In a significant victory, a young Indian
lawyer won a hotly-contested election in the UN General Assembly for
membership to the world body's top body of legal experts, garnering the
highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group.
Aniruddha Rajput (33) is among the 34 individuals elected by the General Assembly as members of the International Law Commission, the UN organ tasked with the progressive development of international law and its codification.
A practicising lawyer of India's Supreme Court, Mr Rajput is also the first Indian nominee chosen from outside a close circle of lawyers of the Ministry of External Affairs.
An alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Mr Rajput was member of an expert group appointed by the Law Commission of India to study and comment upon the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty 2015 of India, according to his profile submitted to the UN.
He has written several books, chapters, articles, conference papers on diverse legal subjects and his areas of expertise in international laws include Sources of International Law, International Arbitration, Law of the Sea, Use of Force, UN Law & Practice and International Trade Law (WTO Law).
The newly elected members will serve five-year terms of office with the Geneva-based body beginning January 2017.
The members have been elected from five geographical groupings of African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean and Western European states
Aniruddha Rajput (33) is among the 34 individuals elected by the General Assembly as members of the International Law Commission, the UN organ tasked with the progressive development of international law and its codification.
A practicising lawyer of India's Supreme Court, Mr Rajput is also the first Indian nominee chosen from outside a close circle of lawyers of the Ministry of External Affairs.
An alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Mr Rajput was member of an expert group appointed by the Law Commission of India to study and comment upon the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty 2015 of India, according to his profile submitted to the UN.
He has written several books, chapters, articles, conference papers on diverse legal subjects and his areas of expertise in international laws include Sources of International Law, International Arbitration, Law of the Sea, Use of Force, UN Law & Practice and International Trade Law (WTO Law).
The newly elected members will serve five-year terms of office with the Geneva-based body beginning January 2017.
The members have been elected from five geographical groupings of African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean and Western European states
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