Serge Brammertz
Dr. Serge Brammertz is the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ("ICTY"), a position he has held since 1 January 2008. In this role, Dr. Brammertz is responsible for the prosecution of all trials and appeals before the Tribunal.
Prior to joining the ICTY, Dr. Brammertz was the Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission ("UNIIIC") in Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Brammertz headed the investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri from January 2006 until the end of 2007.
In 2003 Dr. Brammertz was elected Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC"), where he led the Investigations Division of the Office of the Prosecutor. In this position Dr. Brammertz initiated investigations into crimes committed in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur, Sudan.
Prior to his election as Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC, Dr. Brammertz was the Federal Prosecutor of the Kingdom of Belgium. As Head of the Federal Prosecutor's Office, Dr. Brammertz was in charge of coordinating numerous investigations and trials related to cases of organised crime, terrorism and violations of international humanitarian law. From 1997 to 2002, as a national magistrate in Belgium, Dr. Brammertz supervised national and international level investigations in the fields of international drug trafficking and trafficking of human beings. Throughout this period he was engaged as an expert by the European Commission, Council of Europe and International Organisation for Migration on matters of judicial reform and organised crime.
From 1989 to 1997 Dr. Brammertz served as Deputy Prosecutor, then Chief Deputy Prosecutor, at the Court of First Instance in Eupen, Belgium. He later became Deputy to the Prosecutor-General at the Liège Court of Appeal.
Dr. Brammertz was a professor of law at the University of Liège, and has authored a variety of publications in relation to organised crime and international cooperation in criminal matters. He has published extensively in European and international academic journals.
Dr. Brammertz attained his PhD in international law from the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany. His dissertation focused on cross-border police cooperation. Dr. Brammertz holds a law degree from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve and a degree in Criminology from the University of Liège. His working languages are German, French, English and Dutch. Dr. Brammertz was born on 17 February 1962 in Eupen, Belgium.
