A special election for three judges of the International Criminal Court was held during the 6th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in New York on 30 November and 3 December 2007.
[3] Following these rules, the nomination period of judges for the 2007 election lasted from 1 June to 24 August 2007.
The following persons were nominated:[4] The candidature of Sunday Akinola Akintan of Nigeria was withdrawn.
The regional and gender criteria could have been adjusted even before the election depending on the number of candidates.
The regional and gender criteria could have been dropped either if they were not (jointly) possible any more, or if after four ballots not all seats were filled.