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US judge takes over at ICJ from Somalia’s Ahmed Yusuf
President of the International Court of Justice, Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (centre), speaks during the ruling on January 23, 2020 in the lawsuit filed by The Gambia against Myanmar, in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. PHOTO | ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN | ANP | AFP
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday elected American jurist Joan E Donoghue as the new president of the UN judicial organ, bringing to an end the term of Somalia’s Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, who has been at the helm since 2018.
Donoghue, a member of the ICJ since 2010, will be deputised by Russia’s Kirill Gevorgian, who replaces China’s Xue Hanqin, in a 15-judge bench that also includes four other new judges elected last November by the member states of the United Nations.
