17 Facts About Serge Brammertz

Serge Brammertz was born on 17 February 1962 and is a Belgian prosecutor, academic and jurist.

Serge Brammertz serves as the chief prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since 2016.

Serge Brammertz served as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2008 until its closure in 2017.

Serge Brammertz is a native German speaker and is fluent in Dutch, French and English.

Serge Brammertz was born in 1962 in Eupen and is a member of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

On 29 February 2016, Dr Brammertz was appointed by the United Nations Security Council, as the Chief Prosecutor of the IRMCT.

Serge Brammertz was Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2006, where he was tasked with establishing the Investigations Division of the Office of the Prosecutor, and led investigations on grave violations of international humanitarian law, committed in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan.

On 1 January 2008, Serge Brammertz resigned to succeed Carla Del Ponte as prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Serge Brammertz served in this role until his subsequent appointment as the Chief Prosecutor of the IRMCT.

Serge Brammertz was first a national magistrate then the head of the Federal Prosecution of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Serge Brammertz served on the Justice and Internal Affairs committee of the European Commission and for the International Organization for Migration, leading research studies on human trafficking and cross-border corruption in Central Europe and the Balkans.

Serge Brammertz holds a law degree from the Universite catholique de Louvain, a degree in Criminology from the University of Liege, and a PhD in international law from the University of Freiburg ; his PhD thesis was on the topic "Cross-border Police Cooperation".

Serge Brammertz is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Prosecutors, and previously served as Chairman of the European Judicial Network.

Serge Brammertz is the Vice President of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy's Advisory Council, and Board Member of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.

Serge Brammertz has published and lectured widely on the investigation and prosecution of complex crimes, European and international police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, international humanitarian law, organized crime, terrorism and judicial capacity building.

Dr Serge Brammertz was awarded as the Grand officier de l'ordre de la Couronne, in 2008.

In October 2013, Serge Brammertz was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies.