<br/><br/>India has re-nominated Justice Dalveer Bhandari as its candidate for another term as judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). <br/><br/>Justice Bhandari was elected in April 2012 during simultaneous balloting in both the General Assembly and the Security Council to a seat on the ICJ. His current term runs through February next year.<br/><br/>India filed Justice Bhandari's re-nomination yesterday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, ahead of the July 3rd deadline.<br/><br/>The ICJ elections will be held in November and if elected, he will serve a term of nine years.<br/><br/>During his term at the ICJ, Justice Bhandari has been engaged actively in the work of the Court. <br/><br/>He has delivered individual opinions in eleven cases covering a broad spectrum of subjects such as maritime disputes, whaling in Antarctica, crime of genocide, nuclear disarmament, financing of terrorism and violation of sovereign rights.<br/>'<br/>ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations based in The Hague in the Netherlands.