Gabrielle Louise McIntyre is an Australian jurist and the Chef de Cabinet to the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the successor institution to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
McIntyre previously served as the Chef de Cabinet to four successive Presidents of the ICTY: Judge Theodor Meron (two periods of two consecutive terms each), Judge Fausto Pocar, and Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson. She also served as the acting Head of Chambers of the ICTY. An expert in international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and human rights law, McIntyre has published and lectured widely in these fields and participated in numerous judicial trainings in The Hague, the former Yugoslavia, and Sierra Leone. She has been responsible for a wide range of initiatives aimed at facilitating a greater understanding of international criminal law and the ICTY’s work and legacy, including a series of conferences held in The Hague and countries of the former Yugoslavia. She has also contributed to a variety of expert projects and undertakings related to the International Criminal Court (ICC) .
McIntyre has an honours degree (First Class) in Law from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and a master's degree (First Class) in international law from the University of Cambridge, England. She has previously served as an associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and as an advisor in the South Australian Attorney-General’s Office.
During her tenure as Chef de Cabinet at the ICTY, McIntyre drafted, reviewed or revised almost all major judgements and decisions of the ICTY and ICTR Appeals Chambers. In addition to hundreds of interlocutory, pre-appeal, and presidential decisions, the appeal judgements rendered during her tenure include those in the ICTY cases of Zdravko Mucić et al., Radislav Krstić, Dragan Nikolić, Miroslav Deronjić, Milomir Stakić, Stanislav Galić, Vidoje Blagojević & Dragan Jokić, Fatmir Limaj et al., Enver Hadžihasanović & Amir Kubura, Pavle Strugar, Milan Martić, Ljube Boškoski & Johan Tarčulovski, Ramush Haradinaj et al., Florence Hartmann, Ante Gotovina & Mladen Markač, Momčilo Perišić, and Zdravko Tolimir, and those in the ICTR cases of Georges Rutaganda, Eliézer Niyitegeka, Elizaphan & Gérard Ntakirutimana, Laurent Semanza, Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, André Ntagerura et al., Mikaeli Muhimana, Aloys Simba, Ferdinand Nahimana et al., Tharcisse Muvunyi, Léonidas Nshogoza, Simon Bikindi, Siméon Nchamihigo, Yussuf Munyakazi, Théoneste Bagosora & Anatole Nsengiyumva, Aloys Ntabakuze, Justin Mugenzi & Prosper Mugiraneza, Grégoire Ndahimana, Augustin Ndindiliyimana et al., Augustin Bizimungu, Édouard Karemera & Matthieu Ngirumpatse, and Ildéphonse Nizeyimana.