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Judges of the International Court of Justice, as of 22 July 2010 (sortable)
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State JudgeTerms start Term end President Vice-President
 El SalvadorJ osé Gustavo Guerrero 1946 1958 1946–1949 1949–1955
 France Jules Basdevant 1946 1964 1949–1952 1946–1949
 Chile Alejandro Álvarez 1946 1955
 Mexico Isidro Fabela 1946 1952
 USA Green Hackworth 1946 1961 1955–1958
 Poland Bohdan Winiarski 1946 1967 1961–1964
 Yugoslavia Milovan Zoričić 1946 1958
 Belgium Charles De Visscher 1946 1952
 UK Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair 1946 1955 1952–1955
 Norway Helge  Klæstad 1946 1961 1958–1961
 Egypt Abdul Badawi Pasha 1946 1965 1955–1958
 USSRSergei Krylov 1946 1952
 Canada John Read1946 1958
 China Hsu Mo 1946 1956
 Brazil Philadelpho Azevedo 1946 1951
 Brazil Levi Carneiro (pt)1951 1955
 IndiaBenegal Narsing Rau1952 1953
 Uruguay Enrique Armand-Ugón (nl)1952 1961
 USSR Sergei Golunsky (ru)1952 1953
 USSR Feodor I. Kozhevnikov 19531 961
 Pakistan Muhammad Zafarullah Khan 1954
19641 961
1973 1970–1973 1958–1961
 UK Hersch Lauterpacht 1955 1960
 Argentina Lucio Moreno Quintana (nl)1955 1964
 Mexico Roberto Córdova 1955 1964
 ChinaWellington Koo 1957 1967 1964–1967
 GreeceJean Spiropoulos19581967
 Australia Sir Percy Spender 1958 1967 1964–1967
 Panama Ricardo Alfaro1959 1964 1961–1964
 UK Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice 1960 1973
 USSR Vladimir Koretsky (ru)1961 1970 1967–1970
 Japa nKōtarō Tanaka1961 1970
 Peru José Bustamante y Rivero 1961 1970 1967–1970
 USA Philip Jessup1961 1970
 Italy Gaetano Morelli (it)1961 1970
 Mexico Luis Padilla Nervo1964 1973
 Senegal Isaac Forster (nl) 1964 1982
 France André Gros (nl) 19641982
 Lebanon Fouad Ammoun (de) 1965 1976 1970–1976
 Philippines César Bengzon 1967 1976
 Sweden Sture Petrén (sv)1967 1976
 Poland Manfred Lachs1967 1993 1973–1976
 Nigeria Charles Onyeama1967 1976
 USA Hardy Dillard 1970 1979
 Dahomey Louis Ignacio-Pinto 1970 1979
 Spain Federico de Castro1970 1979
 USSR Platon Dmitriejevitsj Morozov (nl)1970 1985
 Uruguay Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga1970 1979 1976–1979
 UKSir Humphrey Waldock197319811979–1981
 India Nagendra Singh1973 1988 1985–1988 1976–1979
 Argentina José Ruda1973 19911988–1991
 West Germany Hermann Mosler (de)1976 1985
 NigeriaTaslim Elias1976 19911982–1985 1979–1982
 SyriaSalah Tarazi (nl)1976 1980
 Japan Shigeru Oda19762 0031991–1994
 Italy Roberto Ago1979 1995
 Egypt Abdullah El-Erian1979 1981
 Brazil José Sette Câmara Filho (pt)1979 1988 1982–1985
 USA Richard Reeve Baxter 1979 1980
 Syria Abdallah El-Khani (nl) 1981 1985
 USA Stephen Schwebel1981 20001 997–2000 1994–1997
 UK Sir Robert Jennings1982 1995 1991–1994
 France Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière (nl)1982 1987 1985–1987
 Senegal Kéba Mbaye1982 1991 1987–1991
 Algeria Mohammed Bedjaoui 1982 2001 1994–1997
 ChinaNi Zhengyu (zh)1985 1994
 Norway Jens Evensen1985 1994
 USSR/Russia Nikolaj Konstantinovitsj Tarasov (ru)1985 1994
 France Gilbert Guillaume (fr)1987 2005 2000–2003
 Guyana Mohamed Shahabuddeen (nl) 1988 1997
 India Raghunandan Pathak 1989 1991
 Venezuela Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (nl) 1991 1995
 Sri Lanka Christopher Weeramantry 19912000 1997–2000
 Madagascar Raymond Ranjeva1991 2009 2003–2006
 Nigeria Bola Ajibola1991 1994
 Hungary Géza Herczegh (hu)1993 2003
 ChinaShi Jiuyong 1994 2010 2003–2006 2000–2003
 Germany Carl-August Fleischhauer 1994 2003
 Sierra LeoneAbdul G. Koroma1994 2012
 Russia Vladlen Veresjtsjetin (nl)1994 2006
 Italy Luigi Ferrari Bravo1995 1997
 UK Rosalyn Higgins1995 2009 2006–2009
 Venezuela Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren 1996 2009
 NetherlandsPieter Kooijmans19972006
 Brazil Francisco Rezek 1997 2006
 Jordan Awn Al-Khasawneh 2000 2011 2006–2009
 USAThomas Buergenthal 2000 2010
 Egyp tNabil El Araby 2001 2006
 Japan Hisashi Owada 2003 2009–2012
 Germany Bruno Simma 2003 2012
 Slovakia Peter Tomka 2003 2012–2015 2009–2012
 France Ronny Abraham 2005 2015–
 New Zealand Sir Kenneth Keith 2006 2015
 Mexico Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor 2006 2015 2012–2015
 Morocco Mohamed Bennouna 2006
 Russia Leonid Skotnikov 2006 2015
