Office: | Judge of the International Criminal Court |
Term End: | 31 May 2014 |
Nominator: | France |
Appointer: | Assembly of States Parties |
Office2: | President of the Criminal Chamber of the French Court of Cassation |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2007 |
Office3: | Counsel for the Prosecution of the French Court of Cassation |
Term Start3: | 1995 |
Term End3: | 2000 |
Office4: | Public Prosecutor of the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris |
Term Start4: | 1990 |
Term End4: | 1995 |
Office5: | Attorney General of the Versailles Court of Appeal |
Term Start5: | May 1990 |
Term End5: | September 1990 |
Office6: | Director for Criminal Affairs and Pardons in the French Ministry of Justice |
Term Start6: | 1984 |
Term End6: | 1990 |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Lyon, France |
Bruno Cotte (born 10 June 1945 in Lyon) is a French jurist who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2007 to 2014.[1] [2] Prior to his appointment to the ICC, Cotte was a member of the Cour de Cassation, France's supreme court of appeal. He had been Director for Criminal Affairs and Pardons in the French Ministry of Justice, Attorney General of the Versailles Court of Appeal and a public prosecutor of the Paris district court. He was elected to the ICC in 2008 to fill a judicial vacancy and was elected from the Western European and Others group of states. He was on the ICC's List A of judges, which comprises those judges who are experts in criminal law.[2]