The Ugandan judge who defended Israel in the "Gaza case" became the vice president of the International Court of Justice
The Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam is the new chairman of the International Court of Justice , and the Ghanaian judge Julia Sebutinde, who voted in favor of Israel in all the decisions issued in the "Gaza Genocide" case , was elected as the deputy chairman .
The Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam is the new chairman of the International Court of Justice, and the Ghanaian judge Julia Sebutinde, who voted in favor of Israel in all the decisions issued in the "Gaza Genocide" case , was elected as the deputy chairman .
Former President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donahue and former Deputy After the expiration of the powers of the Russian Kirill Gevorkyan, the new chairman and his deputy were elected for a period of 3 years by secret ballot among the judges of the International Court of Justice.
Each judge of the 15-judge International Court of Justice serves a nine-year term. Although there is no written rule, in practice there is a rotation of the positions of chairman and deputy chairman among judges.
He voted in favor of Israel in all resolutions
Judge Salam took office at the International Court of Justice on February 6, 2018, and before joining the International Court of Justice, he was Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Sebutinde became a member of the Court on February 6, 2012. Before joining the International Court of Justice, he served as a judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
A Ugandan judge on January 26 voted in favor of Israel, accepting all instructions in the case brought by South Africa over the "genocide" in the Gaza Strip .
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