By Valeria Babara | Legal and Advocacy Officer
During the reporting period, the Secretariat of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court has focused on organising the ICC NGO roundtables, which took place between 19 an 23 June 2023 at the Court. During this week, Coalition members from various situations countries, including DRC, Venezuela, Palestine, Mexico, Guinea, Ukraine and Uganda, had the opportunity to raise awareness and engage with Court representatives on various issues of common concern. Some of the topics discussed included prioritisation of certain cases by the Office of the Prosecutor, outreach, allocation of resources, and engagement with civil society.
On 25 May 2023, the Coalition Secretariat organised a Workshop on judicial elections and vetting. The workshop focused on the ongoing 2023 ICC judicial elections and on the efforts to establish a permanent vetting process to assess the high moral character of candidates. It offered the opportunity to get information, share views and discuss how civil society can contribute to these processes.
Other developments:
7 May: End of nomination period for the election of six ICC judges
At its 22nd session in December 2023, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) will elect six new judges out of the 18 that compose the ICC’s bench. The nomination period for candidates concluded on 7 May 2023 after 3 consecutive extensions, without meeting all nomination requirements for this election. More information on the election process and the nominated candidates can be found here.
15–26 May 2023: Diplomatic conference on the Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) initiative
A diplomatic conference is being held in Slovenia on 15-26 May 2023 for the adoption of a Draft Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes, and other International Crime.
23 May 2023: EU Day Against Impunity for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes.
23-25 May: Situation in Mali
Closing statements in the Al Hassan case took place on 23 – 25 May 2023.
31 May: Deadline for comments to the Office of the Prosecutor on the renewal of the policy paper on crimes against or affecting children
Comments must be sent to OTP.Policies@icc-cpi.int. More information can be found here.
5-7 June: Abd-Al-Rahman case, situation in Darfur, Sudan
The Common Legal Representative of Victims will begin the presentation of the case of participating victims.
30 June: Due diligence for Judicial Elections – deadline to report alleged misconduct of candidates to judicial elections. The list of candidates can be found here. Information about the procedure to report misconduct can be found here.
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) survey for HRDs in relocation/exile
IPHR is collecting views from Human Rights Defenders in relocation or exile. You can participate in English, French or Russian.
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