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Kate Orlovsky is the Director of the Hague Office of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the IBA’s International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Criminal Law Programme. The Programme monitors issues related to fairness and equality of arms at the ICC and other international criminal law tribunals, and encourages the legal community to engage with the work of these courts. Ms. Orlovsky has over 12 years of experience in civil society organisations with an international justice mandate including the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, Human Rights Watch and the International Center for Transitional Justice. She has written and contributed to numerous reports on international criminal law and practice, and has worked closely with activists from ICC conflict situations. Ms Orlovsky has a certificate in Human Rights, Gender, and Conflict Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, an LL.M. from SOAS, University of London, a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and a B.A. from Columbia University.