Chronicle on International Courts and Tribunals (January - June 2015)

• Author: Annina Cristina Bürgin
• Position: PhD. Visiting Professor of Public International Law. University of Vigo.
• Pages: 1-11

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DOI: 10.17103/reei.30.16

CHRONICLE ON INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND

TRIBUNALS (JANUARY 2015 – JUNE 2015)

Annina Cristina Bürgin

*

Summary:

I.

I

NTERNATIONAL

C

OURT

O

F

J

USTICE

(ICJ).

II.

I

NTERNATIONAL

C

RIMINAL

C

OURT

(ICC).

III.

M

ECHANISM

F

OR

I

NTERNATIONAL

C

RIMINAL

T

RIBUNALS

(MICT).

IV.

S

PECIAL

C

OURT

F

OR

S

IERRA

L

EONE

(SCSL)

–

R

ESIDUAL

S

PECIAL

C

OURT

F

OR

S

IERRA

L

EONA

(RSCSL).

V.

E

XTRAORDINARY

C

HAMBERS

I

N

T

HE

C

OURTS

O

F

C

AMBODIA

(ECCC).

VI.

S

PECIAL

T

RIBUNAL

F

OR

T

HE

L

EBANON

(STL).

VII.

EFTA

C

OURT

.

INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL TRIBUNALS

GENERAL JURISDICTION

I.

I

NTERNATIONAL

C

OURT OF

J

USTICE

(ICJ)

(

WWW

.

ICJ

-

CIJ

.

ORG

)

1. News

New composition of the Court.

On 6 February 2015, Judge Ronny Abraham from France was elected President of the

International Court of Justice and Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia) was elected Vice-

President, both of them for a three year term.

On 7 November 2014, Mr Crawford (Australia) and Mr. Gevorgian (Russia), and on 17

November 2014, Mr. Robinson (Jamaica), were elected Members of the Court by the United

Nations Generaly Assembly and the Security Council. Their nine-year terms of office began on

6 February 2015. Following these elections, the composition of the Court is as follows:

President: Ronny Abraham (France)

Vice-President:

Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia)

Judges

Hisashi Owada (Japan)

Peter Tomka (Slovakia)

Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco)

Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil)

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PhD. Visiting Professor of Public International Law. University o f Vigo.