Election of Members of the International Court of Justice

A/DEC/78/403View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 113c Election of a member of the International Court of Justice, published in 2023.

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3 versions · 1982–2023

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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at its 31st plenary meeting, on 9 November 2023, and the Security Council, at its 9471st meeting, on the same date, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4 and 7 to 12 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 2024 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco), Hilary Charlesworth (Australia), Joan E. Donoghue (United States of America), Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation) and Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica).

Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu (Romania), Hilary Charlesworth (Australia), Sarah Hull Cleveland (United States of America), Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco (Mexico) and Dire Tladi (South Africa) were elected as members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2024.

As a result, as of 6 February 2024, the International Court of Justice is composed as follows: Ronny ABRAHAM (France),* Bogdan-Lucian AURESCU (Romania),*** Dalveer BHANDARI (India),* Leonardo Nemer Caldeira BRANT (Brazil),* Hilary CHARLESWORTH (Australia),*** Sarah Hull CLEVELAND (United States of America),*** Juan Manuel GÓMEZ ROBLEDO VERDUZCO (Mexico),*** IWASAWA Yuji (Japan),** Georg NOLTE (Germany),** Nawaf

_______________ 1 Argentina, Cameroon, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Eritrea, France, Germany, India, Malawi, Somalia and the Sudan are serving their second consecutive term.

SALAM (Lebanon),* Julia SEBUTINDE (Uganda),** Dire TLADI (South Africa),*** Peter TOMKA (Slovakia),** XUE Hanqin (China)** and Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF (Somalia).* ________________ * Term of office expires on 5 February 2027. ** Term of office expires on 5 February 2030. *** Term of office expires on 5 February 2033.

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