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canonicalName: "Carla Del Ponte"
aliases: ["Carla Ponti"]
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tags: ["lawyer", "international-law"]
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sources: ["secinsider"]
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# Carla Del Ponte

## Profile

**Carla Del Ponte** is a prominent Swiss international prosecutor, known for her work as Chief Prosecutor at the **International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)** and the **International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)**.

## Role in This Source

Mentioned by [[entity-alexandra-damsker|Damsker]] (rendered in the transcript as 'Carla Ponti') as her **original career inspiration**. This single biographical reference establishes that Damsker entered law oriented around large-scale justice work before transitioning into corporate/securities law and ultimately DeFi expertise.

## How a Downstream Agent Should Treat Her

Peripheral but biographically meaningful: useful context for understanding the *normative arc* of Damsker's career — from international justice to financial-access justice.