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Luis Moreno-Ocampo

Former ICC Chief Prosecutor · Argentina

Affiliated with International Criminal Court (ICC)

Judicial — binding rulings

First ICC Prosecutor (2003–2012); presented the genocide case against Omar al-Bashir over Darfur.

Financing

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Money source

Former ICC salary; now private practice and academia.

Institutional alignment

Former head of ICC Office of the Prosecutor.

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Disclosures & conflicts

As Prosecutor, charged al-Bashir with genocide — a contested and ultimately unenforced warrant. Has since held advisory roles and public commentary positions; no longer speaks for the ICC institution.

Credibility & caveats

Historic ICC genocide charging decision; subsequent career includes advisory and media roles.

On the record

Verbatim quotations in this project attributed to this person.

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This profile is used to weigh publishers, investigators, officials, or source material cited inside case evidence. It may not itself issue a genocide determination for a case. See the methodology for the source-weighting rules.

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