Serge Brammertz

Biography

Serge Brammertz of Belgium is the Chief Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. Dr Brammertz serves as the  Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a role he has held since 2008. He has overseen the arrest and prosecution of key political and military leaders, including Radovan Karadžic and Ratko Mladic. From January 2006 to the end of 2007 he served as the Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission into the murder of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Previously, he was Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in charge of the Investigations Division of the Office of the Prosecutor when the investigations of crimes committed in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur were initiated. Before his election as Deputy Prosecutor, he was the head of the Federal Prosecution of the Kingdom of Belgium where he supervised numerous investigations and trials related to cases of organised crime, terrorism and violations of international humanitarian law. Mr. Brammertz was a professor of law at the University of Liège and an author on organised crime and international cooperation in criminal matters. His works were published extensively in international academic journals. He holds a law degree from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, a degree in Criminology from the University of Liège and a PhD in international law from the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany.