In the first round of voting, the General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently and independently elected Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Hisashi Owada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), and Xue Hanqin (China), but the two organs were deadlocked between two African candidates for the fifth available seat.
Xue Hanqin | MV Xue Long | Han Xue | Xue Susu | Xue Rengui | ''Xuě Lóng'' | Xue | Li Xue | Bai Xue |
The first issue, published in January 2011, included articles by leading Asian scholars and practitioners such as Hisashi Owada, Xue Hanqin, B. S. Chimni, Tommy Koh, Onuma Yasuaki, and Michael Hwang.
Of the eight candidates (including four incumbents) for the five positions, the four judges were elected: Giorgio Gaja, Hisashi Owada, Peter Tomka, and Xue Hanqin.