Judges of the International Court of Justice

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This is a list of all the permanent judges of the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations. It does not include judges who have been appointed as judge ad hoc by a party to a proceeding before the Court pursuant to Article 31 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

Judges of the International Court of Justice, as of 31 October 2007 (sortable)
State Judge Term start Term end President Vice-President
Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Guerrero José Gustavo Guerrero 1946 1958 1946–1949 1949–1955
Flag of France France Basdevant Jules Basdevant 1946 1964 1949–1952 1946–1949
Flag of Chile Chile Alvarez Alejandro Álvarez 1946 1955
Flag of Mexico Mexico Fabela Isidro Fabela 1946 1952
Flag of the United States USA Hackworth Green Hackworth 1946 1961 1955–1958
Flag of Poland Poland Winiarski Bohdan Winiarski 1946 1967 1961–1964
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Zoricic Milovan Zoricic 1946 1958
Flag of Belgium Belgium de Visscher Charles de Visscher 1946 1952
Flag of the United Kingdom UK McNair Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair 1946 1955 1952–1955
Flag of Norway Norway Klaestad Helge Klaestad 1946 1961 1958–1961
Flag of Egypt Egypt Badawi Abdul Badawi 1946 1965 1955–1958
Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Krylov Sergei Krylov 1946 1952
Flag of Canada Canada Read John Read 1946 1958
Flag of the Republic of China China Hsu Hsu Mo 1946 1956
Flag of Brazil Brazil Azevedo Philadelpho Azevedo 1946 1951
Flag of Brazil Brazil Carneiro Levi Carneiro 1951 1955
Flag of India India Rau Benegal Rama Rau 1952 1953
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Armand-Ugon Enrique Armand-Ugon 1952 1961
Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Golunsky Sergei Golunsky 1952 1953
Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Kojevnikov Feodor Kojevnikov 1953 1961
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Zafarullah Khan Muhammad Zafrulla Khan 1954
1964
1961
1973
1970–1973 1958–1961
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Lauterpacht Hersch Lauterpacht 1955 1960
Flag of Argentina Argentina Moreno Quintana Lucio Moreno Quintana 1955 1964
Flag of Mexico Mexico Cordova Roberto Cordova 1955 1964
Flag of the Republic of China China Koo Wellington Koo 1957 1967 1964–1967
Flag of Greece Greece Spiropoulos Jean Spiropoulos 1958 1967
Flag of Australia Australia Spender Percy Spender 1958 1967 1964–1967
Flag of Panama Panama Alfaro Ricardo Alfaro 1959 1964 1961–1964
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Fitzmaurice Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice 1960 1973
Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Koretsky Vladimir Koretsky 1961 1970 1967–1970
Flag of Japan Japan Tanaka Kotaro Tanaka 1961 1970
Flag of Peru Peru Bustamante y Rivero José Bustamante y Rivero 1961 1970 1967–1970
Flag of the United States USA Jessup Philip Jessup 1961 1970
Flag of Italy Italy Morelli Gaetano Morelli 1961 1970
Flag of Mexico Mexico Nervo Luis Padilla Nervo 1964 1973
Flag of Senegal Senegal Forster Isaac Forster 1964 1982
Flag of France France Gros Andre Gros 1964 1984
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon Ammoun Fouad Ammoun 1965 1976 1970–1976
Flag of the Philippines Philippines Bengzon Cesar Bengzon 1967 1976
Flag of Sweden Sweden Petrén Sture Petrén 1967 1976
Flag of Poland Poland Lachs Manfred Lachs 1967 1993 1973–1976
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Onyeama Charles Onyeama 1967 1976
Flag of the United States USA Dillard Hardy Dillard 1970 1979
Flag of Benin Dahomey Ignacio-Pinto Louis Ignacio-Pinto 1970 1979
Flag of Spain Spain de Castro Federico de Castro 1970 1979
Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Morozov Platon Morozov 1970 1985
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay Jiménez de Aréchaga Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga 1970 1979 1976–1979
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Waldock Sir Humphrey Waldock 1973 1981 1979–1981
Flag of India India Singh Nagendra Singh 1973 1988 1985–1988 1976–1979
Flag of Argentina Argentina Ruda José Ruda 1973 1991 1988–1991
Flag of Germany West Germany Mosler Hermann Mosler 1976 1985
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Elias Taslim Elias 1976 1991 1982–1985 1979–1982
Flag of Syria Syria Tarazi Salah Tarazi 1976 1980
Flag of Japan Japan Oda Shigeru Oda 1976 2003 1991–1994
Flag of Italy Italy Roberto Ago 1979 1995
Flag of Egypt Egypt El-Erian Abdullah El-Erian 1979 1981
Flag of Brazil Brazil Sette-Camara Jose Sette-Camara 1979 1988 1982–1985
Flag of the United States USA Baxter Richard Baxter 1979 1980
Flag of Syria Syria El-Khani Abdallah El-Khani 1981 1985
Flag of the United States USA Schwebel Stephen Schwebel 1981 2000 1997–2000 1994–1997
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Jennings Sir Robert Jennings 1982 1995 1991–1994
Flag of France France de Lacharrière Guy Ledreit de Lacharrière 1982 1987 1985–1987
Flag of Senegal Senegal Mbaye Kéba Mbaye 1982 1991 1987–1991
Flag of Algeria Algeria Bedjaoui Mohammed Bedjaoui 1982 2001 1994–1997
Flag of the People's Republic of China China Ni Ni Zhengyu 1985 1994
Flag of Norway Norway Evensen Jens Evensen 1985 1994
Flag of Russia USSR/Russia Tarassov Nikolai Tarassov 1985 1994
Flag of France France Guillaume Gilbert Guillaume 1987 2005 2000–2003
Flag of Guyana Guyana Shahabuddeen Mohamed Shahabuddeen 1988 1997
Flag of India India Pathak Raghunandan Pathak 1989 1991
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Aguilar Mawdsley Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley 1991 1995
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Weeramantry Christopher Weeramantry 1991 2000 1997–2000
Flag of Madagascar Madagascar Ranjeva Raymond Ranjeva 1991 2009 2003–2006
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria Ajibola Bola Ajibola 1991 1994
Flag of Hungary Hungary Herczegh Geza Herczegh 1993 2003
Flag of the People's Republic of China China Shi Shi Jiuyong 1993 2012/span> 2003–2006 2000–2003
Flag of Germany Germany Fleischhauer Carl-August Fleischhauer 1994 2003
Flag of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Koroma Abdul G. Koroma 1994 2012
Flag of Russia Russia Vereschetin Vladlen Vereschetin 1994 2006
Flag of Italy Italy Ferrari Bravo Luigi Ferrari Bravo 1995 1997
Flag of the United Kingdom UK Higgins Rosalyn Higgins 1995 2009 2006–
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Parra Aranguren Gonzalo Parra Aranguren 1996 2009
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Kooijmans Pieter Kooijmans 1997 2006
Flag of Brazil Brazil Rezek Francisco Rezek 1997 2006
Flag of Jordan Jordan Al-Khasawneh Awn Al-Khasawneh 2000 2009 2006–
Flag of the United States USA Buergenthal Thomas Buergenthal 2000 2015
Flag of Egypt Egypt El Araby Nabil El Araby 2001 2006
Flag of Japan Japan Owada Hisashi Owada 2003 2012
Flag of Germany Germany Simma Bruno Simma 2003 2012
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Tomka Peter Tomka 2003 2012
Flag of France France Abraham Ronny Abraham 2005 2014
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Keith Sir Kenneth Keith 2006 2015
Flag of Mexico Mexico Sepúlveda Amor Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor 2006 2015
Flag of Morocco Morocco Bennouna Mohamed Bennouna 2006 2015
Flag of Russia Russia Skotnikov Leonid Skotnikov 2006 2015
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