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ICC president delivers annual report amid one of court’s ‘most active periods’

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ICC president delivers annual report amid one of court’s ‘most active periods’

Alexis Boddy | City Law School, U. of London, GB

October 30, 2023 04:15:15 pm

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) presented the court’s annual report to the UN General Assembly Monday. The address took place 25 years after the original signing of the Rome Statute and outlined one of the court’s “most active periods since its establishment.” ICC president Judge Piotr Hofmański summarised the evolution of the [...]

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