Shi Jiuyong
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Shi Jiuyong (史久镛) (born 9 October 1926) is a judge at the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations located in The Hague, Netherlands. He was elected to the ICJ on 6 February 1994, and became president nine years later on 6 February 2003.
Shi was born in the port city of Ningbo, in China's Zhejiang province. His father, an importer of dyes relocated the family to Shanghai in 1927. Shi Jiuyong, growing up in a relatively wealthy household, was educated in English at the British-run Lester Institute and went on to study law at the former St. John's University, Shanghai and at Columbia University, New York City. From 1956 to 1958, he held various teaching and fellowship positions at international affairs colleges and institutes around Beijing.
He became a professor of international law at the Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, in 1984. Since the 1980s he has served as an international law representative of the People's Republic of China through various important international conventions and treaties, including the Sino-British negotiations on the status of Hong Kong. President Shi is also a former member and chairman of the International Law Commission. He has lectured on international law throughout China and the English-speaking world, including a stint at the Hague Academy of International Law.
He is the author of numerous publications on international law.
