Resources on vetting  

Resources on vetting  

Chronological (reverse order) list of advocacy materials by CICC members’ and other civil society organizations’ as well as news articles, videos, and podcasts, related to vetting candidates in ICC and ASP elections:  

CICC Elections Team - Recommendations to States Parties in relation to the development of a Permanent Vetting Process for all ICC and ASP elections (November 2022, CICC Elections Team paper ASP21)

Vetting in ICC Elections, Quo Vadis? (13 July 2022, OpEd by FIDH and HRW)

Vetting for High Moral Character and ICC Prosecutorial Elections (19 January 2022, by Angela Mudukti in Opinio Juris)

Toward a Permanent Vetting Mechanism for ICC Elections (2 December 2021, OSJI, ASP20 side event recording)

Insights and Recommendations for Future ICC Prosecutorial Elections (15 November 2021, OSJI)

Recommendations to the States Parties to the ICC in relation to the creation of a permanent vetting mechanism for ICC and ASP elections (November 2021, CICC Elections Team paper ASP20)

New Vetting Process in International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor Elections                                         (October 2021, HRW)

Workplace Misconduct at the ICC – A Call to Action for Compassionate Leadership (Part I) (21 February 2021, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice in Opinio Juris)

International Criminal Court Selects New Top Prosecutor (12 February 2021, Courthouse News)

Continued Concerns About the ICC Prosecutor Election: No Election Without Vetting (3 February 2021, OSJI)

IER Blog Series: The Shocking Findings on Bullying and Harassment (2 February 2021, OSJI)

Search for next ICC Prosecutor makes little progress (10 December 2020, Journalists for Justice)

Open letter to ICC States Parties on prosecutorial election (2 December 2020, OSJI)

Ensuring High-Quality International Criminal Court Judges (2 December 2020, HRW)

Four Thoughts on the Election for ICC Prosecutor (17 November 2020, Kevin Jon Heller, in Opinio Juris)

Grave Concerns about the ICC Prosecutor Election and the Urgent Need for Vetting (10 November 2020, OSJI)

Joint civil society statement on the ongoing Prosecutor election process (23 October 2020, Signed jointly by 38 organizations)

Did the CEP Exclude Prosecutor Candidates Because of Moral Character Issues? (16 October 2020, Kevin Jon Heller, in Opinio Juris)

‘Bullies and sex pests’ rule at the International Criminal Court (7 October 2020, The Times)

ICC Prosecutor election: The wheeling and dealing is not yet done (25 September 2020, Stéphanie Maupas, in Justice Info)

Open Letter to the Bureau of the ICC Assembly of States Parties (10 September 2020, Letter by OSJI and WIGJ)

ATLAS calls for a fair, transparent and safe procedure for receiving and assessing complaints of misconduct against the candidates for ICC Prosecutor (30 April 2020, ATLAS Women)

 

ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The ICC Assembly of States Parties’ Selection Process for the Third ICC Prosecutor (24 April 2020, Opinion of Co-Chairs of Panel of Experts, Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor in Opinio Juris)

ICC Prosecutor Symposium: The Next ICC Prosecutor Must Embody Integrity in the #MeToo Era (16 April 2020, Danya Chaikel in Opinio Juris)

Joint Civil Society Statement Electing The Next Icc Prosecutor: States Should Respect The Process They Established (July 2020, OSJI, WIGJ, FIDH, HRW, CCR, JI, AFLA, ATLAS, ICJ – Kenya, and ICTJ)

Time to Step Up at the ICC: No Time to Trim the Sails (27 July 2020, HRW)

In Defense of Process: Why States Should Not Nominate New Candidates for ICC Prosecutor (23 July 2020, AFLA, OSJI)

Shortlisted Candidates for ICC Prosecutor Announced: Election Process Must be Transparent and Merit-Based (1 July 2020, FIDH)

Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Shortlist of Candidates Imminent (24 June 2020             , OSJI)

Episode 26 – High Moral Character with Danya Chaikel, Diane Marie Amann and Priya Pillai (18 June 2020, Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast)

By Failing to Screen ICC Prosecutor Candidates for Sexual Misconduct, States Put Court at Risk (9 March 2020, OSJI)

Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Committee Pledges Openness to Receiving and Considering Information Relating to Potential Candidates (28 February 2020, OSJI)

NGOs request a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment in the review of candidates for ICC Prosecutor (20 February 2020, FIDH)

Joint civil society open letter to the Committee on the Election of the Prosecutor (CEP) on vetting and sexual harassment (17 February 2020, 26 organizations)

ICC Staff Union Council Calls on States to Give Full Meaning to the Provisions on High Moral Character of Elected Officials (8 January 2020, ICC Staff Union Council in International Justice Monitor)

Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: Assessing Sexual Misconduct as Part of the “High Moral Character” Requirement (13 November 2019, OSJI)