Erdenebalsuren Damdin
Erdenebalsuren Damdin | |
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| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Nominated by | Mongolia |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1967 |
Erdenebalsuren Damdin (born 7 August 1967[1]) is a Mongolian judge specialising in criminal law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law. On 11 March 2024 he started a nine-year term as a judge of the International Criminal Court.[2][3]
Education
Damdin obtained his first degree in law and a Master of Laws at Irkutsk State University.[3]
Criminal lawyer
Starting in the 1990s, Damdin was a defence lawyer, a prosecutor, and a judge in criminal law, representing the accused, victims and witnesses. As a prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases of rape, torture, extrajudicial execution, sexual violence, human trafficking, abductions and terrorism.[4] Damdin was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mongolia from 2012[4] or 2013[5]: 34 through to 2024.[3] Among his cases as a justice of the Supreme Court, were cases of reparations for victims of genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1937–1939 Stalinist repressions in Mongolia.[4] Damdin contributed to legal reform and the integration of the principles of international human rights law and international humanitarian law into the Mongolian legal system. He contributed to the implementation of the Rome Statute, the treaty that establishes the International Criminal Court, into Mongolian law.[4]
International Criminal Court
On 11 March 2024, Damdin began a nine-year term as one of the judges of the International Criminal Court.[2]
References
- ↑ "Damdin, Erdenebalsuren (Mongolie)" (PDF). Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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