Our friends over at Opinio Juris report that Joan Donoghue, Principle Deputy Legal Advisor of the State Department, has been nominated by the US national group of the PCA to replace Judge Buergenthal on the ICJ. If this report is true, and Opinio Juris refers to “reliable sources”, the nomination would be somewhat of a surprise. To most active in international legal scholarship, Joan Donoghue is rather unknown. After a quick search in various online catalogues of law libraries I came up with the following articles authored by Joan Donoghue: “Perpetual Immunity for Former Diplomats?: A Response to “The Abisinito…