Who are the judges of Rohingya genocide trial?
The ICJ’s 15-member bench is composed of judges from different countries who have historically dealt with border disputes
The hearing on genocide by Myanmar against Rohingyas is all set to begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday in The Hague, Netherlands.
The ICJ's 15-member bench is composed of judges from different countries who have historically dealt with border disputes.
The judges at The Hague are:
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President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
Somalia
Member of the Court since 6 February 2009; re-elected on 6 February 2018; Vice-President of the Court from 6 February 2015 to 5 February 2018; President of the Court since 6 February 2018.
Vice-President Xue Hanqin
China
Member of the Court since 29 June 2010; re-elected as from 6 February 2012; Vice-President of the Court since 6 February 2018.
Judge Peter Tomka
Slovakia
Member of the Court since 6 February 2003; re-elected on 6 February 2012; Vice-President from 6 February 2009 to 5 February 2012; President from 6 February 2012 to 5 February 2015.
Judge Ronny Abraham
France
Member of the Court since 15 February 2005; re-elected as from 6 February 2009 and as from 6 February 2018; President of the Court from 6 February 2015 to 5 February 2018.
Judge Mohamed Bennouna
Morocco
Member of the Court since 6 February 2006; re-elected as from 6 February 2015.
Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
Brazil
Member of the Court since 6 February 2009; re-elected as from 6 February 2018.
Judge Joan E Donoghue
United States of America
Member of the Court since 9 September 2010; re-elected as from 6 February 2015.
Judge Giorgio Gaja
Italy
Member of the Court since 6 February 2012.
Judge Julia Sebutinde
Uganda
Member of the Court since 6 February 2012.
Judge Dalveer Bhandari
India
Member of the Court since 27 April 2012, re-elected as from 6 February 2018.
Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson
Jamaica
Member of the Court since 6 February 2015.
Judge James Richard Crawford
Australia
Member of the Court since 6 February 2015.
Judge Kirill Gevorgian
Russian Federation
Member of the Court since 6 February 2015.
Judge Nawaf Salam
Lebanon
Member of the Court since 6 February 2018.
Judge Yuji Iwasawa
Japan
Member of the Court since 22 June 2018.
