Election of Members of the International Court of Justice

A/DEC/75/403View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 118c Election of 5 members of the International Court of Justice, published in 2021.

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3 versions · 1982–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/78/403

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/DEC/78/403	Election of members of the International Court of Justice	321	64%Compare
2021	A/DEC/75/403	Election of members of the International Court of Justice	330	—
1982	A/DEC/36/309	Election of members of the International Court of Justice	—	–

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2 subjects

Appointment of Officials Judges

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6 paragraphs

at its 24th plenary meeting, on 11 and 12 November 2020, and the Security Council, at its 8773rd meeting, on the same dates, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4, 7 to 12 and 14 and 15 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, rules 150 and 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rules 40 and 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, five members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2021 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Mr. Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Mr. Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Ms. Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Mr. Peter Tomka (Slovakia) and Ms. Xue Hanqin (China).

Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Mr. Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Mr. Georg Nolte (Germany), Ms. Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Mr. Peter Tomka (Slovakia) and Ms. Xue Hanqin (China) were elected as members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on

6 February 2021.

As a result, as of 6 February 2021, the International Court of Justice is composed as follows: Mr. Ronny ABRAHAM (France),** Mr. Mohamed BENNOUNA (Morocco),* Mr. Dalveer BHANDARI (India),** Mr. Antônio Augusto CANÇADO TRINDADE (Brazil),** Mr. James Richard CRAWFORD (Australia),* Ms. Joan E. DONOGHUE (United States of America),* Mr. Kirill GEVORGIAN (Russian Federation),* Mr. IWASAWA Yuji (Japan),*** Mr. Georg NOLTE (Germany),*** Mr. Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica),* Mr. Nawaf SALAM (Lebanon),** Ms. Julia

_______________ 1 Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Senegal, Togo and Ukraine are serving their second consecutive term.

SEBUTINDE (Uganda),*** Mr. Peter TOMKA (Slovakia),*** Ms. XUE Hanqin (China)*** and Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF (Somalia).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 5 February 2024. ** Term of office expires on 5 February 2027. *** Term of office expires on 5 February 2030.

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