Cuno Tarfusser
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His Honour Judge Cuno Tarfusser |
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| 2nd Vice-President of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 2012–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Kaul |
| Succeeded by | Kuniko Ozaki |
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In office 11 March 2009 – 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Mauro Politi |
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| Born | 11 August 1954 |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Profession | Prosecutor |
Cuno Jakob Tarfusser (born 1954) is an Italian judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Tarfusser studied at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Padova.
Prior to his appointment to the ICC, he had an extensive legal career in Italy as a prosecutor, including holding the office of Chief Public Prosecutor.
Tarfusser was appointed to his position on the ICC on 11 March 2009 He is assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber II at the International Criminal Court.
Together with judges Hans-Peter Kaul and Ekaterina Trendafilova, Tarfusser made the landmark decision that saw Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy William Ruto, former Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura and journalist Joshua Sang committed to trial in January 2012.
In October 2013, Tarfusser issued an arrest warrant for Kenyan journalist Walter Barasa on suspicion of attempting to bribe a potential witness in the International Criminal Court investigation in Kenya against Ruto; this was the first time the court sought to prosecute someone over interfering with its legal process.
In February 2015, Tarfusser and Trendafilova dissented with their colleagues of the Pre-Trial Chamber II in their decision to uphold the acquittal of militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of commanding fighters who destroyed the village of Bogoro in eastern Congo in 2003, raping and hacking to death some 200 people including children. The original 2012 judgment had been only the second verdict in the court's history and the first time it had cleared a suspect. Both Tarfusser and Trendafilova argued that the appeals chamber should have ordered a retrial because of errors by the trial panel, saying that "vital evidence was disregarded."
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