Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
President of the Advisory Council
President of the Latin American Society of International Law
Biography
She was President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court from 2021 to 2023.
Former Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (2010-2018), serving as President of the Court during the last three years of her mandate.
Currently Special Representative of Argentina to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Chair of the Global Action against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC), and President of the Latin American Society of International Law.
She played a leadership role in the creation and setting up of the ICC as President on the Working Group on Criminal Procedure and Vice-President of the Committee of the Whole at the Rome Conference. She was also instrumental in the negotiations of the complementary instruments of the Rome Statute as chair of the Working Group on Rules of Procedure and Evidence and the Working Group on Aggression.
She has taught international law and international criminal law at the Universities of Buenos Aires and Palermo of Argentina. She has published extensively on international humanitarian law and international criminal law issues.