Russia loses International Court of Justice seat for the first time in history

Russian judge Kirill Gevorgian, who joined the U.N.’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2015, has failed to win reelection, leaving the court without a representative of Russia or the USSR for the first time since it began working in 1946.

Gevorgian has served as the ICJ’s vice president since 2021.

The five judges who won Thursday’s election are Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu from Romania, Sarah Hull Cleveland from the U.S., Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco from Mexico, Dire Tladi from South Africa, and Hilary Charlesworth from Australia, who was reelected.