On 19 March
2025, the First President and the Attorney General received Mrs Tomoko Akane,
Judge and President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Cour de
Cassation. Mrs Akane was in Brussels at the invitation of the European
Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Legal Affairs
(JURI), to explain the situation of the ICC following various coercive measures
regarding its officials and staff. On this occasion, the President of the ICC
wished to meet with the judicial authorities in order to exchange views on
other legal issues of common interest. The First President and the Attorney
General expressed to President Akane their support for the International
Criminal Court as an impartial and independent judicial institution.
