UPSC CSE Prelims 2018
General Studies (Paper 1)
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Option A —
Dalveer Bhandari
Justice Dalveer Bhandari was first elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2012. He was re-elected for a second nine-year term on November 20, 2017, after the United Kingdom withdrew its candidate, Christopher Greenwood. This election was historic as it marked the first time since the ICJ’s establishment in 1946 that no judge from the UK sat on the bench.
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