PART 4. Composition and administration of the court

• Author: International Criminal Court
• Pages: 25-35

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Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

PART 4.

COMPOSITION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT

Article 34

Organs of the Court

The Court shall be composed of the following organs:

(a) The Presidency;

(b) An Appeals Division, a Trial Division and a Pre-Trial Division;

(c) The Off‌ice of the Prosecutor;

(d) The Registry.

Article 35

Service of judges

1. All judges shall be elected as full-time members of the Court and shall be available to

serve on that basis from the commencement of their terms of off‌ice.

2. The judges composing the Presidency shall serve on a full-time basis as soon as they

are elected.

3. The Presidency may, on the basis of the workload of the Court and in consultation

with its members, decide from time to time to what extent the remaining judges shall

be required to serve on a full-time basis. Any such arrangement shall be without

prejudice to the provisions of article 40.

4. The f‌inancial arrangements for judges not required to serve on a full-time basis shall

be made in accordance with article 49.

Article 36

Qualif‌ications, nomination and election of judges

1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, there shall be 18 judges of the Court.

2. (a) The Presidency, acting on behalf of the Court, may propose an increase in the

number of judges specif‌ied in paragraph 1, indicating the reasons why this is

considered necessary and appropriate. The Registrar shall promptly circulate

any such proposal to all States Parties.

(b) Any such proposal shall then be considered at a meeting of the Assembly of

States Parties to be convened in accordance with article 112. The proposal

shall be considered adopted if approved at the meeting by a vote of two thirds

of the members of the Assembly of States Parties and shall enter into force at

such time as decided by the Assembly of States Parties.

(c) (i) Once a proposal for an increase in the number of judges has been

adopted under subparagraph (b), the election of the additional judges

shall take place at the next session of the Assembly of States Parties in

accordance with paragraphs 3 to 8, and article 37, paragraph 2;