Congratulations to my successor, recently elected ASP President, Ms. Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi (Argentina) and all the members of the incoming Bureau, who will commence their mandate when the current ASP completes the election of the next Prosecutor in February 2021!

Nominations received for the election of the Prosecutor may be found on the website of the Assembly at the following link: asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/e…

We will have the second resumed session of ASP19 in the GA Hall at the UNHQ from 10:00 am today. The session will be streamed via UN webcast at the following link: webtv.un.org (non-interactive).

Mr. Karim Khan (United Kingdom) has been elected in the second round as the next ICC Prosecutor. Warm congratulations! Thank you all for your hard work!! The result can be found at asp.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/asp/e… .

Happy to start my mandate of ASP President. I thank all State Parties for their support and congratulate President Kwon for his great work.

ASP President Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi (Argentina) has assumed office as of 13 February 2021 You are invited to follow her at the new twitter account: @PASP73

honoured to host with ⁦Luis Vassy⁩, Dr. Ballour and Dr. Namour sharing first hand experiences of CW use in #Syria. Deep admiration for them + team behind The Cave. Time to live up to our responsibility as parties to #CWC and take action OPCW #chemicalweapons  #noimpunity

Joint article by several former US Amb-at-large for Global Criminal Justice. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice “Renewing justice for atrocities” thehill.com/opinion/intern…

"The United States, its allies, and friends need the [#ICC] in our collective toolbox for responding to crises where widespread atrocity crimes are being perpetrated and other options do not exist."

🚨 #ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda on the recent escalation of violence in #Gaza, the #WestBank, including #EastJerusalem ⤵️

The logic by 🇮🇱 of destroying high rise buildings in Gaza, now even those housing international media, defies me completely.