Mr Alexandre Prezanti > Guernica 37 Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile
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Mr Alexandre Prezanti
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Alexandre specialises in criminal law, international criminal law, human rights and sanctions. He has a worldwide practice and professional knowledge of English, French and Russian.
Alexandre has 15 years of experience in providing legal advice and assistance to individuals, non-governmental organisations and public authorities on investigations, case building and litigation. He is often called on to organise and lead war crimes investigations, to conduct evidential analysis in large complex cases, and to draft briefs to international courts and tribunals. Alexandre has filed over a dozen Article 15 Communications before the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on behalf of victims in Cambodia, Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus. He has also defended international criminal cases before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia and the International Criminal Court. He regularly advises and assists victims to file cases before the European Court of Human Rights, domestic universal jurisdiction prosecutors and US, UK and EU sanctions authorities.
Alexandre also participates in rule of law and capacity building projects as a justice sector reforms adviser, international observer and training expert. In this capacity, he has helped to establish the first Rule of Law Centre in Myanmar, conducted criminal trial monitoring in Georgia, recommended criminal law reform in Vietnam, Georgia and Ukraine and trained CSO and justice sector professionals in Croatia, Cambodia, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Armenia and other former Soviet countries. He has authored or contributed to several training and advocacy tools on topics such as violence against women, wartime sexual violence, sanctions, linkage evidence and human rights investigations. Alexandre has also lectured law at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Cambodia and served as Adjunct Professor in International Criminal Law at the University of Washington and Lee in the USA.
Alexandre is Qualified to accept Public Access instructions.
Languages
French, Russian, Spanish
Memberships
List of counsel of the International Criminal Court
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Education
BPP Law School (Leeds), Bar Professional Training Course (2013)
LLM (Public International Law), London School of Economics (2008)
LLB with European Legal Studies, King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg (2007)