A special election for one judge of the International Criminal Court was held during the 12th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court which took place in The Hague from 20 to 28 November 2013.
[1] Geoffrey A. Henderson, also from Trinidad and Tobago, was elected in the first ballot after his only opponent had withdrawn.
[3] Following these rules, the nomination period of judges for the 2013 special election was scheduled to last from 28 August to 8 October 2013 and could have been extended up to three times if there had been a lack of candidates from a group for which a minimum voting requirement is in place.
As of 13 October, the following persons were nominated:[2] Minimum voting requirements governed part of the election.
[1] Regarding the regional criteria, there was a voting requirement for one judge from the Latin American and Caribbean States.