Irish lawyer Fergal Gaynor appointed to senior prosecution role at Khmer Rouge tribunal

Irish lawyer Fergal Gaynor appointed to senior prosecution role at Khmer Rouge tribunal

Fergal Gaynor

Irish barrister Fergal Gaynor has been appointed to a senior prosecution role at the international tribunal set up to try members of the Khmer Rouge for alleged war crimes in Cambodia.

Mr Gaynor was appointed reserve international co-prosecutor at the tribunal after being nominated by UN secretary general Antonio Guterres and approved by King Norodom Sihamoni.

He will stand in as required for international co-prosecutor Brenda Hollis from the US.

Mr Gaynor holds a Bachelor of Laws from Trinity College Dublin and a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University. He called to the Bar of Ireland in 2008 and is a member of the editorial committee of the Journal of International Criminal Justice.

Writing on LinkedIn, Mr Gaynor said: “I am honoured to be appointed as the new reserve international co-prosecutor at the the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.”

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