Gender Report Card on the International Criminal ... - YWCA Canada

Structures & Institutional Development Structures
Overview of Trends CONTINUED
The number of women judges on the bench
is the same as in 2010. Of the 19 judges currently
serving at the ICC, 11 are women. The election
of new judges, to replace the six judges whose
terms are finishing in March 2012, will be held
during the tenth session of the Assembly of
States Parties from 12 to 21 December 2011
in New York. Of the judges whose terms will
come to completion in 2012, three are women
(Judge Diarra - Mali, Judge Odio Benito - Costa
Rica, and Judge Steiner - Brazil). The nomination
period for judicial candidates opened on 13
June and closed on 16 September 2011. Of the
19 judicial nominees, only two are women of
whom one is from the Group of Latin America
and the Caribbean region (Olga Venecia Guerrera
Carbuccia – Dominican Republic) and one from
the Asia region (Miriam Defensor-Santiago – the
Philippines).
Among the judicial staff there are currently
22% more women than men (61% women, 39%
men) in professional posts. Women are largely
in the P2 and P3 level positions. Although the
overall figures show a strong representation
of women, there are twice as many men than
women at both the P4 and P5 grades. There are
no P1 positions in the Judiciary.
The number of women employed in
professional posts within the OTP decreased
by 3% from last year with 46% of the overall
professional posts held by women compared
to 49% in 2010. This is the first time that the
percentage of female professionals in the OTP
has decreased since 2007 when the figure was
38%.
The persistent trend of the overrepresentation
of female professionals
in the lower-to-mid level grades, which has
characterised the OTP’s recruitment activities
since its beginning, has been confirmed again
in 2011. Women constitute more than twice the
number of men at the P1 level (11 women and
five men) and there are 16% more women than
men appointed at the P2 level (25 women and 18
men). The number of female professionals starts
to decrease at the P3 grade with a 26% male/
female differential (26 men and 15 women).
Within the OTP, the female/male differential
remains highest in the senior positions with
almost three times the number of male
appointees at the P5 level (three women
and eight men) and 24% more males than
females appointed at the P4 level (10 women
and 16 men). The gender gap at both the P5
and P4 levels remain persistently high. Since
recruitment began, there has never been less
than a 45% gender gap in the P5 posts and not
less than a 20% gender gap in the P4 positions
within the OTP. Both D1 level posts are held by
men.
In the Registry, 48% of professional posts are
held by women. The statistics for the Registry
have been stable at around this figure for the
past five years. There are more women than men
in the P4 (56%), P2 (53%), and P1 (62.5%) levels.
The male/female differential at the P3 level
increased by 4% from 2010 with 26% more male
professionals appointed to this level. The Registry
continues to have the strongest dispersement of
female appointees throughout many, although
not all, professional levels.
The gender gap between men and women
within the Registry at the P5 level decreased to
6% – an improvement of 14% compared to 2010.
However, there are still three times more men
than women at the D1 level (one woman and
three men). This is the same figure as in 2010.
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