First published at 12:26 UTC on January 14th, 2024.
John Dugard speaks at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Jan 10, 2024 on behalf of South Africa. From https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11gf661b3
"The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nati…
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John Dugard speaks at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Jan 10, 2024 on behalf of South Africa. From https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11gf661b3
"The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel on 11 and 12 January 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court."
"John Dugard has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Law for Palestine since 2020. He is a South African lawyer, specialized in international law and human rights law. During the apartheid era in South Africa, he directed the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, a unit committed to litigation and advocacy in defence of human rights. After the fall of apartheid, he participated in the drafting of the Bill of Rights for the new South African Constitution. In 2013 He was awarded the Order of the Baobab, South Africa’s highest award for community service and has received several honorary doctorates from South Africa universities for his work in the fields of human rights and international law. He is a senior counsel of the High Court of South Africa.
"John Dugard is professor emeritus of the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Leiden. He has held visiting professorships in universities in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. From 1995 to 1997 He was Director of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. He has published widely in the fields of international law and human rights and has authored eight books on these subjects. He is an honorary member of the American Society of International Law and a member of the Institut de Droit International.
"Professor Dugard has held a number of positions in the field of internat..
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