Identity and Diversity on the International Bench: Who is the Judge?, edited by Freya Baetens.

Judge Nosworthy tells us that on the whole the selection of international judges is not completely broken, but that, since times have changed, it 'needs maintenance and upgrading to give it the necessary curb-appeal, modernity and marketability' (p. 549). The chapter by the late Judge James Crawford emphasizes that beyond diversity, what matters is quality and therefore that the question of "whether women would judge differently" is both "dangerous and unanswerable" (p. 417). Identity and Diversity on the International Bench: Who is the Judge?. [Extracted from the article]