ICJ Miriam painfully lost her bid to me member of the ICJ I suggest that this be added in the article As of November 6 2008 the composition of the Court is as follows Re elected were France s Ronny Abraham and Awn Shawkat Al Khasawneh terms expire on 5 February 2009 while UK s Christopher Greenwood Brazil s Ant nio Augusto Can ado Trindade and Somalia s Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf terms begin on 6 February 2009 were newly elected The declared candidates Sayeman Bula Bula Democratic Republic of the Congo Miriam Defensor Santiago Philippines and Maurice Kamto Cameroon lost in the final voting The 3 new judges replaced UK s Rosalyn Higgins as ICJ President Gonzalo Parra Aranguren of Venezuela and Madagascar s Raymond Ranjeva terms all expire on 5 February 2009 judges elected to serve on UN International Court of Justicetaiwannews com World s top court among nations gets new judges