The first and second lists are of all the permanent judges of the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations, first chronologically and then by seat. The third list is a list of judges appointed ad hoc by a party to a proceeding before the Court pursuant to Article 31 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

The Court comprises 15 seats. When the original fifteen judges were elected in 1946, they drew lots to determine which five would have 3-year initial terms, which five would have 6-year initial terms, and which five would have 9-year initial terms. From then onwards, all terms have been nine years, with five seats being up for election every three years. The seats are numbered according to the length of the initial term and then in order of seniority of the first judge to hold the seat.

There are no formal rules for the allocation of seats, other than that no two judges may be nationals of the same country. In practice, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have each had a permanent seat on the Court except on three occasions. Between 1967 and 1985, there was no Chinese judge and since 2018 there has not been a judge from the UK.^[1] In 2024, for the first time in the court's history, no Russian judge is serving on the ICJ, after Judge Kirill Gevorgian lost his seat to the Romanian nominee, Judge Bogdan Aurescu in the November 2023 election.^[2][3] The remaining seats have been informally allocated by regional groups in the same way as the fifteen seats on the Security Council. Since 1970, the conventional allocation is three seats to Asia Pacific, three seats to Africa, two seats to Latin America and the Caribbean, two seats to Eastern Europe and five seats to Western Europe and Others. That convention was broken in 2018 when an Asian judge was elected to a seat previously occupied by judges from the Western Europe and Others group.

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Seat 1 (Asia) Initial term of nine years José Gustavo Guerrero El Salvador El Salvador 1946–1958 Ricardo Alfaro Panama Panama 1959–1964 Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan Pakistan 1964–1973 Nagendra Singh India India 1973–1988 Raghunandan Pathak India India 1989–1991 Christopher Weeramantry Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1991–2000 Al-Khasawneh Awn Al-Khasawneh Jordan Jordan 2000–2011 Dalveer Bhandari India India 2012–

Seat 2 (WE&O) Initial term of nine years Jules Basdevant France France 1946–1964 Gros André Gros [nl] France France 1964–1982 de Lacharrière Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière [nl] France France 1982–1987 Guillaume Gilbert Guillaume France France 1987–2005 Ronny Abraham France France 2005–

Seat 3 (Africa) Initial term of nine years Alvarez Alejandro Álvarez Chile Chile 1946–1955 Moreno Quintana Lucio Moreno Quintana Argentina Argentina 1955–1964 Forster Isaac Forster [nl] Senegal Senegal 1964–1982 Kéba Mbaye Senegal Senegal 1982–1991 Raymond Ranjeva Madagascar Madagascar 1991–2009 Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Somalia Somalia 2009–

Seat 4 (WE&O) Initial term of nine years Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair UK UK 1946–1955 Hersch Lauterpacht UK UK 1955–1960 Fitzmaurice Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice UK UK 1960–1973 Waldock Sir Humphrey Waldock UK UK 1973–1981 Jennings Sir Robert Jennings UK UK 1981–1995 Rosalyn Higgins UK UK 1995–2009 Sir Christopher Greenwood Christopher Greenwood UK UK 2009–2018 Nawaf Salam Lebanon 2018–

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Seat 5 (LA&C) Initial term of nine years Philadelpho Azevedo Brazil Brazil 1946–1951 Carneiro Levi Carneiro Brazil Brazil 1951–1955 Cordova Roberto Córdova Mexico Mexico 1955–1964 Luis Padilla Nervo Mexico Mexico 1964–1973 José Ruda Argentina Argentina 1973–1991 Aguilar Mawdsley Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley Venezuela Venezuela 1991–1995 Parra Aranguren Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren Venezuela Venezuela 1996–2009 Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Brazil Brazil 2009–2022 Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant Brazil Brazil 2022–

Seat 6 (LA&C) Initial term of six years Isidro Fabela Mexico Mexico 1946–1952 Armand-Ugon Enrique Armand-Ugón Uruguay Uruguay 1952–1961 José Bustamante y Rivero Peru Peru 1961–1970 Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Uruguay Uruguay 1970–1979 Sette-Camara José Sette Câmara Filho Brazil Brazil 1979–1988 Shahabuddeen Mohamed Shahabuddeen Guyana Guyana 1988–1997 Francisco Rezek Brazil Brazil 1997–2006 Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor Mexico Mexico 2006–2015 Patrick Lipton Robinson Jamaica Jamaica 2015–2024 Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco [es] Mexico Mexico 2024–

