Anees Ahmed
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Anees Ahmed is an Indian lawyer. He served as the Chief of Judicial and Legal Affairs, and formerly the Head of Chambers, of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.{{cite web|url=http://www.unictr.org|title=Home - United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda|website=www.unictr.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.unmict.org/files/cases/uwinkindi/other/en/121004_SeptReporNovReport.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110122254/http://www.unmict.org/files/cases/uwinkindi/other/en/121130_OctNovReport.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-10 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hirondellenews.com/ictr-rwanda/342-current-cases/uwinkindi-jean-bosco/33797-uwinkindi-lawyers-claim-lack-of-funds-to-defend-him-in-rwanda |title=Hirondelle News Agency - 15.10.12 - UWINKINDI LAWYERS CLAIM LACK OF FUNDS TO DEFEND HIM IN RWANDA |access-date=2012-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020171345/http://www.hirondellenews.com/ictr-rwanda/342-current-cases/uwinkindi-jean-bosco/33797-uwinkindi-lawyers-claim-lack-of-funds-to-defend-him-in-rwanda |archive-date=2014-10-20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.unmict.org/files/cases/munyagishari/other/130916.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110122243/http://www.unmict.org/files/cases/munyagishari/other/130916.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-10 }}
Prior to his current appointment, Ahmed was a rapporteur for the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, a Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal,{{cite web|url=http://www.unakrt-online.org/|title=United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials|website=www.unakrt-online.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/default.aspx |title=Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia |accessdate=2009-09-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526083230/http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/default.aspx |archivedate=2009-05-26 }}http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/cabinet/caseInfo/169/{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}/E1_71.1_TR001_20090831_Final_EN_Pub.pdf{{cite web|url=http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/photo.view.aspx?id_album%3D283%26photo%3D0 |title=Photo: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia |accessdate=2009-09-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304005229/http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/photo.view.aspx?id_album=283&photo=0 |archivedate=2009-03-04 }} a prosecuting attorney at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/boskoski_tarculovski/acdec/en/070109.pdf |title=Info |website=www.icty.org }} and a Fellow at the International Court of Justice.
Ahmed graduated in law from the London School of Economics where he was a Chevening Scholar. He is a member of the Lincoln's Inn and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of India.{{cite web |url=http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/PressReleases/PR2009/PR200949.asp |title=INTERPOL war crimes conference aims to develop global expertise |website=www.interpol.int |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525150954/http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/PressReleases/PR2009/PR200949.asp |archive-date=25 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/hrp/previous_events_2007_2008.html|title=Human Rights @ Harvard Law|website=www.law.harvard.edu|date=10 August 2023 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/4008 |title=IALS Events / Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |access-date=2009-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614154340/http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/4008 |archive-date=2011-06-14 |url-status=dead }} He is currently a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity. He studied for a Bachelor of Technology from NIT Warangal and schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bairagarh (Bhopal).{{cite web|url=http://www.kvbairagarh.edu.in/english-passouts|title=Kendriya Vidyalaya Bairagarh :: Distinguished Passouts|website=www.kvbairagarh.edu.in|access-date=2017-11-14|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131020507/http://www.kvbairagarh.edu.in/english-passouts|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=The Pioneer |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/STATE-EDITIONS/bhopal/anees-ahmed-brings-laurel-to-city.html |title=brings laurel to city|publisher=Dailypioneer.com |date=2015-01-14 |accessdate=2018-08-30}}