国際刑事裁所長に赤根氏　日本人初

　国際刑事裁判所（ＩＣＣ、オランダ・ハーグ）は１１日、赤根智子裁判官（６７）を所長に選出した。即日就任し、任期は３年。ＩＣＣ所長に日本人が選出されたのは初めて。
　赤根氏は声明で「この困難な時には、安定し、協調かつ結束した指導部が必要だ」と強調。「法廷と被告側、被害者側の間の対話を促すとともに、締約国と非締約国との間の協議も強化していく」と意気込みを語った。
　赤根氏は１９８２年に日本で検事任官。法務総合研究所長や最高検察庁検事などを歴任し、２０１８年３月からＩＣＣ裁判官を務めている。
　ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻を巡り、ＩＣＣはプーチン大統領に逮捕状を発行。報復として、ロシアは赤根氏らを指名手配している。（2024/03/11-23:25）

The International Criminal Court has elected Japan's Tomoko Akane as its new president, making the 67-year-old the first Japanese national to fill the position.
   The judge at the Hague-based body assumed the role Monday, with her term set to last three years.
   "At this challenging time for the court, stable, collaborative and unified leadership is required," Akane said in a statement.
   "I will focus on fostering dialogue amongst the organs of the court, and defense and victims' representatives, as well as in reinforcing the dialogue with states parties and states that have not yet ratified the Rome Statute," a treaty that established the ICC, she also said.
   Akane started out as a prosecutor in Japan in 1982. After serving various posts, including president of the Justice Ministry's Research and Training Institute and a prosecutor at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, Akane became an ICC judge in March 2018.