Justice Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Elected As New President Of International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Apoorva Mandhani

8 Feb 2018 3:50 PM IST

  • Justice Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Elected As New President Of International Court of Justice (ICJ)

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Tuesday, elected Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf as its new President and Ms. Xue Hanqin as its Vice-President. Both of them will serve a term of three years.Mr. Yusuf will take over from French Judge Ronny Abraham to become the 25th President of ICJ as well as the 3rd one from Africa. He has been a Judge at ICJ since 2009 and was elected as its...

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