2017 International Criminal Court judges election
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Six judges of the International Criminal Court were elected during the 16th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court held from 4 to 14 December 2017 in New York. The judges were elected for terms of nine years and took office on 11 March 2018.
The judges elected at this session replaced six judges elected in 2009 for terms lasting until 2018; they will also serve for nine years until 2027.
The election was governed by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Its article 36(8)(a) states that "[t]he States Parties shall, in the selection of judges, take into account the need, within the membership of the Court, for:
- (i) The representation of the principal legal systems of the world;
- (ii) Equitable geographical representation; and
- (iii) A fair representation of female and male judges."
Furthermore, article 36(3)(b) and 36(5) provide for two lists:
- List A contains those judges that "[h]ave established competence in criminal law and procedure, and the necessary relevant experience, whether as judge, prosecutor, advocate or in other similar capacity, in criminal proceedings";
- List B contains those who "[h]ave established competence in relevant areas of international law such as international humanitarian law and the law of human rights, and extensive experience in a professional legal capacity which is of relevance to the judicial work of the Court".
Each candidate has to belong to exactly one list. A minimum of nine judges elected from list A and five judges elected from list B is to be maintained on the court.
Further rules of election were adopted by a resolution of the Assembly of States Parties in 2004.[1]
Judges remaining in office
The following judges were scheduled to remain in office beyond 2018:[2]
| Judge | Nationality | List A or B | Regional criteria | Gender | |||||||||
| List A | List B | African | Asian | E. European | GRULAG | WEOG | Female | Male | |||||
| Chile Eboe-Osuji |  Nigeria |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Chung Chang-ho |  South Korea |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Raul Cano Pangalangan |  Philippines |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Robert Fremr |  Czech Republic |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Piotr Hofmański |  Poland |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Péter Kovács |  Hungary |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Geoffrey A. Henderson |  Trinidad and Tobago |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia |  Dominican Republic |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Howard Morrison |  United Kingdom |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Marc Perrin de Brichambaut |  France |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Bertram Schmitt |  Germany |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||||
Nomination process
The nomination period of judges for the 2017 election lasted from 24 April to 16 July 2017.[3] It was extended three times (the maximal number of extensions), to 30 July,[4] to 13 August[5] and finally to 27 August,[6] because the required number of ten female candidates had not been nominated. The final extension also did not result in this requirement being fulfilled. The following persons were nominated:[7]
| Candidate | Nationality | List A or B | Regional criteria | Gender | |||||||||
| List A | List B | African | Asian | E. European | GRULAG | WEOG | Female | Male | |||||
| Rosario Salvatore Aitala |  Italy |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Tomoko Akane |  Japan |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Reine Alapini-Gansou |  Benin |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Solomy Balungi Bossa |  Uganda |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Zlata Đurđević |  Croatia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza |  Peru |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Khosbayar Chagdaa |  Mongolia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Nthomeng Justina Majara |  Lesotho |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu |  Ghana |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Ariela Peralta Distéfano |  Uruguay |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Kimberly Prost |  Canada |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Dragomir Vukoje |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |||||
