Judge O-Gon Kwon
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Judge O-Gon Kwon (South Korea) is serving his second term as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. As a member of Trial Chamber II of the Tribunal, Judge Kwon currently sits on the bench hearing the case of Prosecutor v. Popović et al ., in which seven Bosnian Serbs are accused of involvement in crimes following the July 1995 fall of the Srebrenica enclave.
He is also a member of the Referral Bench, which determines whether certain cases pending before the Tribunal are suitable to be referred for trial by the national authorities. In addition, he is a member of the Tribunal’s Rules Committee, which is charged with proposing additions and modifications to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
Previously, Judge Kwon sat on the bench hearing the trial of Slobodan Milošević and was also involved in several pre-trial proceedings, contempt trials and sentencing judgments. Before joining the Tribunal in 2001, he served in the judiciary of the Republic of Korea for 22 years as a judge in various courts, including the Seoul District Court and Taegu High Court.
Judge Kwon received his education at Seoul National University (LL.B, LL.M.) in Korea and Harvard University (LL.M.) in the United States.