Assembly of States Parties concludes its twenty-first session

: 13 December 2022 |

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") held its twenty-first session from 5 to 9 December 2022 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. The Assembly was attended by States Parties, Observer States, international and regional organizations as well as non-governmental organizations.

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Media accreditation: Twenty-first session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court

: 17 November 2022

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“the Assembly”) will hold its twenty-first session from 5 to 10 December 2022 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, The Netherlands.

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Presidency of the Assembly holds retreats with the Court officials

: 21 March 2022 |

The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (the "Assembly), H.E. Ms. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (Argentina) and the two Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, H.E. Mr. Robert Keith Rae (Canada) and H.E. Ms. Kateřina Sequensová (Czech Republic) held two retreats with the three heads of organs and the Presidency of the Court on 18 and 19 March 2022, respectively, in Voorschoten, the Netherlands.

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Assembly of States Parties concludes its twentieth session

: 10 December 2021 |

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") held its twentieth session from 6 to 10 December 2021 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. The Assembly was attended by States Parties, observer States, international and regional organizations and representatives of civil society.

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ASP President, Ms. Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, welcomes US announcement to revoke sanctions against the ICC

: 2 April 2021 |

As President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, I wish to express my deep appreciation for today´s decision by the Government of the United States to revoke Executive Order 13928 and to lift the unfortunate sanctions against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and a senior staff member in her office, as well as the termination of the separate 2019 policy on visa restrictions on certain ICC personnel.

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Assembly of States Parties concludes the second resumption of its nineteenth session

: 12 February 2021 |

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") held its second resumed nineteenth session on 12 February 2021 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, measures were implemented to diminish the risk to participants of exposure to the virus.

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Assembly of States Parties concludes the first resumption of its nineteenth session

: 24 December 2020 |

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") held its nineteenth session from 14 to 16 December 2020 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. The session was attended by States Parties, Observer States, invited States, international and regional organizations and representatives of civil society. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, measures were implemented to diminish the risk to participants of exposure to the virus. Additional measures were taken to allow for virtual participation during the session.

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19th session of the Assembly of States Parties opens in The Hague

: 14 December 2020

The nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened today at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, The Netherlands. The session is scheduled from 14 to 16 December in The Hague and from 17 to 23 December 2020 in New York.

Assembly President O-Gon Kwon welcomes the final report of the Group of Independent Experts

: 30 September 2020 |

Today the Group of Independent Experts issued its final Report in accordance with the 30 September 2020 timeline set out in Assembly resolution ICC-ASP/18/Res.7. On 6 December 2019, the Assembly appointed nine Experts to carry out an Independent Expert Review of the International Criminal Court and the Rome Statute System. The Experts were mandated to make recommendations to the Assembly of States Parties and the Court on specific complex technical issues under the clusters Governance, Judiciary, and Investigations and prosecutions.

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