Céline Bardet is a lawyer and international criminal investigator specializing in war crimes. Internationally recognized, she has worked in over 50 conflict and post-conflict countries, including for the United Nations, the European Union, and Interpol.
She began her career at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia under Judge Claude Jorda.
Between 2001 and 2004, she worked at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, focusing on issues of terrorism and organized crime.
From 2004 onward, Céline Bardet dedicated herself to long-term field missions related to transitional justice and security.
In 2007, she was appointed legal director and adviser to the principal deputy high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she established a war crimes unit in Brčko. She led investigations and initiated several trials for war crimes, including the first trial for rape as a war crime in Brčko.
Since 2011, Céline Bardet has been an independent expert on justice and security. Internationally recognized, she has worked in over 50 conflict and post-conflict countries for the United Nations, the European Union, and Interpol.
In 2014, she founded the Non-Governmental Organization We are NOT Weapons of War to provide a comprehensive, holistic, and effective response to the endemic use of sexual violence in fragile environments through innovative and creative legal approaches.
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