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What to Know
- Candidates to the Court must be nationals of a State
Party. However, they can be nominated by any State Party and not only
their own country.
- Candidates to the Court must have demonstrated
competence in criminal law or international law, including human rights
and humanitarian law.
- Candidates must be fluent in at least one of the
working languages of the Court (English and French)
- Countries can choose one of two ways of nominating
candidates: (i) through the procedure of nomination to highest judicial
office; or (ii) through the procedure for nomination to the International
Court of Justice.
- The Nomination Period opened on 9 September 2002 and
will close on 30 November 2002. However, if there are fewer than 10
women candidates as of the close of the nomination period, the call for
nominations must be extended to 8 December 2002.
- The elections of judges and prosecutor will be held
from 3-7 February 2003.
- In order to have a minimum voting requirement of at
least 6 from each sex, there must be at least 9 female candidates
nominated! If there are fewer than nine, the minimum voting requirement is
continually reduced in proportion to the number of candidates.
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What to Do
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Raise awareness of these elections
among women's groups at the national level and work together to identify
qualified women candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to gender
justice.
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Call, fax and email your Foreign
Minister, Justice Minister, Minister of Women and your Ambassador to the
United Nations and demand they seek out and nominate qualified women as
judge, prosecutor or deputy prosecutor.
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Demand a transparent process of
selection at the national level with the involvement and consultation of
civil society.
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