Newly elected ICC Judge Raul Pangalangan to be sworn in on 13 July 2015

A swearing-in ceremony for the new Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Raul Cano Pangalangan, will be held on Monday, 13 July 2015 at 4:30 P.M. (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands).

ICC Judge Raul Cano Pangalangan (Philippines) was elected on 24 June 2015 to fill a judicial vacancy during the resumed thirteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute in The Hague (Netherlands). His term of office will end on 10 March 2021.

Judge Raul Cano Pangalangan 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".

Live webstreaming

While the event is on invitation-only basis, the ceremony can be followed live on the ICC website at: English, French

Audio-visual materials

Photographs and an audio-visual recording of the ceremony will be made available 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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