ICC - Newly elected ICC judges will be sworn in on 9 March 2012
Media Advisory: 08.03.2012
Newly elected ICC judges will be sworn in on 9 March 2012
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A swearing-in ceremony for five new judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), elected at the last session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute in December 2011, will be held on Friday, 9 March 2012, at 11:00 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague.
Judges Howard Morrison (United Kingdom), Anthony T. Carmona (Trinidad and Tobago), Olga Herrera Carbuccia (Dominican Republic), Robert Fremr (Czech Republic) and Chile Eboe-Osuji (Nigeria) will take the public oath declaring: “I solemnly undertake that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as a judge of the International Criminal Court honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously, and that I will respect the confidentiality of investigations and prosecutions and the secrecy of deliberations”.
Judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago (Republic of the Philippines) will be unavailable due to personal circumstances. The Solemn Undertaking for her will take place at a later date.
Live webstreaming
It will be possible to follow the ceremony live on the ICC website at:
Courtroom I:
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English: http://livestream.xs4all.nl/icc1.asx
Photographs and video recording of the ceremony will be made available in a press release following the ceremony.
For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: [email protected].
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