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John R.W.D. Jones specialises in extradition, war crimes and terrorism. He is also a general criminal practitioner and part-time Immigration Judge. John read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as an open exhibitioner at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University where he gained an M.A.. He also has an M.A. in Law from City University in London and an LL.M. from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1992. John is also admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, USA and the Kingdom of Cambodia. Extradition John is a specialist extradition practitioner and author. He publishes the Extradition Law Handbook (Oxford University Press, 2005, with Arvinder Sambei), and the Extradition Law Reports (Southside Legal Publishing, 2007). He has appeared on behalf of requested persons, foreign governments and judicial authorities in a large number of extradition proceedings. He has represented, among others, governments and judicial authorities of the Czech Republic, France, Germany, HKSAR, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. In 2007, he was seconded to the Extradition Unit of the Crown Prosecution Service's Serious Crimes Division, where he was responsible for preparing extradition requests on behalf of the CPS and representing foreign states and judicial authorities in extradition proceedings in the English courts. John is listed as an "up and coming" extradition expert in Chambers & Partners' 2009 UK Guide. War crimes Since 1995, John has worked as an international criminal lawyer, practicing at the war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. He has recently been involved as counsel in four separate war crimes cases (Mehmed Alagic, Naser Oric, Momcilo Krajisnik (as amicus) and now Rasim Delic). Between 1995 and 1999, he worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, as a law clerk and then associate legal officer to Judge Antonio Cassese, the first President of the ICTY. In 1998, John worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Arusha, Tanzania, as an associate legal officer, where he helped draft the first judgement on genocide. In 2003, John was the first acting Principal Defender of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In that capacity, he helped to set up the SCSL Defence Office and represented suspects and accused appearing before the SCSL - including a former Government minister, rebel (RUF) leaders and members of the AFRC junta - and assigned defence teams. He filed briefs and appeared in court on behalf of suspects, devised a legal aid system for the SCSL, and appeared on Sierra Leonean radio and television to explain the role of the Defence in international criminal trials. Since 2001, John has been involved in international criminal defence work. He represented Naser Orić - the wartime commander of Srebrenica in Bosnia & Herzegovina - in his trial and appeal before the ICTY from 2003-2008. Orić was fully acquitted of all charges on appeal (see
John has published and lectured extensively in the field of war crimes law. He has advised governments and international organisations on war crimes issues. John also teaches international criminal law at the London School of Economics. Terrorism John is currently acting in a control order case under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. He has advised on the freezing of assets under the Al-Qaida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002 and acted in extradition cases relating to terrorism. Criminal law John's criminal practice includes Crown Court trials for serious offences, including robbery and aggravated arson, as well as District and General Courts-Martial. Human rights / Civil liberties John's practice encompasses human rights and civil liberties generally. For the past 2 years he has been listed in the "Legal Experts" directory in the field of Civil Liberties. Immigration and asylum law John sits, part-time, as an Immigration Judge of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. In the past he sat as a legal member of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and he has also sat on reconsideration applications at Field House. As an advocate, he has appeared for appellants in asylum applications. International commercial arbitration From 1999 to 2001, John worked for White and Case in Paris, practicing in international commercial arbitration and also lecturing, in French, at the Law Clinic of Paris (Université de Paris-I). Recent cases include: Navadunskis v Serious Organised Crime Agency Farnesi and Fawaz v Court of Livorno Trenk v District Court in Plzen-Mesto Spanovic v. Government of Croatia Hutton v Government of Australia Kalniets v District Court of Ogre Cleeland (R on the application of) v Criminal Cases Review Commission Mucelli v Government of Albania/ Moulai v Deputy Public Prosecutor in Creteil, France (House of Lords) Kwietniewski v Circuit Court in Tarnobrzeg Poland El Farargy v El Farargy & Ors Bogdani v Albanian Government Moulai v Director of Public Prosecutions of Creteil France R (on the application of Hilali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Wiercinski v. The 2nd Division of the Criminal Circuit in Olsztyn, Poland Prosecutor of the ICTY v. Naser Orić (IT-03-68-T) (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) Publications Among his publications, John has published the following books:
Languages John is a fluent French speaker and also proficient in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. |
Year of Call1992 Membership of foreign bars: District of Columbia, USA (1999); Kingdom of Cambodia (2009) Email AddressSpecialist TeamsMember : |
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