Indian lawyer elected ILC member
Q. Who has been elected as member ILC on 4th Nov 2016?- Published on 08 Nov 16a. Vimal Kirti Singh
b. Aniruddha Rajput
c. Ram Jethmalani
d. Perin Nariman
ANSWER: Aniruddha Rajput
Aniruddha Rajput, an Indian lawyer was elected on
4th Nov as the Member of the International Law Commission, a top body of legal experts of the UNGA.
- The first time candidate of India to the Commission and the youngest among the group, he is also the first Indian nominee chosen from outside the close circuit of lawyers of the Union Ministry of External Affairs.
- Rajput is among 34 individuals elected as members of the ILC.
- The members were elected from 5 geographical groupings of Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean.
- EU (West and east) states are also included.
- The members will have a 5 year term commencing from January 2017.
- Rajput was elected with 160 votes from the Asia Pacific Region.
- He is a practising lawyer of the Indian SC and an alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- He was a member of the expert group appointed by the Law Commission of India to study the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty 2015.
- He drafted the Sports Bill 2012 at the second revision stage and advised the state governments of Haryana and J&K on laws pertaining to industry and mining.
- He is also a member of the Governing Council of the Global Village Foundation.
- Several publications are credited to his name including books, articles, chapters and conference papers.
- The ILC was set up by the UNGA in 1947 to further the US mandate of promotion and progressive development of international law and its codification.
- Annual session of the ILC is held in Geneva Switzerland for 10-12 weeks.
