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Understanding the International Criminal Court
II. The structure
of the ICC
17. What does the Presidency do?
The Presidency consists of three judges (the President and two Vice-Presidents)
elected by an absolute majority of the 18 judges of the Court for a maximum of two,
three-year terms.
The Presidency is responsible for the
administration of the Court, with the
exception of the Office of the Prosecutor. It represents
the Court to the outside
world and helps with the organisation of the work of the judges. The Presidency is
also responsible
for carrying out other tasks, such as ensuring the enforcement of
sentences imposed by the Court.
18. What do the Chambers do?
The 18 judges, including the three judges of the Presidency,
are assigned to the
Court’s three judicial divisions: the Pre-Trial Division (composed of not less than six
judges), the Trial Division (composed of not less than six judges),
and the Appeals
Division (composed of five judges). They are assigned to the following Chambers:
the Pre-Trial Chambers (each composed of one or three judges), the Trial Chambers
(each composed of three judges) and the Appeals Chamber (composed of the five
judges of the Appeals Division). The roles and responsibilities of the judges are
outlined below,
by category of Pre-Trial, Trial, and Appeals Chambers.
The ICC is composed of four organs: the Presidency, the
Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry.
Each of these organs has a specific role and mandate.
