2023 International Criminal Court judges election
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Six judges of the International Criminal Court were elected during the 22nd session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court held from 4 to 14 December 2023 in New York.[1] The judges were elected for terms of nine years and took office on 11 March 2024.
The judges elected at this session replaced six judges who had been elected in 2014 for full nine-year terms. The newly elected judges will serve for nine years until 2033.
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.[2]
Judges remaining in office
The following judges were scheduled to remain in office beyond 2024:[3]
| Judge | Nationality | List A or B | Regional criteria | Gender | |||||||||
| List A | List B | African | Asian | E. European | GRULAG | WEOG | Female | Male | |||||
| Reine Alapini-Gansou |  Benin |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Solomy Balungi Bossa |  Uganda |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Miatta Maria Samba |  Sierra Leone |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Tomoko Akane |  Japan |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Gocha Lordkipanidze |  Georgia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Althea Violet Alexis-Windsor |  Trinidad and Tobago |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| María del Socorro Flores Liera |  Mexico |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza |  Peru |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez |  Costa Rica |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Rosario Salvatore Aitala |  Italy |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Joanna Korner |  United Kingdom |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Kimberly Prost |  Canada |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |||||
Nomination process
The nomination period of judges for the 2023 election lasted from 2 January to 26 March 2023.[1] It was extended three times (the maximal number of extensions), to 9 April,[4] to 23 April[5] and finally to 7 May,[6] because the required number of four Asian 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 | |||||
| Haykel Ben Mahfoudh |  Tunisia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Erdenebalsuren Damdin |  Mongolia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Adélaïde Dembélé |  Burkina Faso |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Nicolas Guillou |  France |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Beti Hohler |  Slovenia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Ute Hohoff |  Germany |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska |  North Macedonia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Iulia Antoanella Motoc |  Romania |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Clarence Nelson |  Samoa |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Keebong Paek |  South Korea |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Andres Parmas |  Estonia |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Andriamanankadrianana Rajaona |  Madagascar |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| Pavel Zeman |  Czech Republic |
X | X | X | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||
