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Professional Investigators
There are 28 individuals on the List of
Professional Investigators of whom twenty are
from Africa, six from WEOG, one from Eastern
Europe and one from GRULAC. There is only one
woman on the List of Professional Investigators
(Eastern Europe). Half of the appointees are
from Mali. With 24 out of 98 applications, Mali
is also the country with the highest number of
candidates whose applications are pending or
under review. 238
Staff Expertise in Sexual and
<strong>Gender</strong>-based Violence
In March 2009 the Victims and Witnesses Unit
(VWU) in the Registry hired a Trauma Expert, on
a GTA contract, with special expertise in gender
violence. This was the first time that expertise
in trauma related to sexual and gender-based
violence had been used as a primary criterion
for recruiting a position at the Court. Despite
the post of Psychologist/Trauma expert being
mandated by the Rome Statute, and the
expansion of the cases and trials before the ICC
to which this post provides expert advice and
support, the Registry has again indicated this as
a GTA post at a P3 grade in the 2012 Proposed
Programme Budget. 239
Special Advisers to the
Prosecutor
Professor Mireille Delmas-Marty
was appointed Special Adviser on the
Internationalization of Legal Issues in May
2011. Professor Delmas-Marty joined Professor
McCormack, Special Adviser on International
Humanitarian Law since March 2010, Professor
Alvarez, Special Adviser on International Law
since April 2010, Professor Méndez, Special
Adviser on Crime Prevention since June 2009,
and Professor MacKinnon, Special Adviser on
<strong>Gender</strong> Crimes since November 2008, to the
group of Special Advisers to the Prosecutor.
The Special Advisers work on a pro-bono basis
and provide legal expertise on specific issues to
assist with the development of policies, practices
and legal submissions. The appointment of
advisers with expertise on specific legal issues
is provided for by the Rome Statute. The OTP
has also indicated that members of the Advisory
Council will advise on the development of
specific expertise within the office.
In November 2009, Benjamin Ferencz was
appointed as Special Counsel to the OTP and
made an honorary member of the OTP Advisory
Council. 240
238 Figures as of 26 July 2011. Information provided by the
Counsel Support Section of the Office of the Registrar.
239 Proposed Programme Budget for 2012 of the International
Criminal Court, ICC-ASP/10/10, 21 July 2011, p 124.
240 See the Trial Proceedings section of this <strong>Report</strong>.
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