PoliticsUN elects five judges to International Court of Justice amid record caseload

The UN elected five judges to nine-year terms on the International Court of Justice. Several rounds of voting were needed to settle the final seat, which went to Kenya’s Phoebe Okowa after Ecuador’s Marcelo Vazquez-Bermudez withdrew. The court has a record 24 contentious cases pending.

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