Judge IWASAWA Yuji (Japan) was elected President of the Court, beginning on 3 March 2025. The President and the Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The President presides at all meetings of the Court; he/she directs its work and supervises its administration, with the assistance of a Budgetary and Administrative Committee and of various other committees, all composed of Members of the Court. During judicial deliberations, the President has a casting vote in the event of votes being equally divided. In The Hague, where he/she is obliged to reside, the President of the Court takes precedence over the doyen of the diplomatic corps.

Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda) was elected Vice-President of the Court, beginning on 6 February 2024. The President and the Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The Vice-President replaces the President in his/her absence, in the event of his/her inability to exercise his/her duties, or in the event of a vacancy in the presidency.

Members and Registrar of the International Court of Justice in the Japanese Room of the Peace Palace in November 2025.

Members and Registrar of the International Court of Justice at the foot of the grand staircase of the Peace Palace in November 2025.

View of Great Hall of Justice, the ICJ courtroom at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, on 23 July 2025, during the delivery of the Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

Members of the International Court of Justice during the hearings in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda), on 22 April 2021, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court.