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New ICC Registrar Zavala Giler to be sworn in Wednesday

New ICC Registrar Zavala Giler to be sworn in Wednesday

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Dhaka – A swearing-in ceremony for the new International Criminal Court (ICC) Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler will be held on Wednesday at the Seat of the Court in the Hague, the Netherlands.

Zavala Giler of Ecuador was elected as ICC registrar by the judges of the Court for five years on February 10, 2023.

He will succeed Peter Lewis of the UK whose mandate will end on April 16.

The new registrar will take a public oath of office following article 45 of the Rome Statute.

Kateřina Sequensová, vice-president of the Assembly of States Parties, and Judge Piotr Hofmański, ICC president, will speak at the ceremony.