The International Criminal Justice Initiative (ICJI) at the Georgetown University Law Center is pleased to announce the re-appointment of three Senior Fellows: Irisa Cevra, Davorka Colak and Dr. Ingrid Elliott MBE.

“We are pleased to have Davorka, Irisa and Ingrid continue their fellowships with ICJI,” said Clint Williamson, Senior Director for International Justice at Georgetown. “They are among the world’s experts in the investigation and prosecution of atrocity crimes and key contributors to our work leading the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine (ACA). Their knowledge and experience are an important resource for the Law Center community.”

Senior Fellows contribute to shaping and advising a range of ICJI efforts focused on accountability for atrocity crimes. Their work includes conducting research on pertinent legal questions, evaluating shortcomings in accountability frameworks and analyzing responses to both current and past conflicts. In addition, they are asked to actively engage with the Georgetown community, helping to motivate and mentor the next generation of professionals in the field of international criminal justice.

Cevra, a native of Sarajevo, is a Senior Expert for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine. Her experience includes serving as the Head of the Legal Advisory Section at the War Crimes Department of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With more than two decades of experience, she has focused primarily on strategic approaches to investigations and prosecutions of complex atrocity crimes cases and transitional justice issues.

Colak has more than 15 years of experience adjudicating atrocity crimes at the national and international levels and is a Senior Expert for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine. She is a Deputy County Prosecutor in the County Attorney’s Office in Zagreb assigned to the War Crimes Department, which covers atrocity crimes, terrorism cases and sex-crimes cases.

Dr. Elliott, MBE, is a criminal investigator and prosecutor with over 25 years of experience, including at the Bosnia State Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Myanmar, South Sudan and Ukraine. A Senior Expert for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine, she specializes in Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) and has deployed more than 35 times with the UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Team of Experts. Dr. Elliott is the primary penholder on the Murad Code shaping survivor-centered investigative standards and leading major efforts to address stigma in CRSV justice processes.