Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (born 15 July 1955[1] in Trujillo[2]) is a Peruvian jurist and judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Ibañez Carranza is the first Peruvian judge at the ICC.[3][4] Before being elected as a judge at the ICC, she was a prosecutor and professor in Peru.
Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza | |
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| First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court | |
| In office 11 March 2021 – 10 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Fremr |
| Succeeded by | Rosario Salvatore Aitala |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Peru |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1955 Trujillo, Peru |
Education
editIn 1974 she began to study law at the National University of Trujillo from where she graduated with a BSc in 1982.[1] Between April 1996 she followed up in her studies at the university Inca Garcilaso de la Vega from where in 1998 she obtained a MSc in Criminal law and in 2007 a Doctorate in law[1]
Academic career
editIn 1996 she became a lecturer in criminal law at the National University Federico Villareal, a position she kept until 2004.[1] In 2004 she was promoted to Professor at the same university in Lima.[1] Additionally, she is the author of several academic papers and books.[1]
Juridical career
editBetween 1982 and 1984 she was an assistant prosecutor in Lima.[1] Between 1984 and 1988 she served as a deputy provincial prosecutor and from 1988 to 1989, as the provincial prosecutor for the province of Lima in the 4th provincial prosecutor's office.[1] In 1992 she assumed as the provincial prosecutor for Trujillo, which she stayed until January 1993.[1] Onwards she practiced as a lawyer until 1999.[1] Between 2004 and 2017 she was the chief prosecutor for Lima and the prosecutor at the 2nd National Criminal Court that focused on human rights violations,[1] coming to prominence while prosecuting Abimael Guzmán, the leader of Sendero Luminoso, sentenced to life in prison.[5] Between 2005 and 2007 she was involved in over 500 investigations also of human rights violation during the Peruvian internal armed conflict.[6] Other prominent trials in which she was the prosecutor where El Fronton[4][7] a case against members of the Peruvian Navy accused of extrajudicial killings on a prison on an island[6] or the one against Victor Polay, the leader of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).[1]
She was also the delegate representing Peru before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH), the Inter-American Commission against Terrorism (CICTE) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (ACNUDH).[8]
Judge at the International Criminal Court
editShe was elected to the International Criminal Court in December 2017[9] and took up the position in 2018.[10] She is a member of the appeals court in the trial of Laurent Gbagbo, the ex-President of the Ivory Coast who was acquitted by the ICC and the former Congolese rebel Bosco Ntaganda, sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.[10] Since March 2021, she is the vice president of the ICC.[10] In December 2022, she presided over the chamber that confirmed the conviction of Dominic Ongwen, a former leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from Uganda to 25 years imprisonment for the crimes of murder, rape and forced pregnancy.[11]
In September 2023, Russia issued an arrest warrant for Ibañez Carranza on unspecified charges, in retaliation for the ICC having issued a warrant against President Vladimir Putin.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sixth election of judges of the International Criminal Court" (PDF). ICC. 2017. pp. 46–48.
- ^ https://asp.icc-cpi.int/sites/asp/files/asp_docs/Elections/EJ2017/ICC-ASP-EJ2017-PER-ADD1-ENG.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Por primera vez fiscal peruana será jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Andina (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Fiscal peruana es elegida Jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Rodríguez Angobaldo Abogados (in European Spanish). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Luz Ibáñez: "Le dimos a Abimael Guzmán y a toda la cúpula de Sendero Luminoso una lección de derecho"". RPP (in Spanish). 12 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), Questionnaire for ICC Judicial Candidates December 2017 Elections" (PDF). International Criminal Court. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ Edmundo, Cruz (7 January 2013). "Acusación fiscal sobre matanza de El Frontón alcanzaría a Alan García". La Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Luz del Carmen Ibáñez: Jueza peruana es nombrada vicepresidenta de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) | nndc | MUNDO". El Comercio (in Spanish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Fiscal Luz del Carmen Ibáñez es elegida jueza de la Corte Penal Internacional". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "La jueza peruana Luz del Carmen Ibáñez, nombrada vicepresidenta de la CPI". Swissinfo (in Spanish). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Uganda: ICC upholds conviction of feared LRA commander – DW – 12/15/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Chiappa, Claudia (25 September 2023). "Russia puts international court's top leadership on wanted list". Politico.