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    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It settles legal disputes submitted by states and provides advisory opinions to authorized international organizations. The ICJ is composed of 15 judges elected to 9-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Judges must have a high moral character and be qualified to serve as the highest judicial officers in their own countries. Once elected, judges are independent delegates who make a solemn declaration to exercise their powers impartially. The ICJ will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case later this month.

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    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It settles legal disputes submitted by states and provides advisory opinions to authorized international organizations. The ICJ is composed of 15 judges elected to 9-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Judges must have a high moral character and be qualified to serve as the highest judicial officers in their own countries. Once elected, judges are independent delegates who make a solemn declaration to exercise their powers impartially. The ICJ will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case later this month.

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    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It settles legal disputes submitted by states and provides advisory opinions to authorized international organizations. The ICJ is composed of 15 judges elected to 9-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Judges must have a high moral character and be qualified to serve as the highest judicial officers in their own countries. Once elected, judges are independent delegates who make a solemn declaration to exercise their powers impartially. The ICJ will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case later this month.

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    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It settles legal disputes submitted by states and provides advisory opinions to authorized international organizations. The ICJ is composed of 15 judges elected to 9-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Judges must have a high moral character and be qualified to serve as the highest judicial officers in their own countries. Once elected, judges are independent delegates who make a solemn declaration to exercise their powers impartially. The ICJ will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case later this month.

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    International Court of Justice

    What to study?

    For Prelims and Mains: All about ICJ and comparison with ICC, Jadhav’s case and what
    can India do now in this case?

    Context: International Court of Justice likely to deliver verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav


    case this month.

    About ICJ:

    What is it?

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial body of the UN.
    Established in 1946 to replace the Permanent Court of International Justice, the
    ICJ mainly operates under the statute of its predecessor, which is included in the UN
    Charter.

    It has two primary functions: to settle legal disputes submitted by States in


    accordance with established international laws, and to act as an advisory board on
    issues submitted to it by authorized international organizations.

    Members of the Court:

    The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year


    terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security
    Council. These organs vote simultaneously but separately. In order to be elected, a
    candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes in both bodies. In
    order to ensure a measure of continuity, one third of the Court is elected every
    three years. Judges are eligible for re-election.

    Who nominates the candidates?

    Every state government, party to the Charter, designates a group who propose
    candidates for the office of ICJ judges. This group includes four members/jurists of the
    Permanent Court of Arbitration (machinery which enables arbitral tribunals to be set up
    as desired and facilitates their work) also picked by the State. Countries not part of the
    statute follow the same procedure where a group nominates the candidates.

    Each group is limited to nominate four candidates, two of whom could be of their
    nationality. Within a fixed duration set by the Secretary-General, the names of the
    candidates have to be sent to him/her.

    What are the qualifications of ICJ judges?

     A judge should have a high moral character.


     A judge should fit to the qualifications of appointment of highest judicial officers
    as prescribed by their respective states or.
     A judge should be a juriconsult of recognized competence in international law.

    The 15 judges of the Court are distributed as per the regions:

     Three from Africa.


     Two from Latin America and Caribbean.
     Three from Asia.
     Five from Western Europe and other states.
     Two from Eastern Europe.
    Independence of the Judges:

    Once elected, a Member of the Court is a delegate neither of the government of his
    own country nor of that of any other State. Unlike most other organs of international
    organizations, the Court is not composed of representatives of governments. Members
    of the Court are independent judges whose first task, before taking up their duties, is to
    make a solemn declaration in open court that they will exercise their powers impartially
    and conscientiously.

    In order to guarantee his or her independence, no Member of the Court can be


    dismissed unless, in the unanimous opinion of the other Members, he/she no longer
    fulfils the required conditions. This has in fact never happened.

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