Submitted by heywood on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 18:48
On 11 November 2014, the Republic of Argentina formally withdrew the candidacy of its candidate for the remaining spot on the ICJ, Ms. Susana Ruiz Cerutti. On 12 November 2014, the Secuity Council and General Assembly elected the remaining candidate, Mr. Patrick Lipton Robinson of Jamaica. The Court is now composed of:
- Term ending 2018:
- Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia)
- Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan)
- Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil)
- Ronny Abraham (France)
- Christopher John Greenwood (United Kingdom)
- Term ending 2021:
- Julia Sebutinde (Sierra Leone)
- Hisashi Owada (Japan)
- Xue Hanqin (China)
- Peter Tomka (Slovakia)
- Giorgio Gaja (Italy)
- Term ending 2025:
- Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco)
- Joan E. Donoghue (United States of America)
- James Richard Crawford (Australia)
- Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation)
- Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica)
Submitted by heywood on Fri, 11/07/2014 - 10:51
The UN General Assembly and Security Council, meeting in parallel, elected four members of the ICJ on Thursday, 6 November 2014. They could not agree on who should fill the fifth open slot, and met again Friday to try to finish the election. They failed to decide between two candidates (Susana Ruiz Cerutti of Argentina and Patrick Lipton Robinson of Jamaica), and a third round is scheduled for 17 November 2014.
Press Release from the ICJ (PDF)
Official UN Photo: Raimonda Murmokaitė (right), Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, casts her country’s ballot in the Security Council.