Seat 7 (WE&O) Initial term of six years Green Hackworth USA USA 1946–1961 Philip Jessup USA USA 1961–1970 Hardy Dillard USA USA 1970–1979 Baxter Richard Reeve Baxter USA USA 1979–1980 Stephen Schwebel USA USA 1981–2000 Thomas Buergenthal USA USA 2000–2010 Joan E. Donoghue Joan E. Donoghue USA USA 2010–2024 Sarah Cleveland USA USA 2024–

Seat 8 (Africa) Initial term of six years de Visscher Charles De Visscher Belgium Belgium 1946–1952 Benegal Narsing Rau India India 1952–1953 Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan Pakistan 1954–1961 Tanaka Kōtarō Tanaka Japan Japan 1961–1970 Louis Ignacio-Pinto Dahomey Benin 1970–1979 Abdullah El-Erian Egypt Egypt 1979–1981 Mohammed Bedjaoui Algeria Algeria 1982–2001 Nabil El Araby Egypt Egypt 2001–2006 Mohamed Bennouna Morocco Morocco 2006–2024 Dire Tladi Mexico South Africa 2024–

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Seat 9 (WE&O) Initial term of six years Helge Klæstad Norway Norway 1946–1961 Morelli Gaetano Morelli Italy Italy 1961–1970 Federico de Castro Spain Spain 1970–1979 Roberto Ago Italy Italy 1979–1995 Luigi Ferrari Bravo Italy Italy 1995–1997 Pieter Kooijmans Netherlands Netherlands 1997–2006 Keith Sir Kenneth Keith New Zealand New Zealand 2006–2015 Crawford James Crawford Australia Australia 2015–2021 Charlesworth Hilary Charlesworth Australia Australia 2021–

Seat 10 (Eastern Europe) Initial term of six years Krylov Sergei Krylov USSR USSR 1946–1952 Golunsky Sergei Golunsky [ru] USSR USSR 1952–1953 Kojevnikov Feodor I. Kozhevnikov USSR USSR 1953–1961 Koretsky Vladimir Koretsky [ru] USSR USSR 1961–1970 Morozov Platon Dmitriejevitsj Morozov [nl] USSR USSR 1970–1985 Tarassov Nikolaj Konstantinovitsj Tarasov [ru] USSR/Russia USSR/Russia 1985–1994 Vereschetin Vladlen Veresjtsjetin [nl] Russia Russia 1994–2006 Leonid Skotnikov Russia Russia 2006–2015 Kirill Gevorgian Russia Russia 2015–2024 Bogdan Aurescu Mexico Romania 2024–

Seat 11 (Eastern Europe) Initial term of three years Bohdan Winiarski Poland Poland 1946–1967 Manfred Lachs Poland Poland 1967–1993 Herczegh Géza Herczegh Hungary Hungary 1993–2003 Peter Tomka Slovakia Slovakia 2003–

Seat 12 (WE&O) Initial term of three years Zoricic Milovan Zoričić Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1946–1958 Jean Spiropoulos Greece Greece 1958–1967 Petrén Sture Petrén [sv] Sweden Sweden 1967–1976 Mosler Hermann Mosler West Germany West Germany 1976–1985 Jens Evensen Norway Norway 1985–1994 Carl-August Fleischhauer Germany Germany 1994–2003 Bruno Simma Germany Germany 2003–2012 Giorgio Gaja Italy Italy 2012–2021 Georg Nolte Germany Germany 2021–

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Seat 13 (Asia) Initial term of three years Badawi Abdul Badawi Pasha Egypt Egypt 1946–1965 AmmounFouad Ammoun Lebanon Lebanon 1965–1976 Tarazi Salah el-Dine Tarazi Syria Syria 1976–1980 El-Khani Abdallah El-Khani [nl] Syria Syria 1981–1985 Ni Ni Zhengyu [zh] China China 1985–1994 Shi Shi Jiuyong China China 1994–2010 Xue Hanqin Xue Hanqin China China 2010–

Seat 14 (Africa) Initial term of three years Read John Read Canada Canada 1946–1958 Percy Spender Australia Australia 1958–1967 Onyeama Charles Onyeama Nigeria Nigeria 1967–1976 Taslim Elias Nigeria Nigeria 1976–1991 Bola Ajibola Nigeria Nigeria 1991–1994 Abdul G. Koroma Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1994–2012 Julia Sebutinde Uganda Uganda 2012–

Seat 15 (Asia) Initial term of three years Hsu Hsu Mo China China 1946–1956 Wellington Koo China China 1957–1967 César Bengzon Philippines Philippines 1967–1976 Shigeru Oda Japan Japan 1976–2003 Hisashi Owada Japan Japan 2003–2018 Yuji Iwasawa Japan Japan 2018–

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