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1951 International Court of Justice judges election

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Council. After the second ballot was inconclusive, the chairman recalled a rule of procedure that provided for the next round of voting to be limited to two candidates with the highest number of votes. The third round was thus restricted to Mr Klaestad and Mr de Visscher. Mr Klaestad received the required majority.
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Levi Carneiro was thus almost unanimously elected to fill the seat that became vacant due to the death of his compatriot Judge Azevedo. This set the tradition of casual vacancies being filled by judges of the same nationality as the one of the judge having deceased or resigned. The tradition has been
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To be elected, a candidate must obtain an absolute majority of votes both in the General Assembly and in the Security Council. At the time, 32 votes constituted an absolute majority in the General Assembly and 6 votes constituted an absolute majority in the Security Council (with no distinction being
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After both the General Assembly and the Security Council have produced a list of five names that received an absolute majority of the votes, the two lists are compared. Any candidate appearing on both lists is elected. But if fewer than five candidates have been thus elected, the two organs proceed,
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Thus, the 1951 election saw the seat of the deceased Judge Azevedo to be filled as an occasional vacancy for the remainder of his term, and the seats of Judges Fabela Alfaro, Hackworth, Klaestad, Krylov and de Visscher were to be contested. Technically, these would constitute two separate elections,
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In the Security Council, 6 candidates obtained an absolute majority of votes in the first round, of whom three candidates received 7 votes and three other candidates received more than 7 votes. A discussion then ensued as to whether the next round of voting should be an open-ended one or whether it
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If after the third meeting, one or more seats still remain unfilled, the General Assembly and the Security Council may form a joint conference consisting of six members, three appointed by each organ, in order to elect a candidate to fill the remaining seat(s). This option had never been used prior
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The court consists of 15 judges, with five judges elected every three years. (In the case of death or other vacancy, a judge is elected for the remainder of the term.) Judges are required to be independent and impartial; they may not exercise any political or administrative function, and do not act
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When five candidates have obtained the required majority in one of the organs, the president of that organ notifies the president of the other organ of the names of the five candidates. The president of the latter does not communicate such names to the members of that organ until that organ itself
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In the General Assembly, four candidates, Messrs Hackworth, Armand-Ugón, Golunsky and Rau, received an absolute majority after the first round of voting. The Assembly then proceeded to select the fifth candidate to be included on its list, before it being compared with the list of the Security
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again independently of one another, at a second meeting and, if necessary, a third meeting to elect candidates by further ballots for seats remaining vacant, the results again being compared after the required number of candidates have obtained an absolute majority in each organ.
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provides that judges shall be elected "from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law".
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should be limited to selecting 2 out of 3 candidates who had received 7 votes, with the other three considered as already having been selected. It was decided that an open-ended vote should be taken. Five candidates received an absolute majority in the second round.
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Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia
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The General Assembly and the Security Council proceed, independently of one another, to elect five members of the Court (or one member, if the election is held in order to fill an occasional vacancy).
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All States parties to the Statute of the ICJ had the right to propose candidates. Nominations of candidates for election to the ICJ are made by a group consisting of the members of the
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Australia, Belgium, China, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia
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As the two lists thus produced contained the same five candidates, those candidates were declared elected to the Court, without a need for further rounds of voting.
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with a separate set of candidates nominated, and the procedures regarding rounds of balloting and the number of meetings (see below) separately applied.
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The following candidates were nominated for the election in order to fill the seat of the deceased Judge Azevedo of Brazil:
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Candidates that did not receive a single vote in either the General Assembly or the Security Council are not listed.
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Candidates that did not receive a single vote in either the General Assembly or the Security Council are not listed.
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Argentina, Chile, China, Honduras, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, El Salvador Thailand, United States;
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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, India, Netherland, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
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The Chinese seat at the UN was at the time occupied by the Taiwan-based Republic of China. For details, see
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concurrently elect five judges to the Court for nine-year terms, in this case beginning on 6 February 1952.