 Brazil Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade 2009
 Somalia Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf 2009 2015–
 UK Sir Christopher Greenwood 2009
 China Xue Hanqin 2010
 USA Joan E. Donoghue 2010
 Italy Giorgio Gaja 2012
 Uganda Julia Sebutinde 2012
 India Dalveer Bhandari 2012
 Australia James Crawford 2015
 RussiaKirill Gevorgian2015
 Jamaica Patrick Lipton Robinson 2015
Succession of seats:
The Court comprises 15 seats. When the original fifteen judges were elected in 1946, they drew lots to determine which five would have 3-year initial terms, which five would have 6-year initial terms, and which five would have 9-year initial terms. From then onwards, all terms have been nine years, with five seats being up for election every three years. The seats are numbered according to the length of the initial term and then in order of seniority of the first judge to hold the seat.
There are no formal rules for the allocation of seats, other than that no two may be nationals of the same state. In practice, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have each had a permanent seat on the Court, except between 1967 and 1985 when there was no Chinese judge. The remaining seats have been informally allocated by regional groups in the same way as the fifteen seats on the Security Council. Since 1970, the conventional allocation is three seats to Asia Pacific, three seats to Africa, two seats to Latin America and the Caribbean, two seats to Eastern Europe and five seats to Western Europe and Others.
Seat 1 (Asia)
Initial term of nine years
José Gustavo Guerrero El Salvado r1946–1958
Ricardo AlfaroPanama1959-1964
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan 1964-1973
Nagendra Singh India 1973-1988
Raghunandan Pathak India 1989-1991
Christopher Weeramantry Sri Lanka 1991-2000
Awn Al-Khasawneh Jordan 2000-2011
Dalveer Bhandari India 2012-
Seat 2 (WE&O)
Initial term of nine years
Jules Basdevan tFrance 1946-1964
André Gros (nl) France 1964-1982
Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière (nl) France 1982-1987
Gilbert Guillaume (fr) France 1987-2005
Ronny Abraham France 2005-
Seat 3 (Africa)
Initial term of nine years
Alejandro Álvarez Chile1946-1955
Lucio Moreno Quintana (nl) Argentina 1955-1964
Isaac Forster (nl) Senegal 1964-1982
Kéba Mbaye Senegal 1982-1991
Raymond Ranjeva Madagascar 1991-2009
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf Somalia 2009-
Seat 4 (WE&O)
Initial term of nine years
Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair UK 1946-1955
Hersch Lauterpacht UK 1955-1960
Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice UK 1960-1973
Sir Humphrey Waldock UK 1973-1981
Sir Robert Jennings UK 1981-1995
Rosalyn Higgins UK 1995-2009
Christopher Greenwood UK 2009-
Seat 5 (LA&C)
Initial term of nine years
Philadelpho Azevedo Brazil1946-1951
Levi Carneiro (pt) Brazil1951-1955
Roberto Córdova Mexico1955-1964
Luis Padilla Nervo Mexico1964-1973
José Ruda Argentina 1973-1991
Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (nl) Venezuela1991-1995
Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren Venezuela 1996-2009
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Brazil 2009-
Seat 6 (LA&C)
Initial term of six years
Isidro FabelaMexico1946-1952
Enrique Armand-Ugón (nl) Uruguay 1952-1961
José Bustamante y Rivero Peru1961-1970
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Uruguay 1970-1979
José Sette Câmara Filho (pt) Brazil1979-1988
Mohamed Shahabuddeen (nl) Guyana 1988-1997
Francisco Rezek Brazil 1997-2006
Bernardo Sepúlveda AmorMexico 2006-2015
Patrick Lipton Robinson Jamaica 2015-
Seat 7 (WE&O)
Initial term of six years
Green Hackworth USA 1946-1961
Philip Jessup USA 1961-1970
Hardy Dillard USA 1970-1979
Richard Reeve Baxter USA 1979-1980
Stephen Schwebel USA 1981-2000
Thomas Buergenthal USA 2000-2010
Joan E. Donoghue USA 2010-
Seat 8 (Africa)
Initial term of six years
Charles De Visscher Belgium 1946-1952
Benegal Narsing Rau India1952-1953
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan1954-1961
Kōtarō Tanaka Japan 1961-1970
Louis Ignacio Pinto Dahomey 1970-1979
Abdullah El-Erian Egypt 1979-1981
Mohammed Bedjaoui Algeria1982-2001
Nabil El Araby Egypt 2001-2006
Mohamed  Morroco- 2006
Seat 9 (WE&O)
Initial term of six years
