Cuno Jakob Tarfusser is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 Judge

Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

 who currently sits as a judge of the International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...

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Prior to his appointment to the ICC, he had an extensive legal career in Italy as a prosecutor

Prosecutor

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, including holding the office of Chief Public Prosecutor. He studied at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Padova. He was appointed to his current position on the ICC on 11 March 2009

He is currently assigned to Pre-Trial Chamber II at the International Criminal Court.