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The seats of Judges Álvarez, Basdevant, Guerrero, McNair and Carneiro were to be contested at the
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Belgium, Egypt (withdrawn), France, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland;
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Elections of members of the Court are governed by articles 2 through 15 of the
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made between permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council).
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The composition of the Court following the election was as follows:
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Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Uruguay
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The following candidates were nominated for the election:
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to the 1951 elections, and would never be used up to now.
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has given five candidates the required majority of votes.
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and resulted in the following composition of the Court:
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1952: 1949: 1946: 1943: 1940: 1937: 1932: 1927: 1926: 1922: 1919: 1916: 1913: 1910: 1908: 1907:Ricardo Paras 1903: 1898: 1897: 1893: 1890: 1887: 1884: 1881: 1876: 1871: 1870: 1866: 1863: 1860: 1857: 1854: 1851: 1846: 1841: 1840: 1836: 1833: 1830: 1827: 1824: 1822:(Netherlands) 1821: 1816: 1811: 1810: 1807: 1804: 1801: 1799: 1796: 1793: 1790: 1787: 1786:Helge Klæstad 1782: 1777: 1776: 1773: 1770: 1767: 1764: 1761: 1759: 1756: 1753: 1748: 1743: 1742: 1739: 1736: 1733: 1730: 1727: 1725: 1722: 1720: 1718: 1713: 1708: 1707: 1703: 1700: 1697: 1694: 1691: 1688: 1683: 1678: 1677: 1673: 1670: 1667: 1664: 1661: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1647: 1644: 1641: 1638: 1635: 1632: 1630: 1627: 1624: 1619: 1614: 1613: 1609: 1606: 1603: 1600: 1597: 1594: 1592: 1587: 1582: 1581: 1577: 1574: 1571: 1568: 1565: 1562: 1557: 1552: 1551: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1538: 1535: 1533: 1532: 1529:majority = 6 1527: 1522:majority = 32 1520: 1515: 1512: 1511: 1508: 1502: 1500: 1491: 1488: 1485: 1480: 1475: 1474: 1470: 1467: 1464: 1459: 1454: 1453: 1450: 1447: 1445: 1442: 1439: 1438:Levi Carneiro 1434: 1429: 1428: 1425:majority = 6 1423: 1420: 1418:majority = 32 1416: 1413: 1411: 1408: 1407: 1404: 1398: 1393: 1386: 1383: 1378: 1373: 1372: 1368: 1365: 1360: 1355: 1354: 1350: 1348:(Netherlands) 1347: 1345: 1340: 1335: 1334: 1330: 1328:(Philippines) 1327: 1322: 1317: 1316: 1312: 1309: 1304: 1299: 1298: 1294: 1291: 1286: 1281: 1280: 1276: 1273: 1268: 1263: 1262: 1258: 1255: 1250: 1245: 1244: 1240: 1237: 1232: 1227: 1226: 1222: 1219: 1214: 1209: 1208: 1204: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1190: 1186: 1183: 1178: 1173: 1172: 1168: 1165: 1160: 1155: 1154: 1150: 1148: 1147:Ricardo