On October 30, the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, and the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Philippe Kirsch, addressed the United Nations General Assembly and presented the annual report for their respective courts. Judge Higgins was able to report that the past year was the most productive year in the history of the court (see press release). Since August 2007 the court had held hearings in four cases, had rendered four substantive judgements and had made two orders on requests for the indication of provisional measures. Two more judgements are currently under preparation.…