Brenda Hollis, Prosecutor, at the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2017 Brenda J. Hollis, is an American lawyer. She was appointed by

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Secretary-General

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of the

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in February 2010, replacing Stephen Rapp. Hollis was the Chief Prosecutor at the Special Court and served as the lead prosecutor in the trial and appeal of the case against Charles Taylor, the former President of

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. Hollis previously served as the Prosecutor of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, which replaced the Special Court in December 2013; currently James Johnson, an adjunct professor at

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, serves as the Chief Prosecutor for the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. She also serves as the Reserve International Co-Prosecutor for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and works as a consultant in international criminal law and procedure. Hollis had worked as a consultant to the Prosecutor of the Special Court in 2002 and 2003, taking part in the initial investigations and providing advice on the requirements of international criminal law. In 2006, she again worked as a consultant for the Special Court, amending the indictment against Charles Taylor and preparing the case for trial. Hollis worked as a legal consultant working with judges, prosecutors and investigators of the Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Courts and the Special Tribunal for Iraq. She worked with NGO groups to prepare submissions to the Prosecutor of the ICC, and providing technical assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Prior to her legal consultancy work, Hollis worked in a variety of capacities in the Office of the Prosecutor at the

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, organizing, preparing and participating in the prosecution of its first cases including the Tadic case - the first litigated case in an international tribunal since Nuremberg, and the Furundzija case, the first case to charge sexual violence as torture. Hollis served as a US Air Force Officer for 22 years. She retired with the rank of Colonel. Hollis has a

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from the

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and a

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from

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. She has received honorary degrees from Case Western School of Law and Bowling Green State University.

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