Election of Prosecutor (2020)

ASP Documents

12/02/2021

The election took place at the second resumption of the nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties, which was convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 12 February 2021.

Nominations

Results

Key documents

Election of the Prosecutor: Background Note
English | Français

Election of the Prosecutor – Terms of Reference
ICC-ASP/18/INF.2 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Vacancy announcement for the position of Prosecutor
English | Français

Interim report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor
ICC-ASP/18/INF.4 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Interim report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor - Addendum
ICC-ASP/18/INF.4/Add.1 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor
ICC-ASP/19/INF.2 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor – Addendum – Vacancy announcement
ICC-ASP/19/INF.2/Add.1 - English | Français

Report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor – Addendum – Candidate reference material
ICC-ASP/19/INF.2/Add.2 - English

Report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor – Addendum – Appraisals of additional candidates
ICC-ASP/19/INF.2/Add.3 - English

Report of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor – Addendum – Additional candidates – reference material
ICC-ASP/19/INF.2/Add.4 - English

Message from CEP Chair - updated CV

English

Modalities for the hearings with shortlisted candidates for Prosecutor
English | Français

Hearing with shortlisted candidates held on 29 July 2020: recording
Floor | English | Français

Hearing with shortlisted candidates held on 30 July 2020: recording
Floor | English | Français

Letter from the President of the Assembly, 7 August 2020: consultation process
English | Français

Election of the Prosecutor: Way forward (13 November 2020)
English | Français

Modalities for the consultations to identify a consensus candidate for Prosecutor
English

Declaration submitted by candidates

Election of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ICC-ASP/19/19 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Election of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ICC-ASP/19/19/Add.1 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Election of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: guide for the third election
ICC-ASP/19/37 - English | Español | Français | عربي

Nomination process

Nomination and election of the Prosecutor

Note verbale of 1 July 2020
ICC-ASP/19/SP/38 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Extension of the nomination period
Note Verbale of 19 September 2020
ICC-ASP/19/SP/45 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Second extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 21 October 2020

ICC-ASP/19/SP/50 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Third extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 20 November 2020

ICC-ASP/19/SP/65 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Fourth extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 11 December 2020

ICC-ASP/19/SP/78 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Fifth extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 18 December 2020

ICC-ASP/19/SP/79 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Sixth extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 15 January 2021

ICC-ASP/R19/SP/03 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Seventh extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 5 February 2021

ICC-ASP/R19/SP/20 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Eighth extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 8 February 2021

ICC-ASP/R19/SP/21 - English | Español | Français

Election of the Prosecutor - Ninth extension of the nomination period

Note Verbale of 8 February 2021

ICC-ASP/R19/SP/22 - English | Español | Français

Updates

03.04.2019	The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties adopted the Terms of Reference for the Election of the Prosecutor

07.06.2019	The Bureau decided to designate the following persons as members of the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor: (a) Ambassador Marcin Czepelak (Poland); (b) Mr. Lamin Faati (Gambia); (c) Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis (Cyprus); (d) Ambassador Sabine Nölke (Canada); (e) Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal (Argentina).

27.06.2019	The Bureau decided to appoint the following persons as members of the panel of experts to assist the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor in carrying out its mandate: (a) Mr. Francisco Cox Vial, (Chile); (b) Ms. Aurélia Devos (France); (c) Prof. Charles Jalloh (Sierra Leone); (d) Mr. Motoo Noguchi (Japan); (e) Ms. Anna Richterova (Czech Republic).

23.07.2019	The Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor designated Ambassador Sabine Nölke as Chair and Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis as Vice-Chair

02.08.2019	The vacancy announcement for the position of the Prosecutor was published

01.11.2019	The deadline for applications for the position of the Prosecutor was extended until 25 November 2019

01.11.2019	The Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor submitted its interim report to the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ICC-ASP/18/INF.4)

29.11.2019	The Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor submitted an addendum to its interim report to the Bureau (ICC-ASP/18/INF.4/Add.1)

03.12.2019	The Panel of Experts met in The Hague on 2 and 3 December 2019 to review the completed applications for the position of Prosecutor, and subsequently submitted a confidential report to the Committee.

21.02.2020	The Committee met in New York on 20 and 21 February 2020 to review the completed applications and the recommendations from the Panel of Experts. The Committee decided on a confidential list of 16 candidates to be interviewed.

May-June 2020	The Committee and Panel of Experts conducted the interviews via remote-link.

30.06.2020	The Committee submitted its report to the Bureau containing a shortlist of four candidates for the consideration of the Assembly (ICC-ASP/19/INF.2, Add.1 and Add.2).

29-30.07.2020	Public hearings with the four candidates shortlisted by the Committee of the Election of the Prosecutor

07.09.2020	The President of the Assembly wrote to States Parties outlining the modalities for the consultation process.

13.11.2020	The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties adopted the “Election of the Prosecutor: Way forward”

25.11.2020	The Committee submitted an addendum to its report containing five additional candidates for the consideration of the Assembly (ICC-ASP/19/INF.2/Add.3 and Add.4).

9-10.12.2020	Public hearings with the expanded list of candidates

11.12.2020	The Bureau of the Assembly adopted modalities for the consultation process to identify a consensus candidate

11.12.2020 – 03.02.2021	Four rounds of informal consultations were held, between 11 December 2020 and 3 February 2021, with the support of the five focal points appointed pursuant to the “Way forward”.

08.02.2021	The President informed States Parties that, despite the best efforts of the President, the Vice-Presidents and the focal points, it had not been possible to achieve consensus. The nomination period was extended for a final time, until 10 February 2021, to allow time for nominations.

10.02.2021	The Secretariat received formal nominations of four candidates: CASTRESANA FERNÁNDEZ, Carlos (Spain); GAYNOR, Fergal (Ireland); KHAN, Karim (United Kingdom); and LO VOI, Francesco (Italy).

12.02.2021	The Assembly of States Parties elected Mr. Karim Khan (United Kingdom) as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for a nine year term commencing 16 June 2021.

Source

Assembly of States Parties