Six judges of the International Criminal Court were elected during the 10th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in New York between 12 and 21 December 2011. [1] The judges elected, Anthony Carmona of Trinidad and Tobago, Miriam Defensor Santiago of the Philippines, Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria, Robert Fremr of the Czech Republic, Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia of the Dominican Republic and Howard Morrison of the United Kingdom, took office on 11 March 2012.
The judges elected at this session were to replace those six judges who were elected at the first election of ICC judges in 2003 for a full term of nine years; they were also to serve for nine years until 2021.
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:
Furthermore, article 36(3)(b) and 36(5) provide for two lists:
Each candidate had to belong to exactly one list.
Further rules of election were adopted by a resolution of the Assembly of States Parties in 2004. [2]
Following these rules, the nomination period of judges for the 2011 election lasted from 13 June to 2 September 2011 and was extended once until 16 September 2011 due to the lack of candidates from one regional group. The following persons were nominated: [3]
Name | Nationality | List A or B | Region | Gender |
Rosolu John Bankole Thompson | List A | African States | Male | |
Ajmi Bel Haj Hamouda | List A | African States | Male | |
Vinod Boolell | List A | African States | Male | |
Modeste-Martineau Bria | List A | African States | Male | |
Anthony Carmona | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | |
Bruno Cathala | List A | Western European and other States | Male | |
Eduard Cifuentes Muñoz | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | |
Władysław Czapliński | List B | Eastern European States | Male | |
Miriam Defensor Santiago | List B | Asian States | Female | |
Chile Eboe-Osuji | List A | African States | Male | |
Robert Fremr | List A | Eastern European States | Male | |
Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Female | |
Gberdao Gustave Kam | List A | African States | Male | |
Javier Laynez Potisek | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | |
Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua | List A | African States | Male | |
Howard Morrison | List A | Western European and other States | Male | |
Hamani Mounkaile Nouhou | List A | African States | Male | |
George A. Serghides | List A | Asian States | Male | |
Jorge Antonio Urbina Ortega | List B | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | |
The nomination period could have been extended for a maximum of six weeks (it was once), two at a time, if there had not been nominated at least twice as many candidates for each criterion as necessary.
The nomination of Ajmi Bel Haj Hamouda was withdrawn before the session.
Minimum voting requirements governed part of the election. This was to ensure that article 36(8)(a) cited above was fulfilled. For this election, the following minimum voting requirements existed; they were to be adjusted once the election was underway.
Regarding the List A or B requirement, States Parties had to vote for three candidates from list A in the early rounds of voting. The minimum requirement of judges from list B was fulfilled. This requirement was not to be waived under any circumstance.
Regarding the regional criteria, initially there were three seats reserved for regional groups: one for the Eastern European States and two for the Latin American and Caribbean States. On 13 October 2011, the Bureau of the ASP notified States Parties of the application of Paragraph 20 (b) of ICC-ASP/3/Res.6 regarding the conditions for obtaining an additional regional seat, in this case referring to Asia, where the membership of the Maldives as the 17th Asian ICC member state triggered a fourth seat to be reserved for an Asian judge. Thus, there were four regional seats to be reserved for which to be voted in the early rounds of voting - one Asian seat, one Eastern European seat, and 2 GRULAC seats. The minimum requirement for judges from African and Western European and other states was fulfilled.
Regarding the gender criteria, the minimum requirement for female judges was fulfilled. States Parties had to vote for two male candidates in the early rounds of voting.
The regional and gender criteria could have been adjusted even before the election depending on the number of candidates. Paragraph 20(b) of the ASP resolution that governed the elections states that if there had been less than double the number of candidates required for each region, the minimum voting requirement would have been a (rounded-up) half of the number of candidates; except when there had been only one candidate which would have resulted in no voting requirement. Furthermore, if the number of candidates of one gender had been less than ten, then the minimum voting requirement would not have exceeded a certain number depending on the number of candidates.
The regional and gender criteria were to be dropped either if they were not (jointly) possible any more, or if after four ballots not all seats were filled (as was the case in this election).
