5 Things to Know About Nigerian Professor Dapo Akande, Elected ICJ Judge

Nigerian-born legal scholar Dapo Akande has been elected a judge of the International Court of Justice, where he will serve for at least nine years as one of its 15 judges. A professor of public international law at the University of Oxford and a member of the UN International Law Commission, he first qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria. Akande has advised and represented parties before international courts and tribunals, including the ICJ, and pledged to serve independently and impartially.