icj miriam painfully lost her bid to me member of the icj i suggest that this be added in the article as of november the composition of the court is as follows re elected were france's ronny abraham and awn shawkat al khasawneh terms expire on february while uk's christopher greenwood brazil s ant nio augusto can ado trindade and somalia's abdulqawi ahmed yusuf terms begin on february 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 new judges replaced uk's rosalyn higgins as icj president gonzalo parra aranguren of venezuela and madagascar s raymond ranjeva terms all expire on february judges elected to serve on un international court of justicetaiwannews com world's top court among nations gets new judges