Given the nominations (already taking into account the withdrawal of Ajmi Bel Haj Hamouda which did not change the outcome, however), the voting requirements were as follows:
Criterion | Voting requirement ex ante | Candidates as of now | Adjusted voting requirement | Adjusted requirement equals ex ante? |
Lists A or B | ||||
List A | 3 | 15 | 3 | Yes |
List B | 0 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
Regional criteria | ||||
African states | 0 | 7 | 0 | Yes |
Asian states | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
Eastern European states | 1 | 2 | 1 | Yes |
Latin American and Caribbean States | 2 | 5 | 2 | Yes |
Western European and other States | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
Gender criteria | ||||
Female | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
Male | 2 | 16 | 2 | Yes |
Because of the importance of qualified and impartial judges, NGOs have taken a particular interest in the ICC judges election. [4] The "Campaign on International Criminal Court Elections" was launched to promote the nomination and election of the most highly qualified officials through fair, merit-based, and transparent processes. This Campaign is sponsored by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, a group of NGOs. Among other things, the Coalition is strongly opposed to "vote-trading" among States Parties. [5] In December 2010, the Coalition established an Independent Panel on International Criminal Court Judicial Elections. The panel is to "issue a report containing an assessment of each judicial candidate as 'Qualified' or 'Not Qualified' after the closing of the nomination period and in advance of the December 2011 elections." [6] The members of the panel are: [6]
On 26 October 2011, the Panel published a report [7] in which it assessed the candidates as follows in regard to their qualification to serve as a judge on the ICC in their respective list:
Name | Nationality | List A or B | Region | Gender | Qualified or not |
Rosolu John Bankole Thompson | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Ajmi Bel Haj Hamouda | List A | African States | Male | Not qualified | |
Vinod Boolell | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Modeste-Martineau Bria | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Anthony Carmona | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | Qualified | |
Bruno Cathala | List A | Western European and other States | Male | Qualified | |
Eduard Cifuentes Muñoz | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | Qualified | |
Władysław Czapliński | List B | Eastern European States | Male | Qualified | |
Miriam Defensor Santiago | List B | Asian States | Female | Qualified | |
Chile Eboe-Osuji | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Robert Fremr | List A | Eastern European States | Male | Qualified | |
Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Female | Qualified | |
Gberdao Gustave Kam | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Javier Laynez Potisek | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | Not qualified | |
Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
Howard Morrison | List A | Western European and other States | Male | Qualified | |
Hamani Mounkaile Nouhou | List A | African States | Male | Qualified | |
George A. Serghides | List A | Asian States | Male | Not qualified | |
Jorge Antonio Urbina Ortega | List B | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | Not qualified | |
Unless otherwise indicated, results are from the ASP website.
Name | Nationality | List A or B | Region | Gender | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th round | 8th round | 9th round | 10th round |
12 December 2011 | 13 December 2011 | 14 December 2011 | 15 December 2011 | |||||||||||
Number of States Parties voting | 104 | 107 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 112 | 114 | ||||
Two-thirds majority | 70 | 72 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 76 | ||||
Miriam Defensor Santiago | List B | Asian States | Female | 79 | elected | |||||||||
Anthony Carmona | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | 72 | elected | |||||||||
Robert Fremr | List A | Eastern European States | Male | 62 | 77 | elected | ||||||||
Howard Morrison | List A | Western European and other States | Male | 51 | 54 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 62 | |
Chile Eboe-Osuji | List A | African States | Male | 34 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 51 | 52 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 61 | |
Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Female | 44 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 46 | 57 | 52 | |
Bruno Cathala | List A | Western European and other States | Male | 40 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 54 | 46 | 45 | |
Vinod Boolell | List A | African States | Male | 27 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 40 | |
Jorge Antonio Urbina Ortega | List B | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | 36 | 37 | 37 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 44 | 31 | |
Javier Laynez Potisek | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | 33 | 28 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 24 | withdrawn | ||
Eduard Cifuentes Muñoz | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | 35 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 12 | withdrawn | |||
Władysław Czapliński | List B | Eastern European States | Male | 46 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 11 | withdrawn | |||||
Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua | List A | African States | Male | 12 | 10 | 6 | withdrawn | |||||||
George A. Serghides | List A | Asian States | Male | 28 | 6 | withdrawn | ||||||||
Modeste-Martineau Bria | List A | African States | Male | 1 | 2 | withdrawn | ||||||||
Gberdao Gustave Kam | List A | African States | Male | 10 | withdrawn | |||||||||
Hamani Mounkaile Nouhou | List A | African States | Male | 7 | withdrawn | |||||||||
Rosolu John Bankole Thompson | List A | African States | Male | 3 | withdrawn | |||||||||
Name | Nationality | List A or B | Region | Gender | 11th round | 12th round | 13th round | 14th round | 15th round |
15 December 2011 | 16 December 2011 | ||||||||
Number of States Parties voting | 109 | 109 | 105 | 113 | 102 | ||||
Two-thirds majority | 73 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 68 | ||||
Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia | List A | Latin American and Caribbean States | Female | 71 | 77 | elected | |||
Howard Morrison | List A | Western European and other States | Male | 64 | 66 | 72 | elected | ||
Chile Eboe-Osuji | List A | African States | Male | 62 | 63 | 59 | 68 | 102 | |
Bruno Cathala | List A | Western European and other States | Male | 44 | 46 | 45 | 45 | withdrawn | |
Vinod Boolell | List A | African States | Male | 36 | 34 | 22 | withdrawn | ||
Jorge Antonio Urbina Ortega | List B | Latin American and Caribbean States | Male | withdrawn | |||||
After the first ballot, the minimum voting requirement for the Asian seat was fulfilled. The list A minimum voting requirement dropped to two, the Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) minimum voting requirement dropped to one and the male candidates minimum voting requirement dropped to one, as well. The Eastern European States minimum voting requirement remained at one.
After the second ballot, the minimum voting requirement for the Eastern European seat was fulfilled as well as the male candidates seat. The list A minimum voting requirement dropped to one while the GRULAC seat remained at one.
As no new judges were elected during the third and fourth ballot, the minimum voting requirement for the GRULAC seat was abandoned. Only the list A minimum voting requirement (one judge) remained in place until such a judge was elected. After the election of a list A judge in the 12th ballot all minimum voting requirements were fulfilled.
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