Nigerian-trained lawyer Dapo Akande elected ICJ judge

Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford, has been elected a judge of the International Court of Justice by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. He will serve a nine-year term, marking the return of a UK judge to the court after a nine-year absence. Originally qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria, Akande has nearly three decades of experience and pledged to decide cases independently and impartially.