Nicolas Guillou
Nicolas Guillou | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Nominated by | France |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers | |
| In office 7 February 2017 – 6 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1975 |
Nicolas Guillou (born 13 August 1975[1] ) is a French jurist[2] who has served as a judge of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers[3] and the International Criminal Court.[4] In the former role he issued the arrest warrant for Salih Mustafa.[3]
Education and professional career
Nicolas Guillou earned a master’s degree in International Criminal Law and Criminal Policy in Europe from the Paris-1-Panthéon Sorbonne University. He graduated from the French National School for the Judiciary (ENM), where he taught and also managed training programs for judges specializing in international justice.[5]
Career
- Criminal court judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Judge at the Civil Law Affairs Directorate of the French Ministry of Justice (2006-2009)
- Adviser to the French Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs (2009-2012)
- Liaison judge/Justice Attaché for the United States, Washington D.C. (2012-2015)
- Chef de Cabinet to the President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (2015-2019)
- International judge in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers since 2019
- Head of the legal team, drafting decisions, and adviser to the President for legal, diplomatic, political, and administrative matters
US sanctions
On 20 August 2025, the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Guillou as a member of the pre-trial panel that approved and issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former defense minister Gallant.[8] Guillou’s name was listed among 15,000 people, including Al-Qaeda terrorists, drug cartel members, and Vladimir Putin.[9] The effect of the sanctions means that Guillou is banned from US territory. Under US law, the sanctions also prohibit any American individual or legal entity, as well as any person or company, including their overseas subsidiaries, from providing services to him. This has had the effect of blacklisting him from the world's banking system.[10]
References
- ^ "ICC Judicial Nomination – Model curriculum vitae" (PDF). Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ Garibian, Sévane (2009). Le crime contre l'humanité au regard des principes fondateurs de l'État moderne: naissance et consécration d'un concept (in French). Bruylant. p. 309. ISBN 978-3-7255-5960-2.
- ^ a b Ambos, Kai (2021). Treatise on International Criminal Law. Oxford University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-19-284426-2.
- ^ "Judge Nicolas Guillou". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Judge Nicolas Guillou". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Elections for the position of judge at the International Criminal Court (December 2023)" (PDF). December 2023.
- ^ "Special Court Judge Nicolas Guillou Elected as Judge at the International Criminal Court". Gazeta Express. 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Imposing Further Sanctions in Response to the ICC's Ongoing Threat to Americans and Israelis". United States Department of State. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ Jones, Owen (26 November 2025). "This French judge approved Netanyahu's arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him". theguardian.
- ^ "Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'". 19 November 2025 – via Le Monde.