# UN elects five judges to International Court of Justice amid record caseload

https://mins.news/en/item/128107

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 01:03 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/un-elects-five-judges-to-international-court-of-justice-amid-record-cases?traffic_source=rss

> 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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