Judges of the International Court of Justice

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.

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Judges

Judges of the International Court of Justice, as of 13 December 2011.
Nationality Judge Term start Term end President Vice-President
El Salvador Guerrero José Gustavo Guerrero 1946 1958 1946–1949 1949–1955
France Basdevant Jules Basdevant 1946 1964 1949–1952 1946–1949
Chile Alvarez Alejandro Álvarez 1946 1955
Mexico Fabela Isidro Fabela 1946 1952
USA Hackworth Green Hackworth 1946 1961 1955–1958
Poland Winiarski Bohdan Winiarski 1946 1967 1961–1964
Yugoslavia Zoricic Milovan Zoričić 1946 1958
Belgium de Visscher Charles de Visscher 1946 1952
UK McNair Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair 1946 1955 1952–1955
Norway Klæstad Helge Klæstad 1946 1961 1958–1961
Egypt Badawi Abdul Badawi 1946 1965 1955–1958
USSR Krylov Sergei Krylov 1946 1952
Canada Read John Read 1946 1958
Republic of China Hsu Hsu Mo 1946 1956
Brazil Azevedo Philadelpho Azevedo 1946 1951
Brazil Carneiro Levi Carneiro 1951 1955
India Rau Benegal Rama Rau 1952 1953
Uruguay Armand-Ugon Enrique Armand-Ugon 1952 1961
USSR Golunsky Sergei Golunsky 1952 1953
USSR Kojevnikov Feodor Kojevnikov 1953 1961
Pakistan Zafarullah Khan Muhammad Zafrulla Khan 1954
1964		 1961
1973		 1970–1973 1958–1961
UK Lauterpacht Hersch Lauterpacht 1955 1960
Argentina Moreno Quintana Lucio Moreno Quintana 1955 1964
Chile Cordova Roberto Cordova 1955 1964
Republic of China Koo Wellington Koo 1957 1967 1964–1967
Greece Spiropoulos Jean Spiropoulos 1958 1967
Australia Spender Percy Spender 1958 1967 1964–1967
Panama Alfaro Ricardo Alfaro 1959 1964 1961–1964
UK Fitzmaurice Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice 1960 1973
USSR Koretsky Vladimir Koretsky 1961 1970 1967–1970
Japan Tanaka Kotaro Tanaka 1961 1970
Peru Bustamante y Rivero José Bustamante y Rivero 1961 1970 1967–1970
USA Jessup Philip Jessup 1961 1970
Italy Morelli Gaetano Morelli 1961 1970
Mexico Nervo Luis Padilla Nervo 1964 1973
Senegal Forster Isaac Forster 1964 1982
France Gros Andre Gros 1964 1982
Lebanon Ammoun Fouad Ammoun 1965 1976 1970–1976
Philippines Bengzon Cesar Bengzon 1967 1976
Sweden Petrén Sture Petrén 1967 1976
Poland Lachs Manfred Lachs 1967 1993 1973–1976
Nigeria Onyeama Charles Onyeama 1967 1976
USA Dillard Hardy Dillard 1970 1979
Dahomey Ignacio-Pinto Louis Ignacio-Pinto 1970 1979
Spain de Castro Federico de Castro 1970 1979
USSR Morozov Platon Morozov 1970 1985
Uruguay Jiménez de Aréchaga Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga 1970 1979 1976–1979
UK Waldock Sir Humphrey Waldock 1973 1981 1979–1981
India Singh Nagendra Singh 1973 1988 1985–1988 1976–1979
Argentina Ruda José Ruda 1973 1991 1988–1991
West Germany Mosler Hermann Mosler 1976 1985
Nigeria Elias Taslim Elias 1976 1991 1982–1985 1979–1982
Syria Tarazi Salah Tarazi 1976 1980
Japan Oda Shigeru Oda 1976 2003 1991–1994
Italy Roberto Ago 1979 1995
Egypt El-Erian Abdullah El-Erian 1979 1981
Brazil Sette-Camara Jose Sette-Camara 1979 1988 1982–1985
USA Baxter Richard Baxter 1979 1980
Syria El-Khani Abdallah El-Khani 1981 1985
