# British lawyer Dapo Akande elected to UN top court in big diplomatic win

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:09:39+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/nov/03/british-lawyer-dapo-akande-elected-to-un-international-court-of-justice-diplomatic-win
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/british-lawyer-dapo-akande-elected-to-un-top-court-in-big-diplomatic-w-e549b3/

Akande joining the international court of justice comes a decade after previous British judge failed to get re-elected A British judge has been elected on to the UN’s international court of justice, in a big British diplomatic victory that comes almost 10 years after a previous British judge failed to get re-elected. Dapo Akande will now serve as one of the ICJ’s 15 judges for a minimum nine-year

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