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Juliette Rémond Tiedrez

Trainee lawyer (France)

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It became clear to me that I wanted to work in international criminal law and international human rights law at the end of 2017.

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At the time I was a pro bono consultant for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and I went to watch a documentary on the Hissène Habré regime (the former President of Chad who was later condemned to life imprisonment by an ad hoc African Court, in Senegal). Clément Abaifouta, a survivor, was present and urged "the young" to take action. I was inspired by his speech and asked him how I could help. M. Abaifouta put me in touch with Human Rights Watch lawyer Reed Brody who is famous for having pushed for the prosecution of Hissène Habré, alongside the victims. He was now focusing on another African dictator: former President Yahya Jammeh from Gambia. Reed Brody directly asked me to do research on the most gruesome case involving Jammeh, the killing of more than 50 West African migrants who had passed through Gambia to join Europe.

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I had been a student all my life, but suddenly realised that I could have an impact on international law, that I was now able to fully participate in its development. After those two experiences, I focused solely on international criminal law and international human rights law: all my experiences were in this field (see my CV below).

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I believe that what attracts me to international criminal law and international human rights law is that it is in constant evolution, and that I can help shape this evolution. I have only been working in this field for a short while, but I have already had the honour to participate in key decisions which have made international law take a step further. To only give an example, I have recently helped Gambian lawyers draft an amicus curia in front of the Gambian Supreme Court. We argued that former minister Yakuba Touray could not enjoy constitutional immunity for extrajudicial killings. In early 2021, the Supreme Court sided with us.

 

Each victory is a step closer to a better international justice system, and I want to be part of the group that fights for such victories.

professional experiences

education

since December

2017

November 2020

- April 2021

September 2020

- December 2020

Consultant for Human Rights Watch

    Under the supervision of Reed Brody

Helping with the drafting of legal documents (amicus curias in front of the Gambian Supreme Court, complaint to the ECOWAS Court of Justice, letter to the Committee against Torture), monitoring the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission, helping victims draft letters later published in domestic newspapers, generally following the Yahya Jammeh and Hissène Habré cases

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  • pro bono consultant from December 2017 to October 2020

  • freelance consultant since November 2020

Intern at the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies

Drafting submissions on Syria for the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, drafting a report on the Yemen conflict and the coalition's  Joint Incidents Assessment Team, co-preparing a paper on Jordan and Algeria for a conference on discriminations and hate speech, co-writing the weekly press review on human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa

Part-time Intern at All Survivors Project

Monitoring sexual violence committed against men and boys in armed conflict, analysing the case-law of the Colombian Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz relating to its "macro-casos", analysing the United Nations Secretary General annual reports on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, translating and transcribing victims’ testimonies

September 2019

- May 2020

Part-time Intern at Trial International
Monitoring the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, helping drafting a legal memorandum on the legality of amnesties

July 2018

- December 2018

Intern at the International Criminal Court (Chambers)

    Under the supervision of Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

Helping drafting decisions, including the Decision on the “Application for Judicial Review by the Government of Comoros" and decisions relating to the process of disclosure of potential evidence by the Prosecutor and recourse to witness testimonies, drafting a legal memorandum on sexual and sexist crimes, redacting public decisions, participating in the Pre-Trial Chamber I’s meetings, generally following the Al-Hassan and Comoros cases

December 2018

Consultant for the International Criminal Court (Prosecutor)
Summarising, transcribing and translating written and audio evidence from the Central African Republic II case

since July

2021

Trainee lawyer for Bourdon & associés

    Under the supervision of William Bourdon

Helping with the drafting of legal documents (complaint against NSO and its Pegasus spying programme), studying the feasibility of filing universal jurisdiction cases, monitoring ongoing universal jurisdiction cases (Rwanda) and ICC cases (Guinea), drafting criminal complaints and submissions 

Diplomas

  • France's Professional Lawyer’s certificate (upcoming - Fall 2022)

Paris Bar Association Legal Training Center​

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  • French Criminal Law master

Sorbonne University

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  • Public International Law master

Leiden University

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  • European Law bachelor

Université Catholique de Lille​

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  • Diploma of Legal Linguist in Spanish Law

​Université Catholique de Lille

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