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States Parties/ASP Elections 2011
Election of six CBF members
In addition to a new Chief Prosecutor and six
Judges, the ASP in December 2011 will also
elect six new members to the Committee on
Budget and Finance (CBF). The CBF is an expert
body of the Court ‘responsible for the technical
examination of any document submitted to the
Assembly that contains financial or budgetary
implications or any other matter of a financial,
budgetary or administrative nature, as may
be entrusted to it by the Assembly of States
Parties’. 396 In particular, every year in preparation
for the yearly ASP meeting, the CBF is responsible
for evaluating the Court’s Proposed Programme
Budget and making specific recommendations
concerning the budget to the ASP. The Proposed
Programme Budget for 2012, in addition to the
CBF’s recommendations, is discussed in detail in
the Budget section of this report.
At the December 2011 election, the ASP will elect
six new members; one from the Group of African
States, two from the Group of Asian States; one
from the Group of Eastern European States; one
from GRULAC; and one from WEOG. 399 The initial
nomination period ran from 13 June through
2 September 2011, and was subject to being
extended should the number of nominations
at the end of the nomination period be less
than the number of seats. 400 The nomination
period was extended three times for periods of
two weeks because the number of nominees
for GRULAC remained below the number of
seats. 401 As of the end of the nomination period
on 14 October 2011, seven candidates had
been nominated for the six seats. 402 Members
of the CBF are to be elected by consensus upon
recommendation by the Bureau following
consultations with the regional groups. 403
The CBF is composed of 12 members, who shall
not be of the same nationality and shall be
‘experts of recognised standing and experience
in financial matters at the international
level’. 397 CBF members are elected on the basis
of geographical representation. African States,
Asian States, Eastern European States and
GRULAC shall each have two seats. WEOG shall
have four seats. 398 CBF members serve for a total
of three years and may be re-elected.
396 ICC-ASP/1/Res.4, para 3.
397 ICC-ASP/1/Res.5, para 1.
398 ICC-ASP/1/Res.5, para 8.
399 ICC-ASP/10/S/CBF/05, Annex III ‘Terms of Office’.
400 ICC-ASP/1/Res.5, para 4.
401 The President first extended the nomination period to
16 September 2011 (ICC-ASP/10/S/CBF/58), then to 30
September 2011 (ICC-ASP/2011/087) and finally to 14
October 2011 (ASP/2011/113).
402 African States, two nominations: Samuel P.O. Itam (Sierra
Leone) and Rosette Nyirinkindi Katungye (Uganda); Asia-
Pacific States, two nominations: Fawzi Gharaibeh (Jordan)
and Masatoshi Sugiura (Japan); Eastern European States,
one nominations: Elena Sopková (Slovakia); WEOG, one
nomination: Hugh Adsett (Canada); and GRULAC, one
nomination: Mónica Sánchez Izquierdo (Ecuador).
403 ICC-ASP/1/Res.5, para 9.
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