Joe Holmes

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Joe is an international lawyer who operates in diverse national and international jurisdictions, including fragile and conflict-affected regions. He practises in international criminal law, public international law, international humanitarian law, strategic litigation, counter-terrorism and human rights law. He is a recognised subject matter expert in rule of law capacity-building and is an experienced trainer of judges and prosecutors. He is dual-qualified before the Bars of England and Wales and New York.

His clients have included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Egyptian government, a group of Rohingya women and girls, the former chief of Serbian state security, the former commanding officer of the Bosnian Serb Army and the former Préfet of Butare, Rwanda.

Joe has represented high-profile individuals in international criminal law for more than 10 years – appearing before courts and tribunals for Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia and Sierra Leone, along with the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the ICC, arguing long and complex cases at trial and appellate levels.

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Speaks Spanish and some French