Professor Milena Sterio attended the annual Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands, from Dec. 2-5.   Professor Sterio attended as a delegate of a prominent Washington D.C.-based NGO, the Public International Law and Policy Group (the Assembly of States Parties is open to state representatives and accredited NGO delegates only).

Professor Sterio participated in discussions regarding the efficiency of the International Criminal Court,  as well as regarding the prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence crimes.

(At right:  ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, discussing the prosecution of crimes of sexual and gender-based violence.)