Andrew Cayley
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Andrew Cayley is the International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia having been nominated by the Secretary General of the United Nations on 18 August 2009 and appointed by the King of Cambodia, His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, to that position on 27 November 2009. Prior to this he was a Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court in The Hague between 2001 and 2007. At the ICC he was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Darfur
region of Sudan
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Andrew Cayley was born in the United Kingdom
in 1964. He was educated at Brighton College
and then University College London (LL.M 1986) and the College of Law Guildford ( Law Society's Solicitors Final Examination 1988). He was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Judicature of England and Wales in 1989. In 2007 he was called by the Inner Temple to the Bar of England and Wales. After a period in private practice, as a solicitor, until 1991 with the law firm Thomas Eggar, he served with the British Army as an infantry platoon commander in Belize (on attachment to the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment) and as a military prosecutor and command legal adviser in Germany
and the United Kingdom. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Placed on loan service in 1995, as an military prosecutor, by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
("ICTY") he investigated and prosecuted the cases of The Prosecutor v. Colonel Ivica Rajic (Stupni Dol), The Prosecutor v. Colonel Tihomil Blaskic, the Prosecutor v. General Radoslav Krstic (Srebrenica)and The Prosecutor v Radoslav Brdanin and General Momir Talic. He retired from the British army in 1998 and was immediately appointed as prosecuting counsel with the ICTY. In 2001 he was appointed a Senior Trial Attorney of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia by Carla Del Ponte
, Prosecutor of the ICTY. In that capacity he was responsible for the case against General Ratko Mladic
and led the first prosecution of members of the Kosovo Liberation Army
.
In February 2005 he was appointed Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Court by the Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. In 2007 after filing the first case for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur he departed from the ICC and was immediately instructed by Mr. Ivan Cermak to defend him in his case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and by the former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in his defence before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In 2009 he became the International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia.
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
region of Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
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Andrew Cayley was born in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1964. He was educated at Brighton College
Brighton College
Brighton College is an institution divided between a Senior School known simply as Brighton College, the Prep School and the Pre-Prep School. All of these schools are co-educational independent schools in Brighton, England, sited immediately next to each another. The Senior School caters for...
and then University College London (LL.M 1986) and the College of Law Guildford ( Law Society's Solicitors Final Examination 1988). He was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Judicature of England and Wales in 1989. In 2007 he was called by the Inner Temple to the Bar of England and Wales. After a period in private practice, as a solicitor, until 1991 with the law firm Thomas Eggar, he served with the British Army as an infantry platoon commander in Belize (on attachment to the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment) and as a military prosecutor and command legal adviser in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and the United Kingdom. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Placed on loan service in 1995, as an military prosecutor, by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
("ICTY") he investigated and prosecuted the cases of The Prosecutor v. Colonel Ivica Rajic (Stupni Dol), The Prosecutor v. Colonel Tihomil Blaskic, the Prosecutor v. General Radoslav Krstic (Srebrenica)and The Prosecutor v Radoslav Brdanin and General Momir Talic. He retired from the British army in 1998 and was immediately appointed as prosecuting counsel with the ICTY. In 2001 he was appointed a Senior Trial Attorney of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia by Carla Del Ponte
Carla Del Ponte
Carla Del Ponte is a 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 and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in August...
, Prosecutor of the ICTY. In that capacity he was responsible for the case against General Ratko Mladic
Ratko Mladić
Ratko Mladić is an accused war criminal and a former Bosnian Serb military leader. On May 31, 2011, Mladić was extradited to The Hague, where he was processed at the detention center that holds suspects for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
and led the first prosecution of members of the Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....
.
In February 2005 he was appointed Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Court by the Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. In 2007 after filing the first case for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur he departed from the ICC and was immediately instructed by Mr. Ivan Cermak to defend him in his case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and by the former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in his defence before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In 2009 he became the International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia.