ICJ PRESIDENT BRITON WOMAN ELECTION HIGGINS
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BRITISH QC who has become the first woman president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will start presiding its cases from Monday (Feb 27). Rosalyn Higgins, 68, will direct a case brought by Bosnia & Herzegovina alleging that Serbia & Montenegro (as the successor of Yugoslavia) is responsible for genocide and so must pay reparations. Judge Higgins will direct proceedings involving all 15 judges of the ICJ. She was elected earlier this month (Feb 6). A court statement noted: "Judge Higgins is the first woman to have been ...
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