section_path: Structure/Organs/Judicial Division
section_name: Judicial Division
paragraph_text: Judicial Division
  
  The Judicial Divisions consist of the 18 judges of the Court, organized into three chambers—the Pre-Trial Chamber, Trial Chamber and Appeals Chamber — which carry out the judicial functions of the Court. Judges are elected to the Court by the Assembly of States Parties. They serve nine-year terms and are not generally eligible for re-election. All judges must be nationals of states parties to the Rome Statute, and no two judges may be nationals of the same state.: article 36 They must be "persons of high moral character, impartiality and integrity who possess the qualifications required in their respective States for appointment to the highest judicial offices".: article 36
  
  The Prosecutor or any person being investigated or prosecuted may request the disqualification of a judge from "any case in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be doubted on any ground".: article 41 Any request for the disqualification of a judge from a particular case is decided by an absolute majority of the other judges.: article 41 Judges may be removed from office if "found to have committed serious misconduct or a serious breach of his or her duties" or is unable to exercise his or her functions.: article 46 The removal of a judge requires both a two-thirds majority of the other judges and a two-thirds majority of the states parties.: article 46