The UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council should amend their rules of procedure to create gender parity on the bench of the International Court of Justice. Only 3.7 per cent of all judges on the ICJ have been women. The UN Charter, ICJ Statute, and long-standing practice of the Court underscore the importance of representation, but the focus has been on geographical representation. Using the law of international organizations, combined with the law of treaty interpretation and international human rights law, this article argues that Article 9 of the ICJ Statute should be interpreted to include a requirement of gender parity. Established practice, subsequent practice, and the UN’s multi-decade gender parity in staffing policy establish an evolutive interpretation of what is required to fulfil equality at the UN and the ICJ. The nomination and election procedures for ICJ judges are sufficiently flexible to facilitate this interpretation.

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国际法院法官性别平等的法律理由：对《国际法院规约》第 9 条进行演化解释的论据

联合国大会和联合国安理会应修改其议事规则，以在国际法院法官席上实现性别平等。国际法院的所有法官中只有 3.7% 是女性。《联合国宪章》、《国际法院规约》和法院的长期实践都强调了代表性的重要性，但重点一直是地域代表性。本文运用国际组织法，结合条约解释法和国际人权法，认为《国际法院规约》第九条应解释为包括性别平等的要求。既定实践、后续实践以及联合国在人员配备政策方面的数十年性别均等，对实现联合国和国际法院的平等所需的条件进行了演变性的解释。