Kimberly Prost

Kimberly Prost was elected judge of the International Criminal Court in March 2018, for a term of nine years. Prior to her election as the judge, she served as Chef de Cabinet for the President of the International Criminal Court for a two-year term. Before joining the Court, she was appointed in 2010 as the first Ombudsperson for the Security Council Al Qaida Sanctions Committee. In July 2006, after election by the United Nations General Assembly, Judge Prost was appointed to sit as an ad litem judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on a multi-accused trial (Popovic et al) related to events at Srebrenica and Zepa. Earlier in her career, she worked for the Canadian Department of Justice for 18 years appearing before all levels of the Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court. For 7 years she served as Director of the International Assistance Group which is responsible for extradition and mutual legal assistance matters for Canada. She was a member of the Canadian delegation for negotiating the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and related documents, as well as the UN Conventions against Transnational Organized Crime and Corruption.