“Efficiency Is Paramount in This Regard”: The Managerial Role of the ICC Presidency from Kirsch to Fernández

Abstract Since the International Criminal Court commenced its work, much has been made of institution-building role successive ICC Prosecutors as central to Court’s legal framework and ambassadors for “fight against impunity”. Much less said about Presidency, smallest organ, Presidents. Yet Presidency operates at apex an international organisation, manages relations with states, coordinates internal governance issues, acts “public face” globally, not mention judicial functions. The first three Presidents have particularly influential in shaping into institution prioritising values efficiency effectiveness, deeply political distributive implications. This article traces those influences, from Philipp Kirsch, until end third under leadership Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi March 2018.