A/RES/58/264
3.
Further decides to amend article 1 of the Pension Scheme Regulations for
the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and to replace that article
with the provisions set out in annex III to the present resolution.
79th plenary meeting
23 December 2003
Annex I
Pension Scheme Regulations for the members of the International
Court of Justice (based on the provisions of General Assembly
resolution 38/239 of 20 December 1983 and section VIII of Assembly
resolution 53/214 of 18 December 1998 and applicable as from
1 January 1999)
Replace the text of article 1 with the following:
Article 1
Retirement pension
1.
A member of the International Court of Justice who has ceased to hold office and
who has reached the age of sixty shall be entitled during the remainder of his or her
life, subject to paragraphs 6 and 7 below, to a retirement pension, payable monthly
provided that he or she has:
(a)
Completed at least three years of service;
(b) Not been required to relinquish his or her appointment under Article 18 of
the Statute of the Court for reasons other than the state of his or her health.
2.
For a member who has served a full term of nine years, the annual pension
entitlement shall be:
(a)
For the year 1999, 60,000 United States dollars;
(b)
For the year 2000, 70,000 dollars;
(c)
With effect from 1 January 2001, one half of the annual salary.
3.
A member serving in office as from 31 December 1998, who has been or is reelected, shall be entitled to an increase in the amount of the pension by one threehundredth of the amount payable under paragraph 2 for each month of service in
excess of nine years, provided that maximum retirement pension shall not exceed two
thirds of his or her annual salary:
(a)
For the year 1999, a maximum of 81,600 dollars;
(b)
For the year 2000, a maximum of 95,200 dollars;
(c)
For the year 2001, two thirds of the annual salary, 106,667 dollars.
4.
A member who has served for less than a full term of nine years shall be entitled
to a retirement pension in the amount of that proportion of one half of the annual salary
which the number of months of his or her actual service bears to one hundred and
eight.
5.
A member who ceases to hold office before the age of sixty and who would be
entitled to a retirement pension when he or she reached that age may elect to receive a
pension from any date after the date on which he or she ceases to hold office. Should
he or she so elect, an actuarial reduction factor of one half of one per cent per month
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