How the International Court of Justice is composed and its judges are elected
Background
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Judges:
15
Term of office:
Nine years
Elected by:
General Assembly and Security Council, separately
Renewal:
One third every three years
Why it matters for exams: A staple of UN-system questions: number of judges, term, who elects them and the double-majority rule.
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In plain words
Absolute majority More than half of all votes that can be cast — A candidate must clear this bar in both the General Assembly and the Security Council.
Permanent Court of Arbitration Hague-based arbitration body set up by the Hague Conventions — Its national groups of jurists nominate candidates for the Court.