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The national authorities has taken important steps to mobilise enactment for the Nigerian campaigner for the United Nations main judicial organ, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) election, Dr. Taoheed Elias, stressing that it is simply a defining infinitesimal for Nigeria, Africa and planetary regularisation of law.
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, announced Dr Taoheed Elias arsenic Nigeria’s campaigner connected Thursday successful Abuja during his presumption to the Diplomatic Community successful Nigeria for the World Court predetermination successful November successful The Hague, Netherlands.
Established successful 1945, pursuing the extremity of World War 2, The ICJ is the highest tribunal for resolving disputes betwixt sovereign states, and it has since remained the main tribunal of the United Nations and has handled truthful galore disputes successful caller years.
If elected, Elias volition travel the footsteps of his begetter Taslim Elias, Charles Onyeama and Bola Ajibola, who had served astatine the ICJ.
The curate described the Nigerian planetary lawyer, presently serving arsenic advertisement hoc justice astatine the ICJ, arsenic a “respected fig successful planetary instrumentality with a distinguished grounds of ineligible scholarship.”
He said “on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I americium honoured to denote the information of Dr Taoheed Elias arsenic Nigeria’s campaigner for predetermination to the ICJ.
“The Federal Government has officially nominated Elias arsenic the country’s campaigner for predetermination to the ICJ, besides known arsenic the World Court.
“Elias’ candidacy reaffirms the country’s long-standing content that law, not power, should govern planetary relations.
“This announcement marks Nigeria’s strongest diplomatic bid successful implicit 3 decades to reclaim a spot successful the ICJ bench.”
Nigeria past occupied the presumption erstwhile the precocious Justice Bola Ajibola served until 1994.
Tuggar said further that “Elias is simply a jurist of learning, integrity and vision, a antheral whose assistance and work bespeak Africa’s enduring contributions to planetary law.
“The information of Elias represents not conscionable Nigeria’s interest, but the full ECOWAS subregion that has had nary practice astatine the ICJ since Judge Abdul Koroma of Sierra Leone successful 2011.
“This agelong soundlessness indispensable end, the ICJ indispensable bespeak equitable geographical representation. Africa’s dependable indispensable renew its determination successful shaping the planetary ineligible order.”
Also speaking, the Nigerian campaigner highlighted his eligibility for the apex spot successful the ICJ based connected his intelligence record, built implicit decades of teaching, assistance and probe successful planetary law.
He said “this is not simply a Nigerian candidacy, it is simply a reaffirmation of Africa’s ineligible intellect, independency and committedness to planetary justice.”
The renowned jurist is simply a subordinate of the Institut de Droit International who served arsenic ineligible advisor and manager astatine the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons successful The Hague.
He is the president of the administrative tribunal of the OPEC Fund for International Development, president of the Islamic Development Bank administrative tribunal and erstwhile president and subordinate of the OPEC appeals committee.
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