Rosario Salvatore Aitala
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Rosario Salvatore Aitala | |
|---|---|
| First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Nominated by | Italy |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1967 |
| Alma mater | University of Catania |
| Profession | Judge |
Rosario Salvatore Aitala is an Italian jurist specialising in criminal law.[1][2] Aitala was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court in 2017, for a mandate from 11 March 2018 to 10 March 2027.[3]
Early career
Prior to becoming a judge, Aitala was a police officer.[4]
Judge and prosecutor
Aitala has been a judge and a prosecutor in Milan, Trapani and Rome for three decades, specialising in criminal law cases involving the Mafia, terrorism, corruption and international crime including terrorism.[2][3]
International Criminal Court judge
On 6 December 2017, Aitala was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), with 84 votes in favour by the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.[1] His term as an ICC judge is from 11 March 2018 to 10 March 2027.[3] He has been a judge of Pre-Trial Chamber II from 2018 and was elected as its presiding judge in 2021.[3] In March 2023, Russia initiated a criminal investigation against Aitala, Tomoko Akane and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez in response to an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin for the unlawful deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia during the Russian-Ukrainian war.[5][6]
Since March 2024, judge Aitala has served as First Vice-President of the Court, after being elected to the position by the plenary of ICC judges.[7]
