Sierra Leone has put forward a brilliant legal mind to serve as a judge in the International Court of Justice. Professor Charles C. Jalloh is one of the brightest legal minds to have come from Sierra Leone.
His candidacy could further strengthen the country’s stellar reputation on the global stage. Professor Jalloh has already been elected for previous positions like these on the international stage and has always enjoyed the support of the country.
“I am very grateful to Sierra Leone for its support. I am currently serving at the UN International Law Commission, where I have been elected twice, and the second time I had the highest vote of any African.”
The ICJ is the global court where countries go to resolve disputes. The court has 15 judges, and Africa has three slots among the 15. Professor Jalloh said he will be honored to serve in the country’s name on the bench.
“It’s an honor for the government to back my candidacy,” he said.
Professor Jalloh said he is deeply committed to getting peaceful resolutions for countries around the world, which is in line with President Bio’s global vision of peace and security.
Professor Dr. Charles C. Jalloh is Professor of International Law and the Richard A. Hausler Chair in Law at the University of Miami Law School and a member of the United Nations International Law Commission (“ILC”) since 2017, where he is currently the Special Rapporteur for the topic “Subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law” and the Chair of the Working Group on Methods of Work and Procedures. Professor Jalloh has been elected by his peers to several leadership
positions in the Bureau of the ILC as Chairperson of the Drafting Committee for the 70th (2018) session, General Rapporteur for the 71st (2019) session and Second-Vice Chair of the 74th (2022) session.
Now in his second five-year mandate in the ILC following re-election by the United Nations General Assembly in November 2021, Professor Jalloh is only the second Sierra Leonean to have been honored with election to the ILC.
