The Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) provides management oversight regarding the administration of the ICC; considers and decides the budget for the Court; elects judges; considers any question relating to non-cooperation; and adopts the framework of operation of the Court (Rome Statute article 112).
The Assembly is integrated by all States that have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute. In its deliberations it may invite observers to participate.
The Assembly is assisted in the discharge of its responsibilities by a representative Bureau, appointed to three-year terms, and consisting of a President, two Vice-Presidents and 18 members States Parties. Each Vice-president leads the work of the Bureau in the respective Working Groups, one based in The Hague, seat of the Court (The Hague Working Group), and another at the headquarters of the UN (The New York Working Group). The following table lists the diplomatic or government officials that have served as presidents and vice-presidents of the Assembly of States Parties since the first session of the Assembly which took place in September 2002.
Sessions Election date PresidentRegional Group of PresidentGender Election date Vice-president in The HagueRegional Group of VP Election date Vice-president in New YorkRegional Group of VP 1–3 13 September 2002 1. Zeid bin Ra'ad (Jordan)Asia-PacificM 13 September 200213 September 2002 Allieu Ibrahim Kanu Felipe PaolilloAfrica / GRULAC 4–6 19 September 2004 2. Bruno Stagno Ugarte (Costa Rica)Latin America and the CaribbeanM 28 November 200528 November 2005 Hlengiwe MkhizeWEOG / AFRICA 7–9 13 December 2007 3. Christian Wenaweser(Liechtenstein)Western and Other GroupsM 14 November 2008 GRULAC 14 November 200810 December 2010 Zachary Muburi-Muita Simona MiculescuAfrica / EEG 10–1212 December 2011 4. Tiina Intelmann (Estonia)Eastern EuropeF 12 December 2011 Markus BörlinWEOG 12 December 2011 Ken KandaAfrica 13–16 18 December 2014 5. Sidiki Kaba (Senegal)AfricaM 18 December 201416 November 2016 Sergio UgaldeGRULAC 17 December 2014 WEOG 17–19 14 December 2017 6. O-Gon Kwon (Republic of Korea)Asia-PacificM 14 December 201715 December 2018 Momar Diop Jens-Otto HorslundAFRICA / WEOG 14 December 2017 EEG 20–22 18 December 2020 7. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (Argentina)Latin America and the CaribbeanF 12 February 2021 Kateřina SequensováEEG 12 February 2021 Robert RaeWEOG 23–25 14 December 2023 8. Päivi Kaukoranta (Finland)Western and Other GroupsF 14 December 2023 Margareta KassanganaEEG 14 December 2023 Michael KanuAfrica
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