Editing International Criminal Court (section)

====Assembly====
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The Court's management oversight and legislative body, the Assembly of States Parties, consists of one representative from each state party.<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 112}} Each state party has one vote and "every effort" has to be made to reach [[Consensus decision-making|decisions by consensus]].<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 112}} If consensus cannot be reached, decisions are made by vote.<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 112}} The Assembly is presided over by a [[List of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court|president and two vice-presidents]], who are elected by the members to three-year terms.

The Assembly meets in full session once a year, alternating between New York and [[The Hague]], and may also hold special sessions where circumstances require.<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 112}} Sessions are open to observer states and non-governmental organizations.<ref>{{cite web |author=Amnesty International |date=11 November 2007 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/international-justice/issues/international-criminal-court/assembly-states-parties |title=Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811084858/http://amnesty.org/en/international-justice/issues/international-criminal-court/assembly-states-parties |archive-date=11 August 2014 |access-date=2 January 2008}}</ref>

The Assembly elects the judges and [[prosecutor]]s, decides the Court's budget, adopts important texts (such as the Rules of Procedure and Evidence), and provides management oversight to the other organs of the Court.<ref name=assembly/><ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 112}} Article 46 of the Rome Statute allows the Assembly to remove from office a judge or prosecutor who "is found to have committed serious misconduct or a serious breach of his or her duties" or "is unable to exercise the functions required by this Statute".<ref name="RomeStatute" />{{rp|article 46}}

The states parties cannot interfere with the judicial functions of the Court.<ref name="iccnow-asp">{{cite web |author=Coalition for the International Criminal Court |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212164725/http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=asp |url=https://www.iccnow.org/index.html%3Fmod=asp.html |archive-date=12 December 2007 |title=Assembly of States Parties |access-date=2 January 2008}}</ref> Disputes concerning individual cases are settled by the Judicial Divisions.<ref name=iccnow-asp/>

In 2010, Kampala, Uganda hosted the Assembly's Rome Statute Review Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/eCache/DEF/10/054.TGFuZz1FTg.html |title=Uganda to host Rome Statute Review Conference |website=The Hague Justice Portal |access-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118064158/http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/eCache/DEF/10/054.TGFuZz1FTg.html |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>