Association of Defence Counsel

Aidan Ellis has worked for Defence teams at the ICC and ICTY for the last nine years. He practises as a barrister in London and The Hague. He is currently Counsel for the Defence of Saif Al-Islam Gadafi in admissibility proceedings at the ICC. He has previously worked for the Defence team representing Saleh Jerbo and Abdallah Banda (situation in Sudan). He was the editorial assistant on the latest edition of Archbold International Criminal Courts. He has previously served on and chaired the Membership Committee of the ADC-ICT.

Peter Haynes is currently the Lead Representatives of Victims at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He is a member of St. Philips Chambers in the UK with more than 30 years of experience in both domestic and international criminal courts. He was previously lead counsel for Vinko Pandurevic at the ICTY and Lead counsel for Jean-Pierre Bemba at the ICC. Mr. Haynes also works as an independent consultant on international criminal law matters advising both Heads of State and governments. He is also currently a member of a panel of experts instructed to monitor the implementation of transitional justice mechanisms in Sri Lanka.

Chad Mair is currently Counsel assigned to represent the rights and interests of the Accused Salim Jamil Ayyash at the STL. Prior to working at the STL, Mair worked on a number of cases at the ICTY, including the Defence teams for Idriz Balaj, Momčilo Perišić and Stojan Župljanin at the ICTY.

Tanya Pettay has worked on defence teams at the ICTY, ECCC, and ICC for the past ten years, most recently as a Senior Legal Consultant for Mr. Meas Muth as the ECCC.