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Which organ of the United Nations elected Dalveer Bhandari of India as a judge of the International…

Under Articles 4 and 8 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, judges of the ICJ are elected by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council…

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Which organ of the United Nations elected Dalveer Bhandari of India as a judge of the International Court of Justice in 2012 ?

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Under Articles 4 and 8 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, judges of the ICJ are elected by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council voting independently of one another. In April 2012, Justice Dalveer Bhandari of India was elected to the ICJ by concurrent majority votes in the General Assembly and the Security Council; among the given organs, the General Assembly is the electing organ.

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