USA Schwebel Stephen Schwebel 1981 2000 1997–2000 1994–1997
UK Jennings Sir Robert Jennings 1982 1995 1991–1994
France de Lacharrière Guy Ledreit de Lacharrière 1982 1987 1985–1987
Senegal Mbaye Kéba Mbaye 1982 1991 1987–1991
Algeria Bedjaoui Mohammed Bedjaoui 1982 2001 1994–1997
People's Republic of China Ni Ni Zhengyu 1985 1994
Norway Evensen Jens Evensen 1985 1994
USSR/Russia Tarassov Nikolai Tarassov 1985 1994
France Guillaume Gilbert Guillaume 1987 2005 2000–2003
Guyana Shahabuddeen Mohamed Shahabuddeen 1988 1997
India Pathak Raghunandan Pathak 1989 1991
Venezuela Aguilar Mawdsley Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley 1991 1995
Sri Lanka Weeramantry Christopher Weeramantry 1991 2000 1997–2000
Madagascar Ranjeva Raymond Ranjeva 1991 2009 2003–2006
Nigeria Ajibola Bola Ajibola 1991 1994
Hungary Herczegh Geza Herczegh 1993 2003
People's Republic of China Shi Shi Jiuyong 1993 2010 2003–2006 2000–2003
Germany Fleischhauer Carl-August Fleischhauer 1994 2003
Sierra Leone Koroma Abdul G. Koroma 1994 2012
Russia Vereschetin Vladlen Vereschetin 1994 2006
Italy Ferrari Bravo Luigi Ferrari Bravo 1995 1997
UK Higgins Rosalyn Higgins 1995 2009 2006–2009
Venezuela Parra Aranguren Gonzalo Parra Aranguren 1996 2009
Netherlands Kooijmans Pieter Kooijmans 1997 2006
Brazil Rezek Francisco Rezek 1997 2006
Jordan Al-Khasawneh Awn Al-Khasawneh[1] 2000 2009 2006–2009
USA Buergenthal Thomas Buergenthal 2000 2010
Egypt Elaraby Nabil Elaraby 2001 2006
Japan Owada Hisashi Owada 2003 2021 2009–-
Germany Simma Bruno Simma 2003 2012
Slovakia Tomka Peter Tomka 2003 2021 2009–-
France Abraham Ronny Abraham 2005 2014
New Zealand Keith Sir Kenneth Keith 2006 2015
Mexico Sepúlveda Amor Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor 2006 2015
Morocco Bennouna Mohamed Bennouna 2006 2015
Russia Skotnikov Leonid Skotnikov 2006 2015
Brazil Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade 2009 2018
Somalia Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf 2009 2018
UK Sir Christopher Greenwood Christopher Greenwood 2009 2018
People's Republic of China Xue Hanqin Xue Hanqin 2010 2021
USA Donoghue Joan Donoghue 2010
Italy Gaja Giorgio Gaja[2] 2012 2021
Uganda Sebutinde Julia Sebutinde 2012

Nationality

Nations by number of judges, as of 10 November 2011.
7 judges UK, USA
6 judges USSR
5 judges Brazil
4 judges France, Italy
3 judges Egypt, Mexico, Germany, India, Japan, People's Republic of China
2 judges Argentina, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of China,
Russia, Senegal, Syria, Venezuela, Chile

References

  1. ^ Awn Al-Khasawneh apparently left the ICJ in October 2011 to become prime minister of Jordan: "Caught in the Middle as Usual". The Economist. 2011-10-22. http://www.economist.com/node/21533452. Retrieved 2011-11-11. 
  2. ^ "GA/11171: General Assembly, Concurrently with Security Council, Elects Four Judges to International Court of Justice" (Press release). United Nations Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York. 2011-11-10. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/ga11171.doc.htm. 

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