second term.[4] His term in office ended with the presentation of an end-of-mandate report on 16 April 2018, he was succeeded by Peter Lewis.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Curriculum vitae Von Hebel, Herman (Netherlands)" (PDF). International Criminal Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Herman von Hebel". International Criminal Court. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Herman von Hebel appointed Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon". Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
  4. ↑ Stéphanie Maupas (15 March 2018). "ICC Registrar withdraws candidacy for new mandate". Justiceinfo.net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Registrar of the International Criminal Court, Herman von Hebel, issues End of Mandate Report". International Criminal Court. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "New ICC Registrar Peter Lewis to be sworn in on 17 April 2018". International Criminal Court. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.


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