Overview
- Multiple outlets report the ICC is close to signing with Germany’s Zendis to deploy the OpenDesk suite across roughly 1,800 workstations.
- Registrar and IT lead Osvaldo Zavala Giler says the court must cut dependencies and strengthen technological autonomy despite short‑term cost and inconvenience.
- Reporting links the planned migration to U.S. sanctions on ICC personnel and a temporary loss of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan’s access to his Microsoft-hosted email.
- Microsoft executive Brad Smith says the email case was an isolated response targeting an individual, not the institution, and that internal procedures were reviewed.
- The move fits a broader European push for digital sovereignty, with EU and national initiatives backing open-source platforms such as OpenDesk.