New ICC Registrar Peter Lewis to be sworn in on 17 April 2018

A swearing-in Ceremony for the new registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Peter Lewis, will be held on Tuesday 17 April 2018, at 13:00 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). 

On 28 March 2018, Mr Peter Lewis was elected as ICC Registrar by ICC judges for a period of five years. He will succeed Mr Herman von Hebel, whose current five-year mandate ends on 16 April 2018.

The Registrar will take a public oath declaring: "I solemnly undertake that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as Registrar of the International Criminal Court honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously, and that I will respect the confidentiality of investigations and prosecutions".

Webstreaming: The Ceremony can be followed live on the ICC website at: 
http://player.cdn.tv1.eu/statics/66005/icc.html

AV materials: Photos and videos of the Ceremony will be available for download after the event.

For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: [email protected]

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