Opening of the judicial year 2017

Solemn hearing

Photo of President Raimondi giving a speech

The seminar was followed by the official opening ceremony, in the course of which the President Guido Raimondi and Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court, addressed an audience of about 350 at the solemn hearing.

 Speech by President Guido Raimondi

 Speech by Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi

Video of the ceremony: Original language - English - French

Seminar

Photo of President Raimondi giving a speech

The official opening of the Court’s judicial year took place on 27 January 2017. Some 300 senior judicial figures from European States took part in a seminar on the theme: Non-refoulement as a principle of international law and the role of the judiciary in its implementation.

 Proceedings of the seminar

 Seminar background paper

Video of the opening of the Seminar: Original language - English - French

Video Workshop 1: Original language - English - French

Video Workshop 2: Original language

Video of the concluding session: Original language - English - French

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