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The 2011 International Court of Justice election began on 10 November 2011 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. In the set of triennial elections, the General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently elect five judges to the Court for nine-year terms, in this case beginning on 6 February 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Election of five members of the International Court of Justice / Memorandum by the Secretary-General )〕 From the eight candidates, the five winners were Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Hisashi Owada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), Xue Hanqin (China) and Julia Sebutinde (Uganda). ==Background== The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Also known as the World Court, it adjudicates legal disputes between states, and provides advisory opinions on legal questions submitted by other UN organs or agencies. The court consists of 15 judges, with five judges elected every three years. (In the case of death or other vacancy, a judge is elected for the remainder of the term.) Judges are required to be independent and impartial; they may not exercise any political or administrative function, and do not act as a representative of their home state. Elections of members of the Court are governed by articles 2 through 15 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The five judges whose terms expired in February 2012, with their nationality, were: *Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leonean) *Hisashi Owada (Japanese) (president of Court at time of election) *Bruno Simma (German) *Peter Tomka (Slovak) (vice-president of the Court at time of election) *Xue Hanqin (Chinese) Of these five, all except Bruno Simma were candidates for re-election. Another sitting judge, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, also left the ICJ, having been appointed prime minister of Jordan in October 2011. The election to fill that seat was not scheduled until 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Court of Justice judges election, 2011」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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