Legal justifications for gender parity on the bench of the International Court of Justice: An argument for evolutive interpretation of Article 9 of the ICJ Statute

Abstract The UN General Assembly and the Security Council should amend their rules of procedure to create gender parity on bench International Court Justice. Only 3.7 per cent all judges ICJ have been women. Charter, Statute, long-standing practice underscore importance representation, but focus has geographical representation. Using law international organizations, combined with treaty interpretation human rights law, this article argues that Article 9 Statute be interpreted include a requirement parity. Established practice, subsequent UN’s multi-decade in staffing policy establish an evolutive what is required fulfil equality at ICJ. nomination election procedures for are sufficiently flexible facilitate interpretation.