
Overview
overview
-
Charles C. Jalloh is Professor of Law at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, USA, a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, where he was elected by his peers as Chair of the Drafting Committee for the historic 70th (2018) session and as Rapporteur for the 71st (2019) session, and founding Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Legal Studies and the African Journal of International Criminal Justice. Professor Jalloh was selected for the FIU Top Scholar Award in 2015, the FIU Senate Faculty Award for Excellence in Research in 2018 and the Fulbright Lund University Distinguished Chair in Public International Law for the 2018-2019 academic year.
A prolific scholar, he has published widely on issues of international law, including articles in top journals such as American Journal of International Law, International Criminal Law Review, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Penn State Law Review, Michigan Journal of International Law, and Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He has books with prestigious university presses and other leading publishers. These include as editor: The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law (Cambridge, 2014 hardback, 2015 paperback); Shielding Humanity: Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Abdul G. Koroma, (Brill, 2015, with Femi Elias); Promoting Accountability Under International Law for Gross Violations in Africa: Essays in Honor of Prosecutor Hassan Jallow (Brill, 2015, with Alhagi Marong); and four volumes of the first comprehensive Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Brill, 2012, 2014, 2015, forthcoming 2020, with Simon Meisenberg). His recent works include The International Criminal Court in an Effective Global Justice System (Elgar, 2016, with Linda Carter and Mark Ellis); The International Criminal Court and Africa (Oxford University Press, 2017, with Ilias Bantekas) and The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights in Context: Development and Challenges (Cambridge, 2019, with Kamari Clarke and Vincent Nmehielle). His monograph, The Legal Legacy of the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was published by Cambridge University Press in July 2020.
Called to the Bar in 2004, he has advised states and international organizations on issues of domestic and international law and appeared in proceedings before international tribunals. His practice experience includes as counsel in the Department of Justice Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, an associate legal officer in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda working on high profile cases involving the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a legal adviser in the Special Court for Sierra Leone where he was duty counsel and head of the public defender’s office in The Hague trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, and as a visiting professional, in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In 2015 and 2018, Professor Jalloh appeared as External Counsel representing the African Union before the Appeals Chamber of the ICC in The Hague in two separate proceedings involving two African heads of state. He has given numerous invited lectures including at Oxford, Yale and Penn law schools, the U.S. State Department, the UN General Assembly, the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Between 2012-2014, he co-chaired the International Criminal Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. For several years, he was member of the Advisory Panel to the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Advisory Board of the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association. He is currently a member and chair of the Panel of Experts assisting the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor established by the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court, a member of the Advisory Board of eyewitness to Atrocities, an Independent Legal Expert for the Directorate of Legal Affairs of the African Union Commission and Founding Director of the African Court Research Initiative funded by Open Society.
His education includes a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law degrees from McGill University, and a Master’s in International Human Rights Law, with distinction, from Oxford University, where he was a Chevening Scholar. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) specializing in International Law from the University of Amsterdam.
research interests
-
Comparative Law
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure & Litigation
International Criminal Law
International Human Rights Law
Public International Law
Tort Law
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
-
Article
-
2021Closing Reflections on the Contributions on the SCSL’s Legal LegacyFull Text via DOI: 10.25148/lawrev.15.1.19
-
2020Introduction to the Symposium on a Way ForwardFull Text via DOI: 10.5553/aj/2352068x2020006002002
-
2017The Nature of the Crimes in the African Criminal CourtFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/jicj/mqx042 Web of Science: 000413291500007
-
2014PROSECUTOR v. TAYLORFull Text via DOI: 10.5305/amerjintelaw.108.1.0058 Web of Science: 000333674800003
-
2011Situation in the Republic of KenyaWeb of Science: 000294089400006
-
2011Assessing the African Union Concerns about Article 16 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/170873811X563947 Web of Science: 000213080100002
