India's Justice Dalveer Bhandari has been re-elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- He was re-elected to the fifth and the last seat of the world court after Britain withdrew its candidate
- He got 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council
- Bhandari is fourth Indian judge to be elected to ICJ after B.N. Rau, Nagendra Singh and RS Pathak.
What is ICJ?
- The International Court of Justice is commonly referred to as the World Court, ICJ or The Hague.
- It is the primary judicial branch of the United Nations
- It is located in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands
- It was founded in 1945 by the UN Charter
- It is composed of fifteen judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council
- The five permanent members are France, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States
- Ronny Abraham is the current president of ICJ.
