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Structures & Institutional Development Structures
The number of African women appointed to
the List of Assistants to Counsel increased from
five at the beginning of the campaign 232 to 29
in July 2011. African women appointees thus
represent 45% of all the women on the List (29
out of 64) and 25% of all the individuals on the
List of Assistants to Counsel (29 out of 114).
According to the campaign report, all
complete applications received from African
women have been decided upon. However there
are a high number of incomplete applications
still pending. 233
On 26 May 2011, the Calling Arab Counsel
campaign was launched by the ICC. 234 Currently,
the number of appointees coming from Arab
countries 235 on the List of Legal Counsel is nine,
of whom only one is a woman (Tunisia). 236
On the List of Assistants to Counsel, only one
male appointee comes from an Arab country
(Arab Republic of Egypt). 237 Considering that
two out of the seven Situations currently under
investigation by the ICC are Arabic-speaking
countries (Libya and Sudan), an increase in the
number of appointees to both lists with these
language skills is necessary in the coming
months.
232 <strong>Report</strong> on the 2010 ‘Calling African Female Lawyers’
Campaign, International Criminal Court and International
Bar Association, 2010, at ,
last consulted on 31 August 2011.
233 <strong>Report</strong> on the 2010 ‘Calling African Female Lawyers’
Campaign, International Criminal Court and
International Bar Association, 2010, page 6, at , last consulted on
31 August 2011. According to the figures made available
to the Women’s Initiatives for <strong>Gender</strong> Justice by the
Counsel Support Section of the Office of the Registrar, 51
applications to the List of Legal Counsel and 27 to the List
of Assistants from African female lawyers were pending as
of 26 July 2011.
234 ICC launches campaign to encourage Arab counsel to
practice before the Court, ICC Press Release, ICC-CPI-
20110526-PR676, 26 May 2011, available at , last consulted on 13 October 2011.
235 Arab countries are usually defined as including all the
members of the League of Arab States. Please note that
Court’s documents do not indicate the specific countries
addressed by the Calling Arab Counsel campaign.
As reference, the full list of the 21 members of the
League of Arab States is available at , last consulted on 31 August 2011.
236 Figures as of 26 July 2011. Information provided by the
Counsel Support Section of the Office of the Registrar.
Appointees from Arab countries come from Morocco
(three appointees), Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt,
Kuwait, Mauritania and Sudan.
237 Figures as of 26 July 2011. Information provided by the
Counsel Support Section of the Office of the Registrar.
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