The Presidency of the International Criminal Court is the organ responsible for the proper administration of the
Court
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(apart from the Office of the Prosecutor).
[The Presidency]
The Presidency oversees the activities of the
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and organises the work of the
judicial divisions. It also has some responsibilities in the area of external relations, such as negotiating agreements on behalf of the court and promoting public awareness and understanding of the institution.
[International Criminal Court (11 March 2009)]
''Judge Song (Republic of Korea) elected President of the International Criminal Court; Judges Diarra (Mali) and Kaul (Germany) elected First and Second Vice-Presidents respectively''
. Accessed 11 March 2009.
The Presidency comprises the President and the First and Second Vice-Presidents — three judges of the court who are elected to the Presidency by their fellow judges for a maximum of two three-year terms.
of the Rome Statute. Accessed 21 July 2007.
As of March 2021, the President is Piotr Hofmański
Piotr Józef Hofmański (born 6 March 1956) is a Polish jurist and judge who has served as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2021. He has been a judge of the ICC since 2015. His election into the Presidency of the ICC is ...
from Poland
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, who took office on 11 March 2021. His first term will expire in 2024.
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