Motoo Noguchi was appointed earlier this year as one of three international judges on the Supreme Court Chamber (also known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal). The KRT has not convened yet, but evidence is being gathered. Motoo was a visiting scholar at Yale this fall.

Bio:

Mr. Motoo NOGUCHI is a professor at UNAFEI (United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders) in Tokyo, serving concurrently as senior attorney at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Legal Affairs Bureau. He started his career as public prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice in 1985 and has accumulated considerable experience in criminal investigations and trials. He also has long experience in the provision of legal technical assistance for developing countries in Asia including Cambodia, firstly as professor at the Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice, then as counsel at the Asian Development Bank, and currently as professor at UNAFEI. Graduate of University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. Visiting scholar at University of Washington, Law School, USA from 1992-93. Visiting professional at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands in 2005. Born in 1961 in Tokyo.