Helge Klæstad Norway 1946-1961
Gaetano Morelli (it) Italy 1961-1970
Federico de Castro Spain 1970-1979
Roberto Ago Italy 1979-1995
Luigi Ferrari Bravo Italy 1995-1997
Pieter Kooijmans Netherlands 1997-2006
Sir Kenneth Keith New Zealand 2006-2015
James Crawford Australia 2015-
Seat 10 (Eastern Europe)
Initial term of six years
Sergei Krylov USSR 1946-1952
Sergei Golunsky (ru) USSR 1952-1953
Feodor I. Kozhevnikov USSR 1953-1961
Vladimir Koretsky (ru) USSR 1961-1970
Platon Dmitriejevitsj Morozov (nl) USSR 1970-1985
Nikolaj Konstantinovitsj Tarasov (ru) USSR/Russia 1985-1994
Vladlen Veresjtsjetin (nl) Russia1994-2006
Leonid Skotnikov Russia 2006-2015
Kirill Gevorgian Russia 2015-
Seat 11 (Eastern Europe)
Initial term of three years
Bohdan WiniarskiPoland 1946-1967
Manfred Lachs Poland 1967-1993
Géza Herczegh (hu) Hungary 1993-2003
Peter Tomka Slovakia 2003-
Seat 12 (WE&O)
Initial term of three years
Milovan Zoričić Yugoslavia1946-1958
Jean Spiropoulos Greece1958-1967
Sture Petrén (sv) Sweden1967-1976
Hermann Mosler (de) West Germany1976-1985
Jens Evensen Norway 1985-1994
Carl-August Fleischhauer Germany 1994-2003
Bruno Simma Germany 2003-2012
Giorgio Gaja Italy 2012-
Seat 13 (Asia)
Initial term of three years
Abdul Badawi Pasha Egypt 1946-1965
Fouad Ammoun (de) Lebanon1965-1976
Salah Tarazi (nl) Syria1976-1980
Abdallah El-Khani (nl) Syria1981-1985
Ni Zhengyu (zh) China1985-1994
Shi Jiuyong China 1994-2010
Xue Hanqin China 2010-
Seat 14 (Africa)
Initial term of three years
John Read Canada1946-1958
Percy Spender Australia1958-1967
Charles Onyeama Nigeria1967-1976
Taslim Elias Nigeria1976-1991
Bola Ajibola Nigeria1991-1994
Abdul G. Koroma Sierra Leone 1994-2012
Julia Sebutinde Uganda 2012-
Seat 15 (Asia)
Initial term of three years
Hsu Mo China1946-1956
Wellington Koo China1957-1967
César Bengzon Philippines 1967-1976
Shigeru Oda Japan1976-2003
Hisashi Owada Japan2003-
Judges sitting ad hoc
Judges sitting ad hoc on the International Court of Justice, as of 22 July 2010 (sortable)
JudgeNationality Appointing StateCase(s) including parties years and of initiation to deposition
Georges Abi-Saab Egypt Mali Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali) 1983–1986
Adetobunboh Ademola Nigeria Ethiopia South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 Liberia South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
Mohsen Aghahosseini Iran IranAerial Incident of 3 July 1988 (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) 1989–1996
Roberto Ago Italy HondurasArbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) 1958–1960
Bola Ajibola Nigeria Nigeria Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) 1996–2002
 Nigeria Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998 in the Case concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), Preliminary Objections (Nigeria v. Cameroon) 1998–1999
Luis Alayza y Paz Soldán Peru Peru Asylum (Colombia/Peru) 1949–1950
 PeruRequest for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) 1950
 PeruHaya de la Torre (Colombia v.Peru) 1950–1951
Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh Jordan Nicaragua Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2014–present
Louise Arbour Canada Chile Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile) 2014–present
Enrique Armand-Ugón Uruguay Spain Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) (New Application: 1962) 1962–1970
Antonio de Arruda Ferrer-Correia Portugal Portugal East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) 1991–1995
Garfield Barwick Australia Australia Nuclear Tests (Australia v. France) 1973–1974
 New Zealand Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) 1973–1974
Suzanne Bastid France Tunisia Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 February 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) 1984–1985
Philémon Beb à Don Cameroon Cameroon Northern Cameroons (Cameroon v. United Kingdom) 1961–1963
Mohammed Bedjaoui Algeria Guinea Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1998–2012
 Nicaragua Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2001–2012
 Niger Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) 2002–2005
 Marshall Islands Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. India) 2014–present
 Marshall Islands Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. Pakistan) 2014–present
