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Stockshots of the Great Hall of Justice

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Stockshots of the Peace Palace

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Judge Joan E. Donoghue (United States of America) was elected President of the Court, beginning on 8 February 2021. 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: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Max Koot Foto Studio. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Judge Kirill Gevorgian (Russian Federation) was elected Vice-President of the Court, beginning on 8 February 2021. 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.

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The Members and Registrar of the International Court of Justice (photo collage).

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Members of the International Court of Justice during the hearings in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), on 22 April 2021, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court.

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Members of the International Court of Justice at the opening of the hearings in the case concerning Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates v. Qatar), on 2 December 2019, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court.

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View of Great Hall of Justice, the ICJ courtroom, on 10 December 2019, the opening day of the hearings in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)

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Official signed and sealed copy of a judgment of the International Court of Justice.

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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.

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The Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands), seat of the International Court of Justice.

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Inaugural session of the International Court of Justice on 18 April 1946, in the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands), in the presence Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana of the Netherlands.

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