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ARTICLE-4: Legal status and powers of the Court     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The Court shall have international legal personality. It shall also have such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes. ...


ARTICLE-36: Qualifications, nomination and election of judges     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) Have established competence in relevant areas of international law such as international humanitarian law and the law of human rights, and extensive experience in a professional legal capacity which is of relevance to the judicial work of the Court; ...