Bhubaneswar: International Court of Justice (ICJ) president Yuji Iwasawa, and and two other judges of the world’s highest judicial body — Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant and Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu – have arrived in the Odisha capital on a visit to KIIT and KISS.
They were received at Biju Patnaik International Airport by KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyut Samanta on Thursday.
Judge Iwasawa will be conferred the KISS Humanitarian Award at a special ceremony on Friday. The two other judges will be awarded honorary doctorates in recognition of their eminence and contributions.
The ICJ, principal judicial organ of the United Nations, was established in 1945 and is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.
Its primary responsibility is to settle legal disputes between sovereign states in accordance with international law. It also provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorised UN organs and agencies.
Three other judges of the ICJ — Dr Dalveer Bhandari of India, Dr Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf of Somalia and Antonio Augusto Cançado Trindade of Brazil — have previously visited KIIT and KISS.
But this is the first instance of a sitting president of the ICJ visiting KIIT and KISS in Odisha.