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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Kenyan lawyer Phoebe Okowa was elected on Wednesday to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to fill the seat left vacant by Abdulqawi Yusuf of Somalia on September 30.
F. Okowa will serve until February 5, 2027, the end of A. Yusuf's term.
She is a Kenyan lawyer and Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the UN International Law Commission since 2023.
According to the ICJ Statute, judges are elected by secret ballot in both the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA).
To be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes in both houses, which vote simultaneously but separately.
Four candidates competed for the post. F. Okova won after three rounds of voting in the UN Security Council and four rounds of voting in the UN General Assembly.
The ICJ, based in The Hague, consists of 15 judges elected for nine-year terms. They are eligible for re-election. If a judge dies or resigns during their term, a special election is held to elect a judge to fill the remaining term.
The 15 judges must come from 15 different countries. The court as a whole must represent the major forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world. –0–
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