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A swearing-in ceremony will be held for Ms Fatou Bensouda, the new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 15 June 2012, from 11:00 to 11:30 in ICC Courtroom I. Ms Bensouda will make a brief speech after she is sworn in.
Ms Fatou Bensouda was elected ICC Prosecutor by the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute on 12 December 2011 for a term of nine years. She succeeds Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Court’s first Prosecutor.
On 15 June, ASP President H.E. Tiina Intelmann will administer the solemn undertaking by the Prosecutor. The President of the ICC, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, will deliver remarks.
The ceremony will be witnessed by the Judges of the Court, the ICC Registrar, Ms Silvana Arbia, the ICC Deputy Registrar, Mr Didier Preira, the ASP Vice President, H.E. Markus Börlin, and the Court’s first Prosecutor, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo. Also attending will be a large number of diplomats and other high-ranking guests, representatives of other international organisations in The Hague and members of the civil society.
The ceremony will be webstreamed live on the ICC website here:
Media representatives are welcome to follow the ceremony from the ICC media centre. Photographs will be available to those on the ICC mailing list and via Flickr after the ceremony and reception.
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For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: fadi.el-abdallah@icc-cpi.int.
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