Robert Fremr (born 8 November 1957) is a Czech jurist who has been serving as a judge of the

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since 2011.

Early life and education

From 1976 to 1980, Fremr studied at the Charles University Law School in Prague and earned his Doctor of Laws in 1981.

Career

Early career

Fremr became a district judge in 1983 and judge of the Court of Appeal in 1986.

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selected Robert Fremr in 1999 to represent the Czech Republic. From 1989 to 2003, he was a judge of the High Court in Prague. From 2004 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2010, he was a Judge of the

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; from 2006 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2011 he was a judge at the

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International Court of Justice, 2011–present

On 13 December 2011, Fremr was

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a judge of the

in the second ballot. In March 2018, he was elected First Vice President of the ICC. As judge of the ICC, Fremr chaired the proceedings that led to former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda being sentenced in November 2019 to 30 years in prison for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers; the sentence is the longest handed down by the Court to date. In 2021, he was also a judge in the proceedings that resulted in Ntaganda being sentenced to pay child soldiers and other victims a total of $30 million compensation, the Court's highest ever reparation order.Stephanie van den Berg (March 8, 2021)
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