PRESS RELEASE
CHUNG CHANG-HO APPOINTED AS NEW PRE-TRIAL CHAMBER JUDGE
Following the nomination by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and the approval by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed Mr. CHUNG Chang-ho (Republic of Korea) as new international judge to serve in the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Mr. Chung is replacing Judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel who has returned to her post at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Judge Kathinka Lahuis (Netherlands) will continue as reserve judge. The appointment is effective from 1 August 2011.
Mr. Chung has most recently served as Legal Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Permanent Mission in Vienna. Since 2004 he has served as a high court judge. Prior to this, Mr. Chung served eight years as district court judge and three years as a court martial judge. Mr. Chung holds a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Law from Seoul National University. He has also been a Research Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at the Hong Kong University
No comments:
Post a Comment