CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW/UVA TODAY) – The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ principal judicial body, has elected as president Judge Yuji Iwasawa, a 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Law. Last week the court, also called the World Court, announced Iwasawa’s term ends in February 2027. He replaces Nawaf Salam, who resigned to become prime minister of Lebanon.

Iwasawa joined the World Court in 2018 to fill a vacancy and was re-elected in 2020. He is the first UVA Law grad to serve as a judge on the court since former UVA Law Dean Hardy Cross Dillard, a 1927 graduate, who served during the 1970s.
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