VHHS grad named representative to International Criminal Court

Vestavia Hills High School graduate Carrie Anne Comer was recently named Permanent Representative to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

She was a valedictorian of the class of 2000 at VHHS.  She graduated Birmingham-Southern College Magna Cum Laude in 2004. She then studied abroad at The Universitie de Toulouse in Toulouse, France.

Comer recently graduated from Oxford University in Oxford, England where she received her degree in international human rights law. Since being named as Permanent Representative to the ICC she has been assigned cases dealing with issues in Yarevan, Armenia, Conakry, Guinea, Mexico and Guatemala.

On June 3, Comer delivered the address on Public International Law, to the European Union’s Working Group in Brussels, Belgium.

She is the daughter of Tom Comer of Vestavia Hills.

-Submitted by Tom Comer