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Carla Del Ponte

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Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947) is a Swiss former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999, replacing Louise Arbour. In 2003, the U.N. Security Council removed Del Ponte as the Prosecutor for the ICTR, and replaced her there with Hassan Bubacar Jallow following pressure from Rwanda's president Kagame who was obstructing her efforts to investigate crimes by Tutsi. She remained the Prosecutor for the ICTY until 1 January 2008, when she was succeeded by Serge Brammertz. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carla Del Ponte is the 23rd most popular lawyer (down from 19th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 116th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Carla Del Ponte ranks 23 out of 136. Before her are Rudolf von Jhering, Doug Emhoff, Roy Cohn, Tribonian, Bill Gates Sr., and Navi Pillay. After her are Muhammad al-Shaybani, Raphael Lemkin, Peter Benenson, Al-Tahawi, Al-Mawardi, and Irnerius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Carla Del Ponte ranks 78. Before her are Sofia Rotaru, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Yukio Hatoyama, Carles Rexach, Martin Chalfie, and Ronnie Wood. After her are Gidon Kremer, Meat Loaf, Robert Englund, Óscar Tabárez, Sergio Badilla Castillo, and Bachir Gemayel.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Carla Del Ponte ranks 101 out of 1,015. Before her are Jost Bürgi (1552), Charles Gleyre (1806), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux (1718), Anna Göldi (1734), and François Vatel (1631). After her are Brother Roger (1915), Anders Arborelius (1949), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Louis Agassiz (1807), and Louis Chevrolet (1878).

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Among LAWYERS In Switzerland

Among lawyers born in Switzerland, Carla Del Ponte ranks 2. Before her are Charles Albert Gobat (1843). After her are Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808).

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