South Africa’s legal mind on international matters, Professor Dire Tladi has been sworn in as the new judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Professor Dire has been elected by the United Nations to serve as a judge at the ICJ. He is the first South African to be a permanent judge at the highest court in the world.
The World Court has welcomed new members at the Hague in the Netherlands. Mr Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu (Romania), Ms Sarah Hull Cleveland (United States of America), Mr Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco (Mexico) and Mr Dire Tladi (South Africa) were officially sworn in for a nine-year term.
The ICJ, which was established by the Charter of the United Nations in June 1945 and became operational in April 1946, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
The court is composed of 15 judges elected for a nine-year term by the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations.
Source: eNCA
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