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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8419

13 March 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/international criminal court
Canadian Philippe Kirsch elected President

Brussels, 12/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The eighteen judges of the International Criminal Court, who met on Tuesday for the Court inaugural session, took their oaths and elected their President and Vice-Presidents. Canadian Philippe Kirsch will preside over the Court, assisted by Akue Kuenyehida of Ghana, and the Costa Rican, Elizabeth Odio Benito. The public Prosecutor, for which post there is no candidate at present, is to be elected in April. The Court, which took up its duties on I July...

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