Paras 1143: 1138: 1137: 1133: 1128: 1123: 1122: 1118: 1115: 1110: 1105: 1104: 1100: 1097: 1095: 1090: 1085: 1084: 1080: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1066: 1063: 1059: 1056: 1051: 1046: 1045: 1041: 1039:(Netherlands) 1038: 1033: 1028: 1027: 1022: 1019: 1018:Helge Klæstad 1014: 1009: 1008: 1003: 1000: 995: 990: 989: 985: 983: 981: 976: 971: 970: 966: 963: 958: 953: 952: 948: 945: 940: 935: 934: 930: 927: 922: 917: 916: 912: 909: 904: 899: 898: 894: 891: 886: 881: 880: 877: 873: 870: 865: 860: 859: 855: 852: 847: 842: 841: 837: 834: 832: 827: 822: 821: 817: 814: 809: 804: 803: 799: 796: 791: 786: 785: 781: 778: 776: 771: 766: 765: 761: 758: 753: 748: 747: 743: 740: 735: 730: 729: 722: 721: 718: 712: 705: 702: 697: 692: 691: 687: 684: 679: 674: 673: 669: 666: 664: 659: 654: 653: 649: 646: 641: 636: 635: 631: 628: 626: 621: 616: 615: 611: 608: 603: 598: 597: 592: 589: 588:Levi Carneiro 584: 579: 578: 574: 571: 566: 561: 560: 556: 553: 551: 546: 541: 540: 536: 533: 528: 523: 522: 515: 514: 511: 505: 501:1951 nominees 500: 498: 496: 488: 486: 483: 475: 470: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 446: 444: 435: 432: 429: 424: 419: 418: 414: 411: 408: 403: 398: 397: 393: 390: 387: 382: 377: 376: 372: 369: 366: 361: 356: 355: 351: 348: 345: 340: 335: 334: 330: 327: 324: 323:Arnold McNair 319: 314: 313: 309: 306: 304:(El Salvador) 303: 298: 293: 292: 288: 285: 282: 277: 272: 271: 267: 264: 261: 256: 251: 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 237: 231: 226: 225: 222: 219: 216: 213: 212: 211:Sergei Krylov 206: 201: 200: 197: 194: 191: 188: 187: 186:Helge Klæstad 181: 176: 175: 172: 169: 166: 163: 162: 156: 151: 150: 147: 144: 141: 138: 137: 131: 126: 125: 122: 118: 115: 112: 111: 105: 100: 99: 95: 90: 87: 86: 83: 81: 76: 74: 69: 65: 63: 59: 55: 47: 45: 43: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 21: 2893:Jurisdiction 2830: 2819:(elections: 2810:Organisation 2731: 2683: 2669: 2637: 2627: 2619: 2602: 2593: 2576: 2567: 2550: 2541: 2524: 2516: 2498:(Yugoslavia) 2394: 2386: 2275: 2267: 2263: 2259: 2180:Pedro Tuason 2045: 2031: 1996:Abdur Rahman 1805: 1797: 1771: 1757: 1737: 1723: 1642: 1628: 1525: 1518: 1513: 1506: 1497: 1448: 1443: 1421: 1414: 1409: 1402: 1351:Netherlands 1331:Philippines 1326:Pedro Tuason 1200:Abdur Rahman 1151:Philippines 1061: 949:Philippines 875: 716: 688:Switzerland 509: 492: 479: 465: 461: 457: 453: 450: 441: 430:(Yugoslavia) 245: 234: 220: 209: 195: 184: 170: 159: 145: 134: 120: 108: 77: 70: 66: 51: 17: 15: 2780:Legal texts 2060:Casto Rojas 1966:Seni Pramoj 1938:(Guatemala) 1514:Candidates 1410:Candidates 1236:Casto Rojas 1182:Seni Pramoj 1166:(Guatemala) 1116:(Nicaragua) 797:(Nicaragua) 741:(Guatemala) 119:1955; died 2913:Categories 2646:References 2501:1946, 1949 2480:1946, 1949 2459:1946, 1949 2438:1946, 1949 2417:1946, 1949 2290:Term ends 1998:(Pakistan) 1968:(Thailand) 1852:(Honduras) 1202:(Pakistan) 1184:(Thailand) 1169:Guatemala 1119:Nicaragua 1078:(Honduras) 892:(Honduras) 800:Nicaragua 762:Guatemala 