Rosario Salvatore Aitala
{{Short description|Italian judge of the International Criminal Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = First Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
| predecessor = Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza
| term_start = 11 March 2024
| office2 = Judge of the International Criminal Court
| term_start2 = 11 March 2018
| term_end2 =
| nominator2 = Italy
| appointer2 = Assembly of States Parties
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|9|24}}
| birth_place = Catania, Italy
}}
Rosario Salvatore Aitala is an Italian jurist specialising in criminal law. Aitala was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court in 2017, for a mandate from 11 March 2018 to 10 March 2027.
Youth and childhood
Aitala was born in Catania in Italy on {{birth date|1967|9|24|df=yes}}.{{cite Q|Q117212841}}
Early career
Prior to becoming a judge, Aitala was a police officer.{{cite Q|Q117213081}}
Judge and prosecutor
=International Criminal Court judge=
On 6 December 2017, Aitala was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), with 84 votes in favour by states party to the Rome Statute.{{cite Q|Q117212884}} His term as an ICC judge is from 11 March 2018 to 10 March 2027.{{cite Q|Q117212869}} He was a judge of Pre-Trial Chamber II from 2018 and was elected as its presiding judge from 2021. In March 2023, Russia initiated a criminal investigation against Aitala, Tomoko Akane and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez in response of an arrest warrant against its president Vladimir Putin for the unlawful deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia during the Russian-Ukrainian war.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-20 |title=Russia blasts back at ICC over Putin arrest warrant |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-russia-icc-criminal-case-moscow-ukraine-war/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Russia defies Putin arrest warrant by opening its own case against ICC |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/russia-defies-putin-arrest-warrant-by-opening-its-own-case-against-icc/48375476 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}
Government and international advisor
Aitala has been an advisor to Italian foreign ministers and the president of the Italian Senate. In European Union (EU) roles, Aitala has been Coordinator of the Cocaine Route Monitoring and Support Programme of the European Union, and an advisor for EU assistance missions for justice and monitoring money laundering and economic crime.
Academic career
Aitala has carried out research and teaching in criminal law, geopolitics and international relations at LUISS Guido Carli, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (2006–2014{{cite Q|Q117212969}}), and University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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