O-Gon Kwon was recommended as the President of the Assembly of State Parties at the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) by the court’s Bureau of Assembly of State Parties on July 6 (EST). 

After an election without voting (consensus process) at the ICC’s sixteenth session, scheduled to take place in New York on December 2017, Mr. Kwon will begin his three-year term as president on December 14, 2017. 

The Assembly of States Parties is the ICC's highest decision-making body with the authority to select ICC judges and prosecutors, oversee the operation of the court, determine budgets, and amend Rome Statutes.  Mr. Kwon will preside over an assembly participated by 120 countries and civic organizations and will play a key role in promoting international criminal justice.