Javier Ruiz
Argentine lawyer with dual training in international criminal law and public international law. Assistant to Counsel for the Defence and Victims before the ICC, member of the ICCBA and of its Working Group on Ecocide; professor of Public International Law at the National University of Mar del Plata.
An Argentine lawyer with dual training in international criminal law and public international law, Javier Ruiz has always been a protagonist of change. His deep understanding of the environmental challenges and opportunities facing the world led him to build a practice devoted to fair, practical solutions with defined timelines.
He is committed to building Ecocide and International Crimes Group into the boutique consultancy of reference for its positive impact on the world.
Education and credentials
- Lawyer, National University of Mar del Plata (Argentina). Associate Professor of Public International Law, International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law at its Faculty of Law since 2010.
- Assistant to Counsel for the Defence and Victims before the International Criminal Court (since 2021); member of the ICCBA (International Criminal Court Bar Association) and of its Working Group on Ecocide.
- Diploma, "ICC Advocacy Training for Counsels" (Counsel Support Section, ICC, 2025) and "ICC Training for Counsels" (Counsel Cooperation Seminars, ICC, 2025).
- Diploma, Hague Academy of International Law: "Advanced Course on International Criminal Law" (2024).
- Advocacy Training for International Lawyers in International Criminal Law, University of Oxford, delivered at the ICC premises (2018).
- International Criminal Law and International Comparative Law, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague (2015–2018).
- Diploma, Program of Advanced Studies in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, American University, Washington College of Law (2016).
- Advanced Programme "Countering Terrorism: Legal Challenges and Dilemmas", International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague (2015).
- MA in International Conflicts and Development, University of Valencia (2010–2012), within the International Doctorate Programme in Peace, Conflicts and Development.
- Specialisation in International Human Rights Law, Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg (Cum Laude), and "International Justice and Human Rights", Utrecht University.
- ICCBA Presidency Award (2024) and Humanitarian Award, Youth Human Rights International, Amsterdam (2026).
- Member of the International Board of CIDIIR (Research Centre for International Law and Regional Integration), 2023–2028, and reviewing juror for the journal "Plural Academia".
- Author of the chapter "The Crime of Aggression: From Nuremberg to Tokyo to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court" in The Tokyo Tribunal Eighty Years Later (2026).
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