Nina Tavakoli
UK Bar Guide 2024
Spotlight : Crime: International Criminal Law
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About
Provided by Nina Tavakoli
Practice Areas
Nina specialises in international and domestic criminal law and inquiries. She has significant experience in genocide and war crimes prosecutions.
She is currently instructed as part of the defence team representing Hashim Thaçi, former president of Kosovo, before the Kosovo Specialist
Chambers in The Hague. She has previously acted in cases before the International Criminal Court, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Charles
Taylor case) and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She is a highly experienced investigator of international crimes, particularly
sexual violence and torture and has extensive experience working with survivors of sexual violence, especially men. Nina provides specialist advice
to governments and NGOs on various areas including gender, rule of law and transitional justice.
Career
Admitted as a Solicitor (2003). Called to Bar (2014). Member of UK government’s team of independent experts on preventing sexual violence in
conflict (2012) and justice (2014); JRR-UN Women’s sexual and gender based violence expert roster (2018). LLM Public International Law –
LSE (2006).