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United Kingdom judge appointed to UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia

United Kingdom judge appointed to UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia

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Lord Iain Bonomy of the United Kingdom has become a permanent judge of the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, replacing Judge Richard May who had to resign earlier this year for health reasons.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Lord Bonomy to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) this week after an exchange of letters with the Security Council and the General Assembly.

Lord Bonomy takes up his post on 1 June and will serve out the remainder of Judge May’s term, which expires on 16 November 2005. When he begins work at the ICTY he will join Trial Chamber III – its caseload includes the trial of the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloševic.

Born in 1946, Lord Bonomy has worked as a solicitor, barrister and criminal prosecutor in the UK. Since 1997 he has served as a judge.