AThe General Assembly and the UN Security Council have elected five new judges to the International Court of Justice at a time when the institution faces record numbers of court cases.
The elected judges are Dapo Akande from Great Britain, Francois Alabrune from France, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud from Jordan, Rene Lee from Singapore and Phoebe Oowa from Kenya. Their nine – year – old mandates begin on February 6, 2027.
The fifth member’s election called for several rounds of voting, as the two UN bodies initially failed to reach agreement on the final candidate.
According to Court President Yuji Iwasawa, 24 cases are currently under consideration, including the South Africa indictment against Israel for violating the Gaza Genocide Convention.
The International Court of Justice, headquartered at The Hague, is the UN’s main judicial body and examines judicial disputes between states. /Klankosova. tv