The Registrar shall promptly circulate any such proposal to all States Parties.
b) Any such proposal shall then be considered at a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to be convened in accordance with article 112. The proposal shall be considered adopted if approved at the meeting by a vote of two thirds of the members of the Assembly of States Parties and shall enter into force at such time as decided by the Assembly of States Parties.
c) i) Once a proposal for an increase in the number of judges
has been adopted under subparagraph "b", the election of the
additional judges shall take place at the next session of the
Assembly of States Parties in accordance with paragraphs 3 to
8, and article 37, paragraph 2;
ii) Once a proposal for an increase in the number of
judges has been adopted and brought into effect under
subparagraphs "b" and "c"i", it shall be open to the
Presidency at any time thereafter, if the workload of the
Court justifies it, to propose a reduction in the number of
judges, provided that the number of judges shall not be
reduced below that specified in paragraph 1. The proposal
shall be dealt with in accordance with the procedure laid down
in subparagraphs "a" and "b". In the event that the proposal
is adopted, the number of judges shall be progressively
decreased as the terms of office of serving judges expire,
until the necessary number has been reached.
3. a) The judges shall be chosen from among persons of high moral character, impartiality and integrity who possess the qualifications required in their respective States for appointment to the highest judicial offices.
b) Every candidate for election to the Court shall:
i) Have established competence in criminal law and
procedure, and the necessary relevant experience, whether as
judge, prosecutor, advocate or in other similar capacity, in
criminal proceedings; or
ii) Have established competence in relevant areas of
international law such as international humanitarian law and
the law of human rights, and extensive experience in a
professional legal capacity which is of relevance to the
judicial work of the Court;
c) Every candidate for election to the Court shall have an excellent knowledge of and be fluent in at least one of the working languages of the Court.
4. a) Nominations of candidates for election to the Court may be made by any State Party to this Statute, and shall be made either:
i) By the procedure for the nomination of candidates for
appointment to the highest judicial offices in the State in
question; or
ii) By the procedure provided for the nomination of
candidates for the International Court of Justice in the
Statute of that Court.
Nominations shall be accompanied by a statement in the necessary detail specifying how the candidate fulfils the requirements of paragraph 3.
b) Each State Party may put forward one candidate for any given election who need not necessarily be a national of that State Party but shall in any case be a national of a State Party.
c) The Assembly of States Parties may decide to establish, if appropriate, an Advisory Committee on nominations. In that event, the Committee's composition and mandate shall be established by the Assembly of States Parties.
5. For the purposes of the election, there shall be two lists of candidates:
List A containin
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