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.

1 Judges
- 1.1 Nationality
2 References
3 See also

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

^ 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.
^ "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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References

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