Céline Bardet is a lawyer and international criminal investigator specializing in war crimes. Internationally recognized, she has worked in over 50 conflict and post-conflict countries, including for the United Nations, the European Union, and Interpol.

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She began her career at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia under Judge Claude Jorda.

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Between 2001 and 2004, she worked at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, focusing on issues of terrorism and organized crime.

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From 2004 onward, Céline Bardet dedicated herself to long-term field missions related to transitional justice and security.

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In 2007, she was appointed legal director and adviser to the principal deputy high representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she established a war crimes unit in Brčko. She led investigations and initiated several trials for war crimes, including the first trial for rape as a war crime in Brčko.

Since 2011, Céline Bardet has been an independent expert on justice and security. Internationally recognized, she has worked in over 50 conflict and post-conflict countries for the United Nations, the European Union, and Interpol.

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In 2014, she founded the Non-Governmental Organization We are NOT Weapons of War to provide a comprehensive, holistic, and effective response to the endemic use of sexual violence in fragile environments through innovative and creative legal approaches.