Gabrielle McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Arbitrator of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal | |
| In office 2001–2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Rosemary Barkett |
| President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 1997–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio Cassese |
| Succeeded by | Claude Jorda |
| Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| In office May 11, 1979 – August 14, 1988 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by | John David Rainey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gabrielle Anne Kirk April 12, 1942 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Education | Boston University Hunter College Howard University (LLB) |
Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald (née Kirk; born April 12, 1942) is an American lawyer and jurist who, until her retirement in October 2013,[1] served as an American arbitrator on the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal seated in The Hague.[2]
She is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[3] McDonald was one of the first eleven judges elected by the United Nations to serve on the Yugoslav Tribunal[4][5] and went on to become its president between 1997 and 1999,[3] the only woman to occupy the position since its founding in 1994.
As the presiding judge in Trial Chamber II, she issued the tribunal's verdict against Duško Tadić, the first international war crimes trial since the Nuremberg Trials and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.[6] The Tadić case was also the first international war crimes trial involving charges of sexual violence.[6]