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Helen Brady, an Australian lawyer, is the Senior Appeals Counsel and Head of the Appeals and Prosecution Legal Coordination Section in the OTP at the ICC. Since 2014, she has led the Prosecution on all appeals and post-appeal proceedings before the Appeals Chamber, advises prosecution teams and coordinates legal positions in cases and situations. Previously, as Senior Appeals Counsel and Appeals Counsel at the) ICTY, she appeared for the Prosecution in the appeals of 50 accused persons in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide cases at the ICTY and the ICTR, and advised on appeals and trials of another 50 accused. She also served as Chef de Cabinet to the President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Antonio Cassese. Formerly, Ms. Brady was a prosecutor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) in Sydney and worked in leading law firms in Sydney and San Francisco. As a member of the Australian Government delegation to the negotiations for the ICC, she was one of the negotiators and drafters of the ICC’s Statute and Rules of Procedure and Evidence. A graduate of ANU (BSc-LLB (Hons)) and Cambridge (LLM (Hons, 1st class), she has written more than 25 publications on international criminal law and procedure and lectured/presented on international criminal justice issues in more than 20 countries. She has also trained judges and lawyers at various international and domestic courts.