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Visit to Japan by Ms Fatou Bensouda,Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

October 12, 2012
Japanese

  1. Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Ms. Olivia Swaak-Goldman, International Cooperation Advisor of the ICC, will be invited to Japan from Monday 15 to Friday 19 October by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Japan.

  2. During their stay in Japan, they will pay a courtesy call on Mr. Shuji Kira, Senior Vice-Minister of the MOFA on Tuesday 16. Prosecutor Bensouda will deliver a lecture in the Public Symposium to be held in MOFA on Wednesday 17.

  3. Japan welcomes the first visit of the Prosecutor of the ICC on the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the Rome Statute in 2002.

  4. Japan has consistently supported the activities of the ICC, which is the first-ever permanent international criminal court. This visit by the Prosecutor to Japan is expected to further reinforce the relationship between Japan and the ICC.
    • (*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)
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