<p>Akande joining the international court of justice comes a decade after previous British judge failed to get re-elected</p><p>A British judge has been elected on to the UN’s international court of justice, in a big British diplomatic victory that comes almost 10 years after a previous British judge failed to get re-elected.</p><p>Dapo Akande will now serve as one of the ICJ’s 15 judges for a minimum nine-year term.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/nov/03/british-lawyer-dapo-akande-elected-to-un-international-court-of-justice-diplomatic-win">Continue reading...</a>