Judges of the International Criminal Court
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Judges of the International Criminal Court are elected for a term of up to nine years by the member-countries of the Court.
The current Judges of the court are:
Name | Country | Elected | Term End | Position | Chamber |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philippe Kirsch | Canada | 2003 | 2009 | President | Appeals (P) |
Akua Kuenyenia | Ghana | 2003, 2006 | 2015 | 1st Vice-President | PTC I |
Rene Blattmann | Belgium | 2003 | 2009 | 2nd Vice-President* | Trial |
Karl Hudson-Phillips | Trinidad and Tobago | 2003 | 2012 | — | Trial |
Claude Jorda | France | 2003 | 2009 | — | PTC I (P) |
Georghios M. Pikis | Cyprus | 2003 | 2009 | — | Appeal |
Elizabeth Odio Benito | Costa Rica | 2003 | 2012 | 2nd Vice-President* | Trial |
Navanethem Pillay | South Africa | 2003 | 2009 | — | Appeal |
Sang-Hyun Song | South Korea | 2003, 2006 | 2015 | — | Appeal |
Hans-Peter Kaul | Germany | 2003, 2006 | 2015 | — | PTC III |
Mauro Politi | Italy | 2003 | 2009 | — | PTC II (P)** |
Erkki Kourula | Finland | 2003, 2006 | 2015 | — | Appeal |
Fatoumata Dembele Diarra | Mali | 2003 | 2012 | — | PTC II |
Anita Usacka | Latvia | 2003, 2006 | 2015 | — | Trial |
Sir Adrian Fulford | United Kingdom | 2003 | 2012 | — | Trial |
Sylvia Steiner | Brazil | 2003 | 2012 | — | PTC III (P), PTC I |
Ekaterina Trendafilova | Bulgaria | 2006 | 2015 | — | PTC II |
- PTC is Pre-Trial Chamber
- (P) is the President of the chamber
- The initial end terms were determined by lots that were drawn; afterwards all judges are elected for nine years terms
- The court's 2nd Vice-President was Odio Benito until 2006 and then Blattman
- PTC II was headed by Slade until 2006 and thereafter by Politi
The former judges are:
Name | Country | Elected | Term End | Position | Chamber |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuiloma Neroni Slade | Samoa | 2003 | 2006 | — | PTC II (P)**, PTC III |
Maureen Harding Clark | Ireland | 2003 | 2007(resigned) | — | Trial |
- Maureen Clark resigned in January 2007 without having appeared on the bench at all. The member countries decided to postpone electing her successor until November 2007[1]
[edit] Allocation of cases
- Further information: Cases before the International Criminal Court
Cases have been allocated to the following Chambers:
- Democratic Republic of Congo - Pre-Trial Chamber I
- Uganda - Pre-Trial Chamber II
- Darfur, Sudan - Pre-Trial Chamber I
[edit] References
- ^ STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT OPEN UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS SESSION, Press Zoom, 2007-02-01, accessed on 2007-02-01
- ^ [http://www.iccnow.org/documents/AfricanNewsletter_Issue1_Sept06_en.pdf?PHPSESSID=08df48852e6a735510bc8f9b15c9b82e ICC-AFRICA, CICC, September 2006