Dapo Akande: Nigerian-British professor elected to International Court of Justice bench

Nigerian-British professor of public international law, Dapo Akande, has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), securing a nine-year tenure on the United Nations’ principal judicial organ.
Akande will serve on the 15-member court, which handles legal disputes between countries and issues advisory opinions on matters of international law.
His election marks Britain’s return to the ICJ bench after nearly a decade without representation. The country lost its seat in 2017 when Christopher Greenwood failed to secure re-election, making Britain the first country to be without a judge on the court since its establishment 71 years earlier.
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