Catherine Marchi-Uhel
HEAD OF
THE MECHANISM
Ms. Marchi-Uhel, a national of France, is the first Head of the Mechanism.
Between 2015 and taking up her position as the Head of the Mechanism, she was the Ombudsperson for the Security Council Committee concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities.
Previously a judge in France, Ms. Marchi-Uhel served in the same capacity with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. She was Senior Legal Officer and Head of Chambers at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and also held legal positions in France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with United Nations peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Liberia.
Michelle Jarvis
DEPUTY HEAD OF THE MECHANISM
Ms. Jarvis, a national of Australia, took up her position as Deputy Head of the Mechanism in December 2017. She has worked in the international criminal justice field for over 20 years. Before taking up her position as Deputy Head of the Mechanism, she was Deputy to the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) where she had oversight of legal issues across the Office of the Prosecutor. Prior to her work in international criminal law, Ms. Jarvis was a litigator in Australia, where her roles included improving women’s access to justice.
Ms. Jarvis has lectured and trained widely on issues concerning international criminal law and brings extensive expertise on issues concerning gender and armed conflict, having co-authored two books and numerous articles on the subject. She initiated and was the inaugural Coordinator of the Prosecuting Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Network, set up within the International Association of Prosecutors, and is presently a member of the Network’s Advisory Council. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Center for Climate Crime Analysis and a member of the high-level Advisory Group for the Anchoring Accountability for Mass Atrocities project by the Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security.
Ms. Jarvis holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Toronto as well as degrees in law and economics from the University of Adelaide.
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