The duty of a judge in the ICJ is not to parrot the foreign policy adopted by his parent country. That's what diplomats are there for. People who follow this government blindly have a stroke anytime someone refuses to tow the party line, even if that happens in course of duty.
What do you mean going against the government? As a judge, he is supposed to be independent. That is also literally what the other judges did. Nobody voted on country positions, except ad hoc judges. That is not how international courts work.
Before questioning someone else's international law credentials, focus on your own first.
No. Please see the conditions one must fulfil to be eligible. Only someone who is, or is eligible to be holding the highest judicial office of the country may be nominated. In India this would mean that only incumbent CJIs or SC judges in line of succession through seniority would be deemed eligible. The selection pool in India is rather small, at any given point of time.
1. India's foreign policy has NEVER been blind support for Israel's war crimes. India's long standing foreign policy is supporting the 2 state solution. Recently, when the incumbents started deviating from it on twitter, the spokesperson for the MEA reiterated that India supports a 2 state solution.
2. ICJ judges are supposed to be independent members and not 'representatives' of their country of origin. The ICJ President, who happens to be American, also supported each and everyone of the provisional measures announced by the court. The judges likely didn't want to put their credibility at stake, at least while the bombs still rain down over Gaza. History will not be kind to the Ugandan judge who voted against each and every provisional measure - even the namesake ones which the Israeli judge signed on to.
3. You clearly have no idea about the workings of the court or the proceedings in the instant case. For your sake, i hope you're just an overenthusiastic first year law student whose been brainwashed towards the right and all it's bullshit. A qualified professional not giving attention to these details would be quite appalling.
Obviously not. Simply put, Dalveer Bhandari is not from the Law School™️. A much better candidate would be Jhopdinandan, batch of 2015 NLSIU who is currently a junior at chambers of Tiku Sahu and has written 2 blogs on international law, both published in the prestigious NLS Law Review.
Secondly, does he have the credentials for the job? What international law experience or scholarship did he have prior to the appointment?
He was originally a Manmohan govt appointee. Could t they have sent a Senior Advocate with international law experience?
Before questioning someone else's international law credentials, focus on your own first.
1. India's foreign policy has NEVER been blind support for Israel's war crimes. India's long standing foreign policy is supporting the 2 state solution. Recently, when the incumbents started deviating from it on twitter, the spokesperson for the MEA reiterated that India supports a 2 state solution.
2. ICJ judges are supposed to be independent members and not 'representatives' of their country of origin. The ICJ President, who happens to be American, also supported each and everyone of the provisional measures announced by the court. The judges likely didn't want to put their credibility at stake, at least while the bombs still rain down over Gaza. History will not be kind to the Ugandan judge who voted against each and every provisional measure - even the namesake ones which the Israeli judge signed on to.
3. You clearly have no idea about the workings of the court or the proceedings in the instant case. For your sake, i hope you're just an overenthusiastic first year law student whose been brainwashed towards the right and all it's bullshit. A qualified professional not giving attention to these details would be quite appalling.
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