Osvaldo Zavala Giler elected as ICC Registrar
On 10 February 2023, the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), sitting in a plenary session, elected Mr Osvaldo Zavala Giler as Registrar for a period of five years by an absolute majority by secret ballot. Mr Osvaldo Zavala Giler succeeds Mr Peter Lewis, whose five-year mandate ends on 16 April 2023.
Mr Osvaldo Zavala Giler is a national of Ecuador with broad work experience at the International Criminal Court. He has worked at the Court in different capacities, including as Chief of Budget Section, senior special assistant to the Registrar and Head of Office of the Court’s liaison office to the United Nations in New York. He is also a founding member of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Network at the Court. Prior to his work with the Court, he has also worked as a legal officer, legal adviser and liaison officer to the United Nations for the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.
In accordance with the Rome Statute, the Registrar is the principal administrative officer of the Court, who exercises his or her functions under the authority of the ICC President (article 43(2)). The Registrar is responsible for the non-judicial aspects of the administration and servicing of the Court, without prejudice to the functions and powers of the ICC Prosecutor, whose office acts independently as a separate organ of the Court (articles 42(1) and 43(1)).
Mr Osvaldo Zavala Giler’ Statement of Qualifications
Executive summary of relevant experience
fuente: https://www.icc-cpi.int
International Criminal Court conference
On July 1, 2022, the Embassy of Ecuador in the Netherlands took part in a historic Conference to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The reflections on the past, the present and the future of the Court, title of the Conference were acquitted by the highest authorities of the Court, Judges, Prosecutor, personalities and former Presidents of the Court. Three sessions tackled the most relevant facts, achievements and challenges that highlighted the importance of the ICC in the application of international justice, closing the path to impunity for the perpetrators of atrocities crimes against humanity.
MACRORUEDA
The Embassy of the Republic of Ecuador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands with the Trade Office –Proecuador- invites the Dutch business community to participate in the “Yellow Pitahaya de Palora” Business Roundtable, to be held on December 1, 2023 in Palora, and the virtual event the 3rd edition of “Superfoods Ecuador” Business Roundtablewith in order to position the exportable offer, the image of the country and generate potential contacts in the international market.
BUSINESS CONFERENCE OF THE YELLOW PITAHAYA OF PALORA
SUPERFOODS ECUADOR 2023
Ecuadorian regards,
Galapagos Marine Reserve
Ambassador Andrés Terán Parral made a presentation at the Sociëteit De Witte in The Hague on June 28, 2022, on the expansion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve. The event was openly appreciated since it met various informative objectives
