On 21 December 2011, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“the Assembly”) concluded its tenth session at UN Headquarters in New York.
The Assembly adopted six resolutions: on cooperation, amendment to the rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, reparations, permanent premises, the “omnibus” resolution and the 2012 budget.

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At the second meeting of its tenth session, the Assembly proceeded to elect the following six judges of the International Criminal Court:

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The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“the Assembly”) opened its tenth session at UN Headquarters in New York, which will last from 12 to 21 December 2011.
The Assembly elected Ambassador Tiina Intelmann (Estonia) as President for the tenth to twelfth sessions. It also elected for the same period Ambassadors Ken Kanda (Ghana) and Markus Börlin (Switzerland) as Vice-Presidents.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) held a ceremony on 6 December 2011 at the seat of the Court in The Hague to welcome the Republic of Maldives as the 118th State Party to the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding treaty.

On Friday, 2 December 2011, the Republic of Vanuatu deposited to the United Nations its instrument of accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The President of the Assembly of States Parties, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, and the incoming President of the Assembly, Ambassador Tiina Intelmann, presented the results of the consultations undertaken with the aim of finding a consensus candidate for the post of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

The Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (“the Assembly”) will hold its tenth session at the United Nation Headquarters in New York from 12 to 21 December 2011.

Speaking in New York, the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, welcomed the arrest of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, against whom warrants of arrest were issued by the Court in connection with the Libya situation.

Today, 8 November 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) welcomed the Philippines as a new State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC in a ceremony held at the seat of the Court in The Hague.

In a special meeting of the Bureau which was open to States Parties, the President of the Assembly of States Parties, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, introduced the report of the Search Committee for the position of Prosecutor, dated 22 October 2011. The Search Committee submitted a short list containing the names of the individuals from among whom the Assembly could proceed to select the next Prosecutor of the ICC, who would assume the post in mid 2012.

As his three–year term of office draws to a close on 12 December 2011, the President of the Assembly of States Parties (“the Assembly”), Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, visited The Hague from 19 to 21 October.

From 16 to 18 October 2011, a group of three dozen senior policy-makers participated in a retreat on the future of the International Criminal Court organized in Triesenberg, by the Government of Liechtenstein with the support of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University.

On 10 October 2011, the government of the Republic of Cape Verde deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the United Nations.

By depositing its instrument of ratification on 26 September 2011, during the annual Treaty Event at UN Headquarters, San Marino became the first State to ratify the amendment to article 8 of the Rome Statute which had been agreed to at the 2010 Review Conference in Kampala.

On 21 September 2011, the government of the Republic of Maldives deposited its instrument of accession of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the UN.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) held a ceremony on 16 September 2011 at the seat of the Court in The Hague to welcome Tunisia as the 116th State Party to the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding treaty.

Ambassador Tiina Intelmann (Estonia), who has been recommended by the Bureau for the post of President of the Assembly of States Parties (“the Assembly”), visited The Hague from 7 to 9 September 2011.

On 30 August 2011, at the at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in New York, the government of the Republic of the Philippines deposited its instrument of ratification to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Statute will enter into force for the Philippines on 1 November 2011, bringing the total number of States that have joined the Rome Statute system to 117.

Today, 23 August 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) welcomed Grenada as a new State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC in a ceremony held at the seat of the Court in The Hague.

In order to discharge its mandate, the Secretariat has, as a first step, established a complementarity Extranet, which will be operational in the coming weeks. It will provide an information base on events relating to complementarity, identify the main actors and their activities, and facilitate contacts between donor States, organizations, civil society and recipient States, in order to advance the goal of strengthening national capacity, as appropriate. Designated actors would have the ability to post relevant information on the Extranet in order to share information.