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John R.W.D. Jones
John Jones specialises in the law of extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism. In addition to his domestic practice, which includes cases before the House of Lords and the Privy Council, John has appeared as counsel before a number of international courts and tribunals, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the European Court of Justice. 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. Counter-terrorism and financial sanctions 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 a "band 2" extradition expert in Chambers & Partners' 2010 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 three separate war crimes cases (Mehmed Alagic, Naser Oric 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 has also taught international criminal law at the London School of Economics. In 2009, John submitted written evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights in relation to amending the law on genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to allow retrospective prosecutions under the ICC Act 2001 (Parliamentary Joint Committee's 24th Report of Session 2008-09 ("Closing the Impunity Gap: UK law on genocide (and related crimes) and redress for torture victims")). John also acted as principal legal consultant for the Aegis Trust, the UK's Genocide trust, which successfully campaigned for a change in the law, resulting in section 70 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, enabling genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since 1 January 1991 anywhere in the world to be prosecuted in the UK, where the perpetrator is British or a British resident. 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. He has an extensive pro bono practice, working with, among others, Fair Trials Abroad and the FCO's Pro Bono Panel, on cases involving the death penalty, prisoners abroad and/or extradition. 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). Public Access John has now qualified and is available to take on public access work. Recent cases include: Orobator v Governor of HMP Holloway and Secretary of State for Justice Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Faraj Faraj Hassan Al Saadi Louca v. A German Judicial Authority (Supreme Court) Romanowski v Regional Court of Lublin, Poland Secretary of State v. AS Sciezka (No. 2) v Sad Okregowy, Kielce, Poland Sciezka v Sad Okregowy, Kielce, Poland R (Bary and Al Fawwaz) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Willcox (R on the application) v Ministry of Justice 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:
Directorships John is on the Board of Directors of the International Criminal Defence Attorney Association (www.aiad-icdaa.org). He is also a director of Borneo Orangutan Survival (www.savetheorangutan.co.uk). 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 AddressClick for contact details
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