He is the son of Fredrick de Silva, MBE, formerly Ceylon's ambassador to France and Switzerland, and the grandson of The Honorable George E. de Silva.
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In 2002, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed him Deputy Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, at the level of an Assistant Secretary-General.
In 2007, Rapp succeeded Desmond de Silva to become the third Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where he directed the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and others alleged to have violated international criminal law during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Desmond Child | Lorenz Hart | William Desmond Taylor | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Wanderlei Silva | Marina Silva | Konrad Lorenz | Desmond Morris | Desmond Elliot | Thiago Silva | Marina Silva | Lorenz cipher | Desmond Hume | Dermot Desmond | Thiago Silva (footballer) | Sullivan Silva | Lorenz Oken | Joke Silva | Giant Silva | Desmond Richardson | Desmond Norman | Desmond Guinness | Aravinda de Silva | Silva | Marita Lorenz | Lorenz Heister | Lorenz curve | Giovanni Silva de Oliveira | Eduardo Da Silva |
Along with Hudson-Phillips, the panel includes Briton Desmond Lorenz de Silva and Malaysian Mary Shanthi Dairiam.