On 12 July 2017, an event commemorating the Day of International Criminal Justice was held at the seat of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (Netherlands).

The event was attended by members of the Diplomatic Community in The Hague, officials of the ICC and other international tribunals and representatives of regional organizations and civil society.

​On 5 July 2017, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties decided to recommend that Mr. O-Gon Kwon be elected President of the Assembly of States Parties for the seventeenth to nineteenth sessions of the Assembly. The election will be held during the sixteenth session, scheduled to be held from 4 to 14 December 2017. Mr. Kwon will take office at the end of the sixteenth session.

As part of his objective to strengthen the relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "the Court"), H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba, President of the Assembly of States Parties, organized a high-level conference on "Capacity-building with regard to African judicial systems through effective and dynamic complementarity and cooperation with the International Criminal Court" on 23 May 2017 in Dakar, Senegal. The event was organized with the financial sponsorship of the government of Switzerland.

On 24 March 2017, the President of the Assembly of States Partes to the Rome Statute (« the Assembly »), Mr. Sidiki Kaba met the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France, H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault in Paris.

President Kaba and Minister Ayrault held a constructive discussion on issues of common interest regarding the International Criminal Court and in particular on the cooperation which States may provide to the Court, for example via signing voluntary agreements between the States and the Court.

The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) H.E. Mr. Sidiki Kaba welcomes the decision by South Africa to revoke with immediate effect of the instrument of withdrawal from the Rome Statute deposited by the Government of South Africa with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 19 October 2016.

On 2 March 2017, the President of the Assembly of States Parties, Mr. Sidiki Kaba, met with the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres, in the presence of the Deputy Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, Ambassador Gorgui Ciss. This event marks their first meeting since the Secretary-General took office on 1 January 2017.

The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) H.E. Sidiki Kaba welcomes the decision of the newly-elected Government of the Gambia not to withdraw from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC.

"This important decision signals the renewed commitment of the new authorities of The Gambia to the ICC, and to the shared values of all States Parties, of prosecuting the most serious crimes that shock the conscience of humanity," said President Kaba.

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") held its fifteenth session from 16 to 24 November 2016 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. The Assembly was attended by States Parties, observer States, invited States, international and regional organizations and representatives of civil society.

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ("the Assembly") will hold its fifteenth session from 16 to 24 November 2016 at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Sidiki Kaba, will hold a press conference today, 24 October 2016 at 15:00 hours (GMT) at the Ministry of Justice located at Avenue Jean XXIII BP 4030 in Dakar, Senegal. The recording of the press conference will be posted on line as soon as possible in its original version, with a translation into English to follow.