Catriona Murdoch joined Chambers in 2011 following the successful completion of a mixed law-pupillage.

Catriona specialises in human rights and criminal law both domestically and internationally. She is based in The Hague appointed to the defence team of Jovica Stanišić and Alfred Musema before the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT). Catriona is currently instructed in a range of civil ECHR claims and an Article 2 Inquest. She continues to accept instructions in the UK in all practice areas.

In February 2018 Catriona formed part of a panel of experts on the law of starvation and conflict and food insecurity issues in The Hague. Catriona has given legal seminars in the UK and was appointed in 2017 to the Panel of Consultants and Experts at the International Nuremberg principles Academy. In 2016 she delivered training on behalf of the Association of Defence Counsel at the UN ICTY on drafting before the international tribunals.

In her spare time, Catriona enjoys watching and playing rugby, travelling, reading and spending time with her family.

Catriona is recommended as a leading junior by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.

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