Philippe Larochelle
President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association
Philippe Larochelle is the founder of Larochelle Avocats and president of the International Criminal Court Bar Association.
Me. Larochelle maintains an active practice in international criminal law since 2001, representing clients before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He has also assisted groups of victims, including before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
After obtaining genocide acquittals for his clients before the ICTR and in Canada, and the release by the ICC of his most recent client, Maxime Mokom, Mr. Larochelle practices now includes a sharp focus on neglected post-acquittals matters : relocation, compensation and review. One of his ICTR pro bono mandate is that of André Ntagerura, acquitted by the ICTR in February 2004 and still trying to find an acceptable relocation plan in 2024, 20 years later.
Why pro bono? Because the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), like the ICC, continues to deprive defence lawyers of acceptable working conditions.
As the President of the International Criminal Court Bar Association, he therefore intend to fight not only for his clients, victims, suspects or accused, but also for the Bar, to make sure their working conditions allow them to make no compromises for effective representation of these clients.
