国際刑事裁判所、日本拠点の設立提案へ　世界初、２０日にも

　国際刑事裁判所（ＩＣＣ、オランダ・ハーグ）が、日本に「地域事務所」を設立する案をまとめたことが分かった。来日中のホフマンスキー所長が、２０日にも岸田文雄首相と面会、提案する見通し。ＩＣＣは現在、地域事務所を持っておらず、実現すれば世界初となる。政府関係者が１９日、明らかにした。
　ＩＣＣは２００３年に設立され、現在は１２３カ国が加盟。ただ、アジアでは中国やインド、インドネシアなど主要国が参加していない。ＩＣＣとしては、最大の分担金拠出国である日本に拠点を設けることで、アジアの加盟国増加につなげる狙いがある。（2022/10/19-17:22）

The International Criminal Court plans to propose establishing a regional office in Japan, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
   Judge Piotr Hofmanski, president of The Hague-based ICC, is expected to put forward the proposal when he meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo as early as Thursday, the sources said. It would be the court's first regional office in the world.
   The ICC apparently thinks that establishing an office in Japan, its biggest financial contributor, will help the court increase its number of members in Asia, where many major countries, such as China, India and Indonesia, are currently not members.
   The Japan office will focus on education, such as human resources development in the judicial field, the sources said.
   Hofmanski is scheduled to attend an event on Friday marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the U.N. Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, or UNAFEI, based in Tokyo's Akishima.