New ICJ Judges Elected

Congratulations to two new members of the bench of the International Court of Justice: James Crawford and Kirill Gevorgian.  Also, congratulations to Joan Donoghue and Mohammed Bennouna on their reelection.  The esteemed judges will commence 9 year terms starting in February 2016.

The voting process and requirements for election under the ICJ statute are described here.

Voting also took place for a fifth position on the bench, however one candidate received a majority in the Security Council and the other candidate received a majority in the General Assembly.   As a result, another round of voting is required to finalize the selection for the final position.  This is expected to take place later this month.

Update:  I’ve just seen that Dapo has a great post on the voting over at EJIL talk.   Highly recommended for a more detailed analysis.