Kai Ambos is since May 2003 the holder of the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and International Criminal Law at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (GAU), Germany. Since December 2013 he is Director of the Centro de Estudios de Derecho Penal y Procesal Penal Latinoamericano (CEDPAL) of the GAU and since April 2018 Acting Director of the Institute of Criminal Law and Justice. Ambos served as a Judge at the Provincial Court (Landgericht) of Lower Saxony in Göttingen from 24 March 2006 to 7 February 2017; with his appointment as Judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC), The Hague, on 7 February 2017 he took leave from this judicial position. On 6 December 2017 he has been selected as Advisor (Amicus Curiae) to the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
