paragraph 100 in volume 1, chapter 7, The Registrar and the Registry
In 1978 Article 29 was added to the Rules providing for the removal from office of the Registrar and the Deputy-Registrar. This can be done only if, in the opinion of two thirds of the members of the Court, that person either has become permanently incapacitated from exercising his or her functions, or has committed a serious breach of his or her duties. Before a decision is taken under this provision, the President is to inform the Registrar or the Deputy-Registrar in a writte…