Three judges have been elected to fill vacancies on the 18-member International Criminal Court (ICC) at the U.N. Headquarters in New York during the current session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC.
According to a media statement issued by the ICC on Tuesday, Bruno Cotte of France, Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko of Uganda and Fumiko Saiga of Japan were chosen in secret balloting.
The ICC is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
A swearing-in ceremony for the new judges on the ICC, which is based in The Hague in the Netherlands, is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 17 next year, the ICC said
The Assembly of States Parties is the ICC's management, oversight and legislative body, and is composed of representatives of the 105 States that have either ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute which established the court.
Source: Xinhua
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