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Multimedia Gallery
- Covershots (1'15''): exterior views of Peace Palace
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2012 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2012 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2012 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2012 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2011 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2011 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2011 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2011 Video)
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- The Role and Activities of the ICJ (2011 Video)
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- Judge Peter Tomka was elected President of the Court on 6 February 2012. The President and the Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The President presides at all meetings of the Court; he/she directs its work and supervises its administration, with the assistance of a Budgetary and Administrative Committee and of various other committees, all composed of Members of the Court. During judicial deliberations, the President has a casting vote in the event of votes being equally divided. In The Hague, where he/she is obliged to reside, the President of the Court takes precedence over the doyen of the diplomatic corps.
Photograph: ICJ-CIJ-UN Photo, Rob Ris, Max Koot Studio, July 2012. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor (Mexico) was elected Vice-President of the Court on 6 February 2012. The President and the Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The Vice-President replaces the President in his/her absence, in the event of his/her inability to exercise his/her duties, or in the event of a vacancy in the presidency.
Photograph: ICJ-CIJ-UN Photo, Rob Ris, Max Koot Studio. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Members of the International Court of Justice (new composition, as from 27 April 2012) in the Japanese Room of the Peace Palace.
Photograph: ICJ-CIJ-UN Photo, Rob Ris, Max Koot Studio, July 2012. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Members of the International Court of Justice (new composition, as from 27 April 2012) at the foot of the grand staircase of the Peace Palace.
Photograph: ICJ-CIJ-UN Photo, Rob Ris, Max Koot Studio, July 2012. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- View of a session of the International Court of Justice in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace during the reading of the Judgment of the Court, on Monday 5 December 2011, in the case concerning Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece). The Peace Palace has been the seat of the Court since 1946.
Photograph: CIJ-ICJ/UN-ONU, Capital Photos/Gerald van Daalen - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- View of a session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace (The Hague) on 3 February 2012, during the Reading of the Judgment of the Court in the case concerning Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening). The Peace Palace has been the seat of the Court since 1946.
Photograph: CIJ-ICJ/UN-ONU, Capital Photos/Frank van Beek - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Official signed and sealed copy of a judgment of the International Court of Justice.
Photograph: Jeroen Bouman - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Members of the International Court of Justice in the Deliberation Room of the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). The Peace Palace has been the seat of the Court since 1946. NB: the present picture was taken in September 2005.
Photograph: Jeroen Bouman - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- Outside view of the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands), in February 2012. The Peace Palace has been the seat of the Court since 1946.
Photograph: CIJ-ICJ/UN-ONU, Capital Photos/Frank van Beek - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
- The Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands), seat of the International Court of Justice.
Photograph: Jeroen Bouman - Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
