Following the solemn undertaking of six newly elected
judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 9 March
2018 and the Presidency’s election on 11
March 2018, the Presidency of the Court has assigned the judges to
the three judicial divisions.
The Presidency also recomposed a number of Chambers where
necessary, dissolved Pre-Trial Chamber III as well as Trial Chamber
V(a) and Trial Chamber V(b) and assigned the respective situations
and cases currently before the Court to the remaining Chambers. The
assignments as well as the re-composition of Chambers will be
effective as of 20 March 2018.
The Appeals Division will be constituted of Judges Chile
Eboe-Osuji, Howard Morrison, Piotr Hofmański, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez
Carranza and Solomy Balungi Bossa.
The Trial Division will be constituted of Judges Robert Fremr,
Olga Herrera Carbuccia, Geoffrey Henderson, Bertram Schmitt,
Chang-ho Chung, Raul C. Pangalangan and Kimberly Prost.
The Pre-Trial Division will be constituted of Judges Marc
Perrin de Brichambaut, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua, Péter Kovács,
Tomoko Akane, Reine Alapini-Gansou and Rosario Salvatore
Aitala.
The situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Libya;
the Republic of Mali; Georgia; the Gabonese Republic and Registered
Vessels of Comoros, Greece and Cambodia will be assigned to
Pre-Trial Chamber I, to be composed of Judges Marc Perrin de
Brichambaut, Péter Kovács and Reine Alapini-Gansou.
The situations in Central African Republic I; Central African
Republic II; Republic of Uganda; Darfur, Republic of the Sudan;
Republic of Kenya; Republic of Côte d’Ivoire; Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan; and Republic of Burundi will be assigned to Pre-Trial
Chamber II, to be composed of Judges Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua,
Tomoko Akane and Rosario Salvatore Aitala.
In addition, the Trial Chambers will be composed as
follows:
Trial Chamber I
- The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé
Goudé
Judge Cuno Tarfusser, PresidingJudge Olga Herrera-CarbucciaJudge
Geoffrey Henderson
Trial Chamber II
- The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga
- The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, PresidingJudge Olga
Herrera-CarbucciaJudge Péter Kovács
Trial Chamber III
- The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
Judge Geoffrey HendersonJudge Chang-ho ChungJudge Kimberly Prost
Trial Chamber IV
- The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain
- The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap
Sang - The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
Judge Robert FremrJudge Reine Alapini-GansouJudge Kimberly Prost
Trial Chamber VI
- The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda
Judge Robert Fremr, PresidingJudge Chang-ho ChungJudge Kuniko Ozaki
Trial Chamber VII
- The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo
Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and
Narcisse Arido
Judge Bertram Schmitt, PresidingJudge Marc Perrin de
BrichambautJudge Raul C. Pangalangan
Trial Chamber VIII
- The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al-Faqi Al Mahdi
Judge Raul C. Pangalangan, PresidingJudge Antoine Kesia-Mbe
MinduaJudge Bertram Schmitt
Trial Chamber IX
- The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen
Judge Bertram Schmitt, PresidingJudge Péter KovácsJudge Raul C.
Pangalangan
Once the assignments are effective, each Division will elect a
President of the respective Division from amongst its members and
each newly composed Pre-Trial and Trial Chamber will elect a
Presiding judge. The Appeals Chamber decides on a Presiding Judge
for each appeal.
According to article 39(1) of the Rome Statute, the assignment
of judges to Divisions by the Presidency is based on the nature of
the functions be performed by each Division and the qualifications
and experience of the elected judges, so that each division
contains an appropriate combination of expertise in criminal law
and procedure and in international law. The judges are assigned for
three years, and thereafter until the completion of any case. The
judges assigned to the Appeals Division serve exclusively in the
Appeals division for their entire term.
Following the solemn undertaking of six newly elected
judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 9 March
2018 and the Presidency’s election on 11
March 2018, the Presidency of the Court has assigned the judges to
the three judicial divisions.
The Presidency also recomposed a number of Chambers where
necessary, dissolved Pre-Trial Chamber III as well as Trial Chamber
V(a) and Trial Chamber V(b) and assigned the respective situations
and cases currently before the Court to the remaining Chambers. The
assignments as well as the re-composition of Chambers will be
effective as of 20 March 2018.
The Appeals Division will be constituted of Judges Chile
Eboe-Osuji, Howard Morrison, Piotr Hofmański, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez
Carranza and Solomy Balungi Bossa.
The Trial Division will be constituted of Judges Robert Fremr,
Olga Herrera Carbuccia, Geoffrey Henderson, Bertram Schmitt,
Chang-ho Chung, Raul C. Pangalangan and Kimberly Prost.
The Pre-Trial Division will be constituted of Judges Marc
Perrin de Brichambaut, Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua, Péter Kovács,
Tomoko Akane, Reine Alapini-Gansou and Rosario Salvatore
Aitala.
The situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Libya;
the Republic of Mali; Georgia; the Gabonese Republic and Registered
Vessels of Comoros, Greece and Cambodia will be assigned to
Pre-Trial Chamber I, to be composed of Judges Marc Perrin de
Brichambaut, Péter Kovács and Reine Alapini-Gansou.
The situations in Central African Republic I; Central African
Republic II; Republic of Uganda; Darfur, Republic of the Sudan;
Republic of Kenya; Republic of Côte d’Ivoire; Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan; and Republic of Burundi will be assigned to Pre-Trial
Chamber II, to be composed of Judges Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua,
Tomoko Akane and Rosario Salvatore Aitala.
In addition, the Trial Chambers will be composed as
follows:
Trial Chamber I
- The Prosecutor v. Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé
Goudé
Judge Cuno Tarfusser, PresidingJudge Olga Herrera-CarbucciaJudge
Geoffrey Henderson
Trial Chamber II
- The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga
- The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, PresidingJudge Olga
Herrera-CarbucciaJudge Péter Kovács
Trial Chamber III
- The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
Judge Geoffrey HendersonJudge Chang-ho ChungJudge Kimberly Prost
Trial Chamber IV
- The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain
- The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap
Sang - The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta
Judge Robert FremrJudge Reine Alapini-GansouJudge Kimberly Prost
Trial Chamber VI
- The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda
Judge Robert Fremr, PresidingJudge Chang-ho ChungJudge Kuniko Ozaki
Trial Chamber VII
- The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo
Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and
Narcisse Arido
Judge Bertram Schmitt, PresidingJudge Marc Perrin de
BrichambautJudge Raul C. Pangalangan
Trial Chamber VIII
- The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al-Faqi Al Mahdi
Judge Raul C. Pangalangan, PresidingJudge Antoine Kesia-Mbe
MinduaJudge Bertram Schmitt
Trial Chamber IX
- The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen
Judge Bertram Schmitt, PresidingJudge Péter KovácsJudge Raul C.
Pangalangan
Once the assignments are effective, each Division will elect a
President of the respective Division from amongst its members and
each newly composed Pre-Trial and Trial Chamber will elect a
Presiding judge. The Appeals Chamber decides on a Presiding Judge
for each appeal.
According to article 39(1) of the Rome Statute, the assignment
of judges to Divisions by the Presidency is based on the nature of
the functions be performed by each Division and the qualifications
and experience of the elected judges, so that each division
contains an appropriate combination of expertise in criminal law
and procedure and in international law. The judges are assigned for
three years, and thereafter until the completion of any case. The
judges assigned to the Appeals Division serve exclusively in the
Appeals division for their entire term.
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