Carla Del Ponte
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Carla Del Ponte is a Swiss lawyer and former chief prosecutor renowned for leading international war crimes prosecutions at tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carla Del Ponte canonical | 6 |
| Del Ponte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2053507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carla Del Ponte Context triple: [International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, notableProsecutor, Carla Del Ponte]
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A.
Joan Roberts
Joan Roberts was an American actress and singer best known for originating the role of Laurey in the landmark 1943 Broadway musical "Oklahoma!".
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B.
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Diana Villiers Negroponte is a British-born lawyer, historian, and author known for her work on Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Dimitra Priebus
Dimitra Priebus is the mother of American attorney and former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
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D.
Constance Casey
Constance Casey is an American writer and journalist known for her essays and columns, and she is married to Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus.
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E.
Mary Ellen Pohl Bork
Mary Ellen Pohl Bork is the widow of the late U.S. judge and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carla Del Ponte Target entity description: Carla Del Ponte is a Swiss lawyer and former chief prosecutor renowned for leading international war crimes prosecutions at tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
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A.
Joan Roberts
Joan Roberts was an American actress and singer best known for originating the role of Laurey in the landmark 1943 Broadway musical "Oklahoma!".
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B.
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Diana Villiers Negroponte is a British-born lawyer, historian, and author known for her work on Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy.
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C.
Dimitra Priebus
Dimitra Priebus is the mother of American attorney and former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
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D.
Constance Casey
Constance Casey is an American writer and journalist known for her essays and columns, and she is married to Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus.
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E.
Mary Ellen Pohl Bork
Mary Ellen Pohl Bork is the widow of the late U.S. judge and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss person
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-02-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bern
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University of Geneva ⓘ |
| employer |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ Swiss Confederation ⓘ United Nations ⓘ |
| familyName |
Del Ponte
ⓘ
linked to:
Carla Del Ponte
|
| fieldOfWork |
human rights law
ⓘ
international criminal law ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Carla ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading international war crimes prosecutions
ⓘ
role as Chief Prosecutor at UN war crimes tribunals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland ⓘ |
| name | Carla Del Ponte ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableWork |
investigations into crimes committed during the Yugoslav Wars
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investigations into the Rwandan genocide ⓘ prosecution of genocide and war crimes in Rwanda ⓘ prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda proceedings
ⓘ
linked to:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia proceedings ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bignasco ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Attorney General of Switzerland
ⓘ
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ Swiss ambassador to Argentina ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bern
ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Carla Del Ponte Description of subject: Carla Del Ponte is a Swiss lawyer and former chief prosecutor renowned for leading international war crimes prosecutions at tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Carla Del Ponte