The UN has elected five judges to the International Court of Justice, including Kenya\u2019s Phoebe Okowa, who has secured a full nine-year term starting in February 2027.<\/p>\n
Okowa won 183 votes in the General Assembly and 13 in the Security Council. She is a professor of public international law at Queen Mary University of London and has served on the UN\u2019s International Law Commission since 2021.<\/p>\n
The other elected judges are Dapo Akande of the United Kingdom, Fran\u00e7ois Alabrune of France, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud of Jordan and Rena Lee of Singapore.<\/p>\n
The International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, settles legal disputes between states and issues advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorised<\/p>\n
Based in The Hague, the Court comprises 15 judges serving nine-year terms, with five seats coming up for election every three years.<\/p>\n
No two judges may be nationals of the same state.<\/p>\n
Candidates must secure an absolute majority in both the 193-member Assembly and the 15-member Council, which vote independently by secret ballot.<\/p>\n
The veto does not apply, and multiple rounds of voting may be necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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