Presidency of the International Criminal Court

The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the organ responsible for the proper administration of the Court (apart from the Office of the Prosecutor).[1] The Presidency oversees the activities of the Registry and organises the work of the judicial divisions. It also has some responsibilities in the area of external relations, such as negotiating agreements on behalf of the court and promoting public awareness and understanding of the institution.[2]

President of the
International Criminal Court
Incumbent
Chile Eboe-Osuji
since March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)
SeatThe Hague
AppointerJudges of the ICC
Term lengthThree years
renewable once
Constituting instrumentRome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Formation2003
First holderPhilippe Kirsch
WebsiteThe Presidency

The Presidency comprises the President and the First and Second Vice-Presidents — three judges of the court who are elected to the Presidency by their fellow judges for a maximum of two three-year terms.[3]

As of March 2018, the President is Chile Eboe-Osuji from Nigeria, who took office on 11 March 2018. His first term will expire in 2021.[4]

Members of the Presidency of the International Criminal Court
President First Vice-President Second Vice-President
Term Office-holder Term Office-holder Term Office-holder
2003–2006 Philippe Kirsch 2003–2006 Akua Kuenyehia[5] 2003–2006 Elizabeth Odio Benito[6]
2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 René Blattmann[7]
2009–2012 Sang-Hyun Song[8] 2009–2012 Fatoumata Dembele Diarra[9] 2009–2012 Hans-Peter Kaul[10]
2012-2015 2012–2015 Sanji Mmasenono Monageng[11] 2012–2015 Cuno Tarfusser[11]
2015-2018 Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi[12] 2015-2018 Joyce Aluoch[12] 2015-2018 Kuniko Ozaki
since 2018 Chile Eboe-Osuji[4] since 2018 Robert Fremr[4] since 2018 Marc Perrin de Brichambaut

References
  1. The Presidency.
  2. International Criminal Court (11 March 2009). Judge Song (Republic of Korea) elected President of the International Criminal Court; Judges Diarra (Mali) and Kaul (Germany) elected First and Second Vice-Presidents respectively Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 11 March 2009.
  3. Article 38 of the Rome Statute. Accessed 21 July 2007.
  4. Today, 11 March 2018, the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session, elected Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji (Nigeria) as President of the Court for a three-year term with immediate effect. Judge Robert Fremr (Czech Republic) was elected First Vice-President and Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France) Second Vice-President. ICC press release. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ICC information page on Judge Kuenyehia. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  6. ICC information page on Judge Odio Benito. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  7. ICC information page on Judge Blattmann. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  8. ICC information page on Judge Song Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  9. ICC information page on Judge Diarra Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  10. ICC information page on Judge Kaul Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  11. ICC press release on election of judges. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  12. Judge Fernández de Gurmendi elected ICC President for 2015-2018; Judges Aluoch and Ozaki elected First and Second Vice-President respectively. ICC press release. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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