-
2009Regionalizing International Criminal Law?Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/157181209X457956 Web of Science: 000212866000001
-
2007THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAWFull Text via DOI: 10.3366/ajicl.2007.15.2.165 Web of Science: 000213535500001
-
2005Ending Impunity: The Case for War Crimes Trials in LiberiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/221097312X13397499735986
-
Book
-
2020The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra LeoneFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/9781316823491
-
2017The international criminal court and AfricaFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198810568.001.0001
-
2012The law reports of the special court for Sierra Leone. Ed. 1.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981
-
2011Introduction: Assessing the legacy of the special court for Sierra LeoneFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139248778.003
-
2008Consolidated Legal Texts for the Special Court for Sierra LeoneFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004161832.i-608
-
-
Book Chapter
-
2020"Greatest Responsibility" Personal Jurisdiction. 107-149.Web of Science: 000588198500006
-
2020Amnesties. 277-305.Web of Science: 000588198500010
-
2020Child Recruitment As a War Crime. 187-213.Web of Science: 000588198500008
-
2020Forced Marriage As a Crime Against Humanity. 150-186.Web of Science: 000588198500007
-
2020Head of State Immunity. 214-276.Web of Science: 000588198500009
-
2020Special Courts and Truth Commissions. 306-337.Web of Science: 000588198500011
-
2020The Establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 41-64.Web of Science: 000588198500004
-
2020The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Conclusion. 338-353.Web of Science: 000588198500012
-
2020The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Introduction. 1-30.Web of Science: 000588198500002
-
2020
-
2020The Sierra Leone Conflict. 31-40.Web of Science: 000588198500003
-
2020The Special Court's Jurisdiction, Organization, and Trials. 65-106.Web of Science: 000588198500005
-
2019A Classification of the Crimes in the Malabo Protocol. 225-256.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/9781108525343.009
-
2017Chapter 14: The distinction between ‘international’ and ‘transnational’ crimes in the African Criminal Court. 272-302.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781786433992.00023
-
2017The African union, the security council, and the international criminal court. 181-213.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198810568.003.0009
-
2017The place of the African criminal court in the prosecution of serious crimes in Africa. 289-317.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198810568.003.0013
-
2016Chapter 1: Introduction to the complex relationships in international criminal justice. 1-15.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00009
-
2016Chapter 3: Cooperation with national systems. 71-136.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00011
-
2016Chapter 4: The relationship of international criminal courts with national non-judicial proceedings. 137-208.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00012
-
2016Chapter 5: The potential role of regional courts in the prosecution of atrocity crimes. 209-263.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00013
-
2016Chapter 6: NGO intervention in court proceedings through amicus curiae briefs. 264-332.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00014
-
2016Cooperation with national systems. 71-136.Web of Science: 000401275200004
-
2016Equality of arms in international criminal law: Continuing challenges. 251-287.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315613062-19
-
2016Introduction to the complex relationships in international criminal justice. 1-15.Web of Science: 000401275200002
-
2016NGO intervention in court proceedings through amicus curiae briefs. 264-332.Web of Science: 000401275200007
-
2016Table of treaties and international documents. xix-xxii.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9781784719821.00008
-
2016The International Criminal Court in an Effective Global Justice System Conclusion. 333-337.Web of Science: 000401275200008
-
2016
-
2016
-
2016The potential role of regional courts in the prosecution of atrocity crimes. 209-263.Web of Science: 000401275200006
-
2016The relationship of international criminal courts with national non-judicial proceedings. 137-208.Web of Science: 000401275200005
-
2015International criminal justice processes in Rwanda and Sierra Leone: Lessons for Liberia. 447-509.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004293137_023
-
201516 The Law and Politics of the Charles Taylor Case. 270-324.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004271753_017
-
201520 Transfer of Cases under the Jurisprudence of the ictr and Lessons Learnt for the icc. 407-439.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004271753_021
-
2013(Re)Defining Crimes against Humanity for a Jus Post Bellum World. 113-151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139628594.005
-
2013Book II: Part III: Interlocutory Decisions – Appeals Chamber. 1481-1932.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004221642_004
-
2013Chapter 5: Self- representation and the use of assigned, standby and amicus counsel. 125-165.Full Text via DOI: 10.4337/9780857939586.00012
