Judge Michael Bohlander has submitted his resignation from the office of International Co-Investigating Judge. The last remaining investigation in Case 004 was disposed of today.
He had been the International Reserve Co-Investigating Judge from 10 June 2015 to 31 July 2015, when he took over from his predecessor, Judge Mark B. Harmon, as the fifth International Co-Investigating Judge since the establishment of the ECCC.
He wishes to acknowledge that it was an honour and a privilege to serve as the International Co-Investigating Judge and to work together with the National Co-Investigating Judge, H.E. Judge You Bunleng, and his team. He would particularly like to thank the members of his own team – staff, consultants and interns – for their sterling work, support and loyalty above and beyond the call of duty through the years in often very difficult conditions.
Judge Bohlander will be returning to England to serve as the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School, from where he had been on leave since 11 September 2015. He will also take up service as a member of the roster of Judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague to which he had been appointed in February 2017.