Vagn Joensen

Vagn Joensen
Judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Assumed office
1 July 2012
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In office
14 February 2012 – 31 December 2015
Preceded byKhalida Rachid Khan
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Vice-President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In office
26 August 2011 – 14 February 2012
Preceded byDennis Byron
Succeeded byFlorence Rita Arrey
Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
In office
2 May 2007 – 31 December 2015
Judge of the Østre Landsret
In office
1994–2007
Judge of the City Court of Copenhagen
In office
1982–1993

Vagn Joensen is a Danish jurist who served as vice-president, president and presiding judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).[1] He is presently a judge at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which succeeded the ICTR. Previously, he had been a judge of the Østre Landsret in Copenhagen (the Eastern Division of the Danish High Court) from 1994 to 2007 and of the City Court of Copenhagen from 1982 to 1993.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Bosnian Serb Leader's Sentence Increased to Life". Wall Street Journal. Associated Press. 2019-03-20. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  2. ↑ "Judge Vagn Joensen | UNITED NATIONS | International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals". www.irmct.org. Retrieved 2022-02-09.