Britain is to have no judge on the bench of the United Nations’ International Court of Justice at The Hague for the first time in the court’s 71-year history. The UK’s Sir Christopher Greenwood QC withdrew his application after losing out to India’s Dalveer Bhandari by 68-121 votes this week, in elections for the post. The court’s 15 judges serve nine-year terms and are elected by the UN’s General Assembly and Security Council. Greenwood, formerly a barrister at Essex Court Chambers, has served one nine-year term as a judge.
23 November 2017
No UK judge
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