American Convention on Human Rights 1969, para. undefined
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The judges of the Court shall be elected from the list of candidates referred to in Article 81, by secret ballot of the States Parties to the Convention in the General Assembly. The candidates who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of the States Parties shall be declared elected. Should it become necessary to have several ballots in order to elect all the judges of the Court, the candidates who receive the smallest number of votes shall be eliminated successively, in the manner determined by the States Parties.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Organization of American States
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
1969
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
American Convention on Human Rights (1969), Article 82.