SA’s nominee to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prof Dire Tladi, was announced as one of five new judges on Thursday by UN General Assembly and the Security Council.

This makes him the first judge from SA to be elected to the ICJ, which is the primary judicial organ of the UN for settling disputes among nations..

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