{"id":5688,"date":"2025-09-12T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelgkarnavas.net\/blog\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:41:54","slug":"icc-defence-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelgkarnavas.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/12\/icc-defence-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Counsel Training at the ICC:  A disorganized, under-resourced, afterthought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div id=\"google_language_translator\" class=\"default-language-en\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 8 July 2025, I received a group email from &#8220;ICC Seminars&#8221; with an invitation to &#8220;Counsel admitted to the Court\u2019s List of Counsel and the Court\u2019s List of Assistants to participate in the upcoming hybrid Training for Counsel. This training will be held both online and at the Court from Tuesday, 23 September to Thursday, 25 September 2025.&#8221;\u00a0 There is no limitation for on-line attendance.\u00a0 The email stated a draft agenda would be shared in due course, while the invitation attachment said a draft agenda was attached.\u00a0 It was not.\u00a0 The email also advised that a link\u00a0 would be available in &#8220;early September.&#8221;\u00a0 As far as I know, neither has occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Although the invitation states the &#8220;training is organised in collaboration with the ICC Bar Association and with funding from the European Union,&#8221; I see nothing about the training on the ICCBA website training or home pages.<\/p>\n<p>With the training about 2 weeks away, I thought I&#8217;d share the below email I sent back that same day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Dear CSS,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>With all due respect, it&#8217;s genuinely difficult to understand how counsel are expected to commit their time, money, and professional energy to a training program when no information is provided\u2014none\u2014about the actual content. Is it really too much to expect that, before announcing an annual training (especially one that fills on a first-come, first-served basis), there would at least be a confirmed agenda and committed trainers?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>After more than two decades of operation, one would reasonably expect CSS to have mastered the basics of planning and communication. This isn\u2019t merely a matter of logistics or scheduling; it\u2019s about respecting the time, financial constraints, and professional obligations of the very individuals the system depends on. Surely, we can all agree that counsel don\u2019t attend these trainings for the hotel breakfast\u2014they come to learn, to improve, to engage. That requires substance. And unfortunately, substance has too often been in short supply.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Over the years, I\u2019ve tried\u2014gently and not so gently\u2014to convey two realities: first, that a large portion of counsel on the list still lack essential trial and appellate skills; and second, that the CSS annual training, more often than not, offers style over substance. Yet every year, I find myself watching the same last-minute scramble, the same absence of serious preparation, and the same missed opportunity for meaningful capacity-building. It\u2019s become almost ritualistic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Now, I understand there may be a lack of in-house expertise\u2014after all, to my knowledge, no one within CSS has direct international trial or appellate experience. Fair enough. But that\u2019s hardly a fatal obstacle. The field is rich with experienced counsel who are willing\u2014eager, even\u2014to contribute. So the continued reluctance to engage that expertise, to tap into the available resources, remains baffling. A mystery, really.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Until that changes, I\u2019ll continue to express my concern\u2014not out of habit or complaint, but because I care about the integrity of the profession and the quality of representation provided in international proceedings. And, as always, I remain entirely willing to assist in raising the standard\u2014should anyone at CSS wish to take up the offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Respectfully but disappoint[ed]ly ,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Michael G. Karnavas<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>No response was forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-919 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelgkarnavas.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/comments2.png?resize=274%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Don't forget to leave your comments\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 July 2025, I received a group email from &#8220;ICC Seminars&#8221; with an invitation to &#8220;Counsel admitted to the Court\u2019s List of Counsel and the Court\u2019s List of Assistants to participate in the upcoming hybrid Training for Counsel. 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