Prof Neville Botha
College of Law |
Congratulations to Prof Neville Botha of the Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law who, together with Chief Justice Pius Langa, Judge President of the SCA, Lex Mpati and Sandea de Wet, Chief State Law Adviser (Department of Foreign Affairs), has been appointed as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. The official description of members of this court reads as follows:
“Members of the Court are potential arbitrators appointed by member states. Each member state is entitled to nominate up to four persons of 'known competency' in questions of international law... must have the highest moral reputation and be disposed to accept the duties of arbitrators as Members of the Court. Members of the Court are appointed for a term of six years and their appointments can be renewed."
In addition to forming a panel of potential arbitrators, the Members of the Court from each member state constitute a national group, which is entitled to nominate candidates for election to the International Court of Justice (article 4(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice). The Members of the Court (along with the judges of the ICJ) are among a handful of groups entitled to nominate candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. |
