"The President of the Assembly of State Parties of the Rome Statute of the ICC cautiously noted that this step was not indicative of any action the court's judicial body might later take on the matter, when she spoke at the start of Monday's meeting about the invitation to observer nations to attend the gathering.
"The assembly takes the following decisions on procedure independently and without prejudice to decisions taken for other purposes, including the decisions of any other organization or any organ of the court concerning legal matters before it," she said.
"At the same time I recall that Rule 94 of the rules of procedures states that at the beginning of every session of the assembly the president, subject to the adoption of the assembly, may invite states which are not parties to the Rome Statute and which have not signed the final act nor the statute to attend the assembly proceedings," she said.
She then listed those invited to attend the meeting, including the "state of Palestine." ICC participants were invited to object if they wanted to, but none did."