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26.7726 – Mettraux ICC judicial candidacy: information and procedure

Question Time question 26.7726, submitted by Fabian Molina, states that the Federal Council supports Guénaël Mettraux’s candidacy in the 2026 election of judges to the International Criminal Court (ICC) without having informed Parliament. According to the submitted text, the question asks why the nomination was not communicated, how the selection procedure proceeded, which criteria and bodies were decisive, and when and by whom the decision was made.

The submitted text of question 26.7726 ‘Mettraux ICC judicial candidacy: information and procedure’, submitted by Fabian Molina, reads verbatim: «The Federal Council supports Guénaël Mettraux’s candidacy in the 2026 election of judges to the International Criminal Court (ICC), without having informed Parliament. - Why was this nomination not communicated? - How did the selection procedure proceed, and which criteria and bodies were decisive? - When and by whom was the decision made?»

The statements about support for the candidacy and about Parliament not having been informed stem from this submitted text. The available official source version contains no independent finding on the matter.

26.7726 – Mettraux ICC judicial candidacy: information and procedure

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