Robin Vincent, CMG,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(27 February 1944 – 12 June 2011) was an international expert in the

administration of justice The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed. The presumed goal of such an administration is to provide justice for all those accessing the legal system. The phrase is also commonly used to ...

, and a major contributor to the creation and effective functioning of international criminal tribunals.

Career

He started his career in 1962 in the British court system as a court administrator in Worcester County. He later served in the Lord Chancellor’s Department Headquarters as Head of the Court Service Development, and Head of the Personnel and Judicial Appointments Divisions. In 1993, he became Regional Director for the

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, and in that capacity he served as a member of the Court Service Board for

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and

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. In 2000, the British Council and the UK Department for International Development appointed him to provide training in court administration for the Russian Judicial Department in

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and southern

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. From January 2002, at the request of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

, Robin Vincent participated in the preparations for the establishment of the

Special Court for Sierra Leone The Special Court for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations to "prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibil ...

(SCSL), and, on 10 June 2002, he was appointed as its first Registrar. In that capacity, he advocated for the institution of a principal defender office to strengthen the role of the defense in international tribunals, and supported an innovative outreach program which has since become a model for other tribunals. After leaving the SCSL in October 2005, Robin Vincent served as Deputy Registrar of the

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...

in 2006. In addition, also in 2006, he advised the US Regime Crimes Liaison Office on the functioning of the

Iraqi High Tribunal The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT), formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal and sometimes referred to as the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, is a body established under Iraqi national law to try Iraqi nationals or residents accused of genocide, crimes aga ...

. In 2007, Robin Vincent served as expert adviser to the

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on matters pertaining to the operational efficiency of the

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC; french: Chambres extraordinaires au sein des tribunaux cambodgiens (CETC); km, អង្គជំនុំជម្រះវិសាមញ្ញក្នុងតុលាការ� ...

, and authored the report “Administrative Practices Manual for Internationally Assisted Criminal Justice Institutions” published by the

International Center for Transitional Justice The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms. ICTJ officially ope ...

(ICTJ). In 2007, Robin Vincent was also named by the

to lead the advance team working on the establishment of the

Special Tribunal for Lebanon The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), also referred to as the Lebanon Tribunal or the Hariri Tribunal, is a tribunal of international character applying Lebanese criminal law to carry out the investigation and prosecution of those responsib ...

(STL) and, in March 2008, was appointed as its Registrar. He served as STL Registrar until June 2009. Robin Vincent was invested as a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

and a Companion of the Most Distinguished

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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He also received an honorary degree for services rendered to national and international justice by the

University of Worcester , motto_lang = la , mottoeng = ''Aspire to Inspire'' , established = 1946 – Worcester Emergency Teacher Training College 1948 – Worcester Teacher Training College 1976 – Worcester College of Higher Education 1997 – ...

in 2007.

Lectures

''The Administrative Challenges to Be Faced in Setting Up an International War Crimes Court and the Lessons Learned''
in th

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Robin 1944 births 2011 deaths Civil servants in the Lord Chancellor's Department Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British officials of the United Nations