The International Criminal Court (ICC) Annual List Counsel Training Seminar was held at the seat of the Court in the Hague from 22nd to 24th September ’26. The seminar was for all counsel from multiple legal jurisdictions worldwide admitted to represent defendants and victims before the ICC, with participants attending both in-person and remotely.
James Onalaja was invited to deliver the plenary session on ICC trial advocacy to all participants and was part of the panel of trainers which included ICC judges and experienced ICC trial counsels, involved in the training of participants during the practical and interactive small group training sessions on examination in chief and cross examination. James was further charged with chairing two panel discussion sessions on the Disciplinary Board Mechanisms and Proceedings.
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