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Legal 500

Rodney Dixon

Rodney Dixon

Profile

Rodney Dixon combines a practice at the national and international levels in public law, human rights and criminal law. His expertise is in international criminal and humanitarian law acting on behalf of Governments, political leaders, military officers, NGOs and victims before all international criminal courts. His international work covers Privy Council cases, UN claims, bilateral investment treaty matters, actions before the International Court of Justice and ECHR, and private international law cases.  He specialises in public and administrative law through his work on the Attorney General's Panel of Civil Advocates and acting on behalf of private clients, particularly in the fields of foreign relations, the military, extradition, education, inquiries, prisons, health and safety, customs, and mutual assistance.

Notable Cases

  • Kenya Situation, International Criminal Court (ICC), 2011: acting on behalf of the Government of Kenya in challenging the admissibility of Kenya cases before the ICC on grounds of complementarity 
  • Harty v Sabre International Security, 2010-2011: representing security officer injured in Iraq in damages claim in which jurisdiction to proceed in the UK and the applicable law have been central issues
  • Baha Mousa Inquiry, 2010: part of counsel team for Ministry of Defence in public inquiry concerning death in detention in Iraq
  • Sudan Situation, International Criminal Court (ICC), 2009-2011: acting in proceedings involving President Al Bashir of Sudan and case involving rebel forces in Darfur
  • Al Jedda v Secretary of State for Home Department, 2010: acting for Home Office in case concerning the deprivation of UK citizenship and statelessness
  • Prosecutor v Ramush Haradinaj, International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), 2005-2011: acting for former Prime Minister of Kosovo indicted while in office for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes 
  • Chung v Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2009-2011: British national claiming damages from alleged unlawful extradition from the US
  • Camp Breadbasket, 2010-2011: acting for Ministry of Defence in judicial review proceedings  concerning allegations of torture and inhuman treatment in Iraq
  • Synergy Child Services v Ofsted, 2009: Care Standards Tribunal inquiry into child welfare and protection allegations
  • Prosecutor v Amir Kubura, ICTY, 2003-2008: representing Bosnian Army commander concerning allegations of command over foreign Mujahedin fighters in central Bosnia
  • Mechan v Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2007: allegations of unfair trial and mistreatment in foreign jurisdiction and the duty of Foreign Office to intervene
  • Calder v Public Prosecutor's Office (Germany) 2006: acting for suspect sought for extradition to Germany on charges of rape and indecent assault 
  • London Borough of Bromley v C, 2006: representing parents in a case concerning the liability of parents to prosecution when children do not attend school without permission
  • Tyack v The State (Mauritius), 2006, Privy Council: the effect of taking into consideration other offences during sentence and the application of UK sentencing guidelines in Mauritius

What the Directories say

Legal 500 2011: recommended as leading junior in public international law: "the clear, eloquent and focused Rodney Dixon who is one of the best counsel who appears before the ICC".

Legal 500 2010: recommended as leading junior in public international law; "recommended for his particularly strong expertise in international humanitarian and criminal law".

Publications

  • Co-author of Archbold International Criminal Courts: Practice, Procedure and Evidence (Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd Edition published January 2010)
  • Senior Expert Consultant for OSCE War Crimes Justice Project in the former Yugoslavia, publication on International Criminal Law and National Prosecutions of War Crimes, 2011
  • Co-editor of the International Criminal Law Reports (ICLR) (CM publishers)
  • Authored chapters on "Protection of National Security Information" and "Crimes against Humanity" in the Commentary on the Rome Statute of the ICC (Otto Triffterer ed. 1999, 2nd Edition 2008)
  • "Advising Accused in respect of Guilty Pleas before Internationals Courts", European Journal of International Criminal Law, September 2005
  • "The Challenges of Proving International Crimes", MacArthur Foundation Report, January 2001
  • "Prosecuting the Leaders: The Application of the Doctrine of Superior Responsibility", a chapter in a book by the Royal Netherlands Military Academy entitled Command Responsibility: Command and Control in Difficult Circumstances, December 1998
  • "The Tribunals and Refugee Issues", Danish Centre of Human Rights Publication on Refugee Issues and Policy, October 1997
  • "Developing Rules of Evidence before International Tribunals", Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems Journal, Spring 1997