UN / ICC PRESIDENT

Presenting her report to the General Assembly, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Tomoko Akane, said, “attacks, threats and coercive measures against the Court and its officials have persisted and continue to pose a serious threat to the administration of justice” during the reporting period. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:40
• Production Date: 11 November 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC; GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: CRIMINAL JUSTICE; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; GENOCIDE; WAR CRIMES; CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; SUDAN; PALESTINE; LIBYA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; PHILIPPINES
• MAMS Id: 3496794
• Parent Id: 3496794
• Alternate Title: unifeed251111a

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STORY: UN / ICC PRESIDENT
TRT: 2:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 11 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

11 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. Wide shot, the President of the ICC, Judge Tomoko Akane, walks up to General Assembly rostrum
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Tomoko Akane, President, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“During the reporting period, attacks, threats and coercive measures against the Court and its officials have persisted and continue to pose a serious threat to the administration of justice by the Court and the global fight against impunity.”
5. Wide shot, Akane at the rostrum
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Tomoko Akane, President, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“For States Parties, cooperation is a legal obligation under Part 9 of the Statute and the obligation to arrest, and surrender is one of the means to give effect to the obligation to cooperate with the Court in the execution of its mandate. As at the end of the reporting period, there were 33 publicly known arrest warrants which remained unexecuted. The Court strongly urges States Parties to continue to fulfil their statutory obligations in line with the commitment made when signing the Rome Statute.”
7. Wide shot, Akane at the rostrum
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Tomoko Akane, President, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The Court has continued efforts to enhance its tracking capabilities, but arrest warrants cannot be executed without the cooperation of States. Again, the Court urges all UN member States to assist the Court by cooperating on the arrest and transfer of individuals subject to outstanding ICC arrest warrants.”
9. Wide shot, Akane at the rostrum
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Tomoko Akane, President, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“Despite all the challenges, the International Criminal Court will continue to carry out its judicial mandate to deal with individual criminal responsibility, with full independence and impartiality. In so doing, the Court hopes to offer its contribution to the rule of law in the international community.”
11. Wide shot, Akane walks away

Storyline

Presenting her report to the General Assembly, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Tomoko Akane, today (11 Nov) said, “attacks, threats and coercive measures against the Court and its officials have persisted and continue to pose a serious threat to the administration of justice” during the reporting period.

These, she said, have included sanctions and arrest warrants issued against judges and prosecutors as well as cyberattacks against the Court.

Akane said, “for States Parties, cooperation is a legal obligation” under the Rome Statute and noted that “as at the end of the reporting period, there were 33 publicly known arrest warrants which remained unexecuted.”

She urged States Parties “to continue to fulfil their statutory obligations in line with the commitment made” when signing the Statute.

The Court, Akane said, “has continued efforts to enhance its tracking capabilities but arrest warrants cannot be executed without the cooperation of States.”

“Despite all the challenges,” she told the General Assembly, the Court “will continue to carry out its judicial mandate to deal with individual criminal responsibility, with full independence and impartiality,” adding that “in so doing, the Court hopes to offer its contribution to the rule of law in the international community.”

During the reporting period, the ICC rendered its Judgment in the Abd-Al-Rahman case, a former Janjaweed commander, on 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, in Darfur, Sudan.

The Court issued and unsealed several warrants of arrest during the reporting period, including against El Hishri, who is alleged to have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and
acts of sexual violence in Libya.

The Court issued arrest warrants against the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice of the Taliban, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and
political grounds in Afghanistan

In relation to the situation in the State of Palestine, arrest warrants were issued against the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the then Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution and other inhumane acts.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was surrendered to the Court on 12 March 2025, after being arrested by the authorities of the Republic of the Philippines.