The 16 permanent judges, of whom 14 were re-elected in November 2004, are Theodor Meron (President, United States of America), Fausto Pocar (Vice-President, Italy), Patrick Lipton Robinson (Presiding Judge, Jamaica), Carmel A. Agius (Presiding Judge, Malta), Liu Daqun (Presiding Judge, China), Mohamed Shahabuddeen (Guyana), Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba (Zambia), Mehmet Güney (Turkey), Mohamed Amin El Mahdi (Egypt), Alphonsus Martinus Maria Orie (Netherlands), Wolfgang Schomburg (Germany), O-gon Kwon (Republic of Korea), Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca (Argentina), Jean-Claude Antonetti (France), Kevin Parker (Australia) and Iain Bonomy (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Durante el período que abarca el informe, los magistrados ad lítem han sido Ivana Janu (República Checa), Chikako Taya (Japón), Volodymyr Vassylenko (Ucrania), Carmen María Argibay (Argentina), Joaquín Martín Canivell (España), Vonimbolana Rasoazanany (Madagascar), Bert Swart (Países Bajos), Krister Thelin (Suecia), Christine Van Den Wyngaert (Bélgica), Hans Henrik Brydensholt (Dinamarca), Albin Eser (Alemania), Claude Hanoteau (Francia) y György Szénasi (Hungría).