No British judge on world court for first time in its 71-year history
(The Guardian India)

Indian candidate fills 15th and final place on bench of international court of justice after UK withdraws its pick for postThe UK will not have a judge on the bench of the international court of justice for the first time in its 71-year history after withdrawing its candidate for the seat following an acrimonious competition.Minutes after an 11th round of voting was scheduled to begin in New York on Monday, a letter was released by the UK mission to the UN announcing that Sir Christopher Greenwood would accept defeat and allow the rival Indian candidate, Dalveer Bhandari, to fill the final vacancy on the ICJ. Related: UK humiliated as international court election goes to runoff Related: EU members abstain as Britain defeated in UN vote on Chagos Islands Continue reading...