-
2013Part II: Interlocutory Decisions – Trial Chamber. 37-1479.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004221642_003
-
2012Amended Consolidated Indictment Against Brima, Kamara, Kanu, 13 May 2004. 55-69.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_006
-
2012Appeals Chamber: Judgment, 22 February 2008. 1823-1932.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_104
-
2012Consequential Order on the Role of Court Appointed Counsel, 13 May 2005. 377-378.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_048
-
2012Consolidated Indictment Against Brima, Kamara, Kanu, 5 February 2004. 39-53.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_005
-
2012Corrigendum to Judgement Filed on 21 June 2007. 1787-1790.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_102
-
2012Corrigendum to the Order on the Appointment of Amicus Curiae, 05 December 2005. 1013-1014.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_098
-
2012Corrigendum: Decision and Order on Prosecution Motions for Joinder, 28 January 2004. 215-216.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_024
-
2012Decision Approving the Indictment and Order for Non-Disclosure, 7 March 2003. 87-90.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_008
-
2012Decision Approving the Indictment, the Warrant of Arrest, and Order for Non-Disclosure, 28 May 2003. 111-113.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_012
-
2012Decision and Order on Defence Preliminary Motion for Defects in the Form of the Indictment, 19 November 2003. 153-165.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_020
-
2012Decision and Order on Defence Preliminary Motion on Defects in the Form of the Indictment, 1 April 2004. 217-240.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_025
-
2012Decision and Order on Prosecution Motions for Joinder, 27 January, 2004. 187-214.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_023
-
2012Decision on Brima-Kamara Defence Appeal Motion Against Trial Chamber II Majority Decision on Extremely Urgent Confidential Joint Motion for the Re-Appointment of Kevin Metzger and Wilbert Harris as Lead Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima and Brima Bazzy Kamara, 8 December 2005. 1015-1142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_099
-
2012Decision on Challenge to Jurisdiction: Lomé Accord Amnesty, 13 March 2004. 925-956.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_091
-
2012Decision on Confidential Motion to Call Evidence in Rebuttal, 14 November 2006. 845-876.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_086
-
2012Decision on Confidential Motion to Vary Protective Measures, 15 November 2006. 877-880.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_087
-
2012Decision on Confidential Prosecution Motion for Protective Measures for Witness TF1-272, 15 April 2005. 351-353.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_044
-
2012Decision on Constitutionality and Lack of Jurisdiction, 13 March 2004. 901-924.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_090
-
2012Decision on Defence Motions for Judgement of Acquittal Persuant to Rule 98, 31 March 2006. 673-786.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_073
-
2012Decision on Joint Defence Application for Protective Measures for Defence Witnesses, 9 May 2006. 795-798.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_077
-
2012Decision on Joint Defence Motion for General Orders Pursuant to Rule 54, 28 July 2005. 519-529.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_058
-
2012Decision on Joint Defence Motion for Leave to Recall Witness TF1-023, 25 October 2005. 659-665.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_070
-
2012Decision on Joint Defence Motion on Admissibility of Expert Witnesses/Expert Evidence and Filing of Notice Pursuant to Rule 94bis (B)(i) and (ii), on Re-Filed Defence Request for Disclosure, and on the Joint Defence Motion for Exclusion of Medical Information, Statistics and Abstracts Pertaining to Witnesses TF1-081 and TF1-188, 16 June 2005. 505-510.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_055
-
2012Decision on Motion Challenging Jurisdiction and Raising Objections Based on Abuse of Process, 25 May 2004. 957-960.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_092
-
2012Decision on Objection to Question put by Defence in Cross-Examination of Witness TF1-227, 15 June 2005. 489-498.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_053
-
2012Decision on Prosecution Motion for Relief in Respect of Violations of Rule 67, 26 July 2006. 803-810.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_079
-
2012Decision on Prosecution Request for Leave to Amend the Indictment, 6 May 2004. 265-285.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_031
-
2012Decision on Prosecution Request for Leave to Call an Additional Witness (Zainab Hawa Bangura) Pursuant to Rule 73bis (E), and on Joint Defence Notice to Inform the Trial Chamber of Its Position vis-à-vis the Proposed Expert Witness (Mrs. Bangura) Pursuant to Rule 94bis, 5 August 2005. 535-565.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_060
-
2012Decision on Prosecution Request for Leave to Call an Additional Witness Pursuant to Rule 73bis (E), 5 August 2005. 567-573.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_061
-
2012Decision on Urgent Defence Request Under Rule 54 with Respect to Filing of Motion for Acquittal, 19 January 2006. 671-672.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_072
