section_path: Structure/State parties/Assembly
section_name: Assembly
paragraph_text: Assembly
  
  The Court's management oversight and legislative body, the Assembly of States Parties, consists of one representative from each state party.: article 112 Each state party has one vote and "every effort" has to be made to reach decisions by consensus.: article 112 If consensus cannot be reached, decisions are made by vote.: article 112 The Assembly is presided over by a 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.: article 112 Sessions are open to observer states and non-governmental organizations.
  
  The Assembly elects the judges and prosecutors, 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.: 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".: article 46
  
  The states parties cannot interfere with the judicial functions of the Court. Disputes concerning individual cases are settled by the Judicial Divisions.
  
  In 2010, Kampala, Uganda hosted the Assembly's Rome Statute Review Conference.