Palestine unanimously elected member of ICC’s executive office
NEW YORK, Friday, December 18, 2020 (WAFA) - The 19th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) currently held in New York unanimously elected for the second time in a row the State of Palestine as a member of the International Criminal Court s executive office, said Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Malki.
He said that one of the tasks of the Bureau is to supervise the work of the ASP, including the promotion of the universality of the Rome Statute and to urge non-member states to join the Court, in addition to taking the necessary steps to ensure that the ICC performs its functions under the Rome Statute.
The Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court resolved in December 2019 to establish the Independent Expert Review to identify ways of strengthening the ICC and the Rome Statute system. The ASP mandated the Experts to make “concrete, achievable and actionable” recommendations to improve the entire ICC system. The Experts focused on the following technical issues: governance, judiciary, preliminary examinations, investigations and prosecutions.
Despite having a short turn-around time, the Experts concluded their consultations and submitted their Final Report to the Bureau of the ASP, the ASP, the Court, and other stakeholders on 30 September 2020 in line with the ASP resolution. The Report contains 384 recommendations which require political will to implement. The Experts accordingly recommended the establishment of a standing working group to follow up on the implementation of recommendations. The Experts further considered issues r
On September 2, under Executive Order 13928, the “Executive Order on Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Associated With The International Criminal Court,” US officials added Fatou Bensouda, the ICC prosecutor, and Phakiso Mochochoko, the head of a division within the prosecutor’s office, to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (the SDN List). This list is maintained by the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Their designation had two immediate effects. First, any property held by Bensouda and Mochochoko (or the property of any entity of which they own 50 percent or more) in the United States became “blocked.” Although any property they might have in the US has not been seized, they would not be able to exercise any rights over it, including use or sale. In addition, US persons or entities located anywhere in the world would not be able to transact with or provide services to either Bensouda or Mochochoko, unless t
Malki: Our duty is to protect ability of ICC to fulfill its responsibilities with integrity
Malki during his virtual participation in the nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
RAMALLAH, Monday, December 14, 2020 (WAFA) - Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Malki said that we must protect the ability of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to fulfill its responsibilities with integrity and strength.
Malki s remarks came during his virtual participation in the nineteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened today at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, The Netherlands. The session, which will be held remotely due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, is scheduled from 14 to 16 December in The Hague and from 17 to 23 December 2020 in New York.