-
2012Decision on the Defence Motion for Defects in the Form of the Indictment, 2 March 2005. 347-348.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_042
-
2012Decision on the Extremely Urgent Confidential Joint Motion for the Re-Appointment of Kevin Metzger and Wilbert Harris as Lead Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima and Brima Bazzy Kamara and Decision on Cross Motion by Deputy Principal Defender to Trial Chamber II for Clarification of Its Oral Order of 12 May 2005, 9 June 2005. 427-487.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_052
-
2012Decision on the Prosecution Motion for Immediate Protective Measures for Witnesses and Victims, 24 November 2003. 167-180.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_021
-
2012Decision on the Prosecution Motion for Judicial Notice and Admission of Evidence, 25 October 2005. 633-649.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_068
-
2012Decision on the Prosecution’s Oral Application for Leave to be Granted to Witness TF1-150 to Testify Without Being Compelled to Answer any Questions in Cross-Examination that the Witness Declines to Answer on Grounds of Confidentiality Pursuant to Rule 70(B) and (D) of the Rules, 16 September 2005. 585-597.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_063
-
2012Further Amended and Consolidated Indictment, 18 February 2005. 71-85.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_007
-
2012Indictment Against Alex Tamba Brima, 3 March 2003. 1-13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_002
-
2012Indictment Against Ibrahim Bazzy Kamara, 24 May 2003. 15-26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_003
-
2012Indictment Against Santigie Borbor Kanu, 15 September 2003. 27-38.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_004
-
2012List of Documents Filed in Prosecutor v. Brima. 1945-1950.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_106
-
2012List of Documents Filed in Prosecutor v. Brima, Kamara, Kanu (AFRC). 1959-2003.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_109
-
2012List of Documents Filed in Prosecutor v. Kamara. 1951-1954.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_107
-
2012List of Documents Filed in Prosecutor v. Kanu. 1955-1957.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_108
-
2012Order For Interim Measures in Relation to Assignment of Counsel for Accused Brima, 12 February 2004. 241-242.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_026
-
2012Order for Disclosure Persuant to Rule 73ter and the Start of the Defence Case, 26 April 2006. 789-790.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_075
-
2012Order on the Appointment of Amicus Curiae, 02 December 2005. 1011-1012.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_097
-
2012Order on the Appointment of Amicus Curiae, 24 November 2005. 1007-1008.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_095
-
2012Order on the Appointment of Amicus Curiae, 28 November 2005. 1009-1010.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_096
-
2012Order to the Prosecution for Renewed Motion for Protective Measures, 2 April 2004. 261-264.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_030
-
2012Principal Officials of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 2005-2007.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_110
-
2012Trial Chamber II: Judgement, 20 June 2007. 1179-1786.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_101
-
2012Warrant of Arrest and Order for Transfer and Detention, 28 May 2003. 115-117.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_013
-
2012Warrant of Arrest and Order for Transfer and Detention, 7 March 2003. 91-93.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004223981_009
-
2011Conclusion: A positive(not perfect)legacy. 770-774.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139248778.050
-
2011Prosecuting those bearing “greatest responsibility”: The contributions of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 589-623.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139248778.042
-
2010The International Criminal Court On Trial. 477-518.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004183780.i-882.107
-
2007Concurrent jurisdiction and the ICTR: Should the tribunal refer cases to Rwanda?. 159-201.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004160552.i-776.37
-
-
Editorial Material
-
Other Scholarly Work
-
2019Editorial. 235-237.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/17087384-12340024 Web of Science: 000466495900001
-
2014Regional Integration in Africa Foreword. 1-5.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/17087384-12342038 Web of Science: 000213090300001
-
2014Special Issue: International Criminal Justice Issues in Africa. 295-296.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/17087384-12342048 Web of Science: 000213092900001
-
2008Editorial. I-III.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/221097312X13397499736462 Web of Science: 000213078100001
-
-
Preprint
-
2013Amicus Curiae Observations of Professors Robinson, DeGuzman, Jalloh and CryerFull Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2455920
-
Review
Contact
full name
- Charles Jalloh
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-4311 (confirmed)
visualizations
publication subject areas
Citation index-derived subject areas the researcher has published in