744:Guatemala 723:Candidates 667:(Honduras) 516:Candidates 471:Candidates 433:1946, 1949 412:1946, 1949 391:1946, 1949 370:1946, 1949 349:1946, 1949 96:Term ends 48:Background 2521:(Uruguay) 2454:John Read 2272:Aftermath 2242:(Ecuador) 2212:(Belgium) 2152:(Denmark) 2062:(Bolivia) 1659:(Bolivia) 1625:(Uruguay) 1465:(Uruguay) 1384:(Ecuador) 1366:(Belgium) 1310:(Ecuador) 1292:(Denmark) 1238:(Bolivia) 1205:Pakistan 1187:Thailand 1081:Honduras 910:(Bolivia) 895:Honduras 853:(Denmark) 835:(Uruguay) 815:(Uruguay) 670:Honduras 612:Honduras 609:(Uruguay) 572:(Uruguay) 386:John Read 239:(Belgium) 58:The Hague 2572:(Norway) 2477:(Poland) 2456:(Canada) 2391:(Brazil) 2326:(France) 2122:(Greece) 2092:(Sweden) 1788:(Norway) 1595:(Turkey) 1563:(Panama) 1486:(Brazil) 1440:(Brazil) 1387:Ecuador 1313:Ecuador 1295:Denmark 1274:(Greece) 1256:(Sweden) 1241:Bolivia 1062:withdrew 1020:(Norway) 928:(Mexico) 913:Bolivia 876:withdrew 871:(Mexico) 856:Denmark 838:Uruguay 779:(Turkey) 759:(Panama) 629:(Brazil) 590:(Brazil) 554:(Turkey) 534:(Brazil) 409:(Poland) 388:(Canada) 283:(France) 189:(Norway) 139:(Mexico) 113:(Brazil) 40:and the 22:election 2787:Statute 2624:(India) 2414:(Egypt) 2305:(Chile) 2287:renewed 2028:(India) 1394:Results 1220:(India) 782:Greece 703:(India) 685:(Italy) 557:Turkey 346:(Egypt) 262:(Chile) 93:renewed 2817:Judges 2575:1946, 2549:1946, 2433:Hsu Mo 1134:Burma 1098:(Peru) 1057:(USSR) 964:(Peru) 706:Egypt 647:(Peru) 365:Hsu Mo 214:(USSR) 2886:Other 2632:1961 2607:1961 2581:1961 2555:1961 2529:1961 2504:1958 2483:1958 2462:1958 2441:1958 2420:1958 2399:1955 2374:1955 2353:1955 2332:1955 2311:1955 2282:Judge 1101:Peru 967:Peru 650:Peru 436:1958 415:1958 394:1958 373:1958 352:1958 331:1955 310:1955 289:1955 268:1955 88:Judge 30:Paris 18:1951 2876:2023 2871:2022 2866:2021 2861:2020 2856:2018 2851:2017 2846:2014 2841:2011 2836:1954 2831:1951 2826:1948 2821:1946 2663:here 2628:1952 2603:1952 2577:1952 2551:1952 2525:1952 2395:1952 2371:1946 2350:1946 2329:1946 2308:1946 328:1946 307:1946 286:1946 265:1946 246:1952 242:1946 221:1952 217:1946 196:1952 192:1946 171:1952 167:1946 146:1952 142:1946 121:1951 116:1946 80:1949 52:The 16:The 1724:41 1548:R2 2915:: 2714:^ 2697:^ 2654:^ 2642:. 2254:0 2227:4 2221:15 2218:15 2215:22 2197:0 2167:0 2137:0 2107:0 2077:0 2032:32 2013:0 1983:0 1953:0 1923:1 1911:15 1894:0 1882:12 1867:0 1837:0 1798:43 1794:29 1791:29 1768:11 1758:43 1704:0 1674:0 1629:41 1610:0 1578:0 1545:R1 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Index

International Court of Justice
Palais de Chaillot
Paris
principal organs
General Assembly
Security Council
International Court of Justice
The Hague
United Nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice
1949
Brazil
Philadelpho Azevedo
Mexico
Isidro Fabela Alfaro
United States
Green Hackworth
Norway
Helge Klæstad
Soviet Union
Sergei Krylov
Belgium
Charles de Visscher
Chile
Alejandro Álvarez
France
Jules Basdevant
El Salvador
Jose Gustavo Guerrero
United Kingdom

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