Phoebe Okowa Re-Elected to International Court of Justice for Nine-Year Term
Election
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Election process
Kenyan law scholar Professor Phoebe Okowa has been re-elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), securing a full nine-year term on the United Nations’ principal judicial body.
Okowa secured the seat following several rounds of voting by the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
She defeated Peru’s Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza in the decisive round, receiving 13 votes against none in the 15-member Security Council. Her victory followed the withdrawal of three other candidates, including Sierra Leone’s Professor Charles Chernor Jalloh, Ecuador’s Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez and South Korea’s Jin-Hyun Paik.