 Marshall Islands Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom) 2014–present
Mohamed Bennouna Morocco BeninFrontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) 2002–2005
Franklin Berman United Kingdom LiechtensteinCertain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) 2001–2005
Alphonse Boni Ivory Coast Morocco Western Sahara 1974–1975
Bengt Broms Finland Finland Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark) 1991–1992
Charles Brower United States ColombiaQuestion of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2013–present
Ian Brownlie United Kingdom Liechtenstein Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) 2001–2005
Andreas Bucher  Switzerland  Switzerland Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Belgium v. Switzerland) 2009–2011
Sayeman Bula-Bula Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the CongoArrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) 2000–2002
José Joaquin Caicedo Castilla Colombia ColombiaAsylum (Colombia/Peru) 1949–1950
 Colombia Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) 1950
 Colombia Haya de la Torre (Colombia v.Peru) 1950–1951
Ian Callinan Australia Australia Questions relating to the Seizure and Detention of Certain Documents and Data (Timor-Leste v. Australia) 2013–2015
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Brazil Costa RicaDispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2005–2009
Jean-Yves de Cara France Republic of the Congo Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) 2003–2010
Paul Carry  Switzerland  Switzerland Interhandel (Switzerland v. United States of America) 1957–1959
Jorge Castañeda Mexico Malta Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) 1982–1985
Federico de Castro Spain Spain Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) 1958–1961
Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla India IndiaRight of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) 1955–1960
Hilary Charlesworth Australia AustraliaWhaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) 2010–2014
Joseph Chesson Liberia EthiopiaSouth West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 Liberia South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
Maxwell Cohen Canada Canada Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada/United States of America) 1981–1984
Claude-Albert Colliard France Nicaragua Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) 1984–1986
Jean-Pierre Cot France ColombiaTerritorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2001–2012
 RomaniaMaritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) 2004–2009
 Colombia Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) 2008–2013
 Thailand Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) 2011–present
 Timor-Leste Questions relating to the Seizure and Detention of Certain Documents and Data (Timor-Leste v. Australia) 2013–2015
Yves Daudet France Burkina Faso Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger) 2010–2013
 Bolivia Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile) 2014–present
 Nicaragua Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2013–present
Igor Daxner Czechoslovakia AlbaniaCorfu Channel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania) 1947–1949
Vojin Dimitrijević Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2001–2003
Christopher Dugard South Africa Rwanda Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 1999–2001
 Rwanda Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 2002–2006
 Malaysia Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) 2003–2008
 Nicaragua Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2010–present
 NicaraguaConstruction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) 2011–present
Patrick Ferdinand Duinslaeger Belgium Belgium Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) 1999–2004
Bohuslav Ečer Czechoslovakia AlbaniaCorfu Channel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania) 1947–1949
Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri Egypt Libya Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America) 1992–2003
Jens Evensen Norway Tunisia Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) 1978–1982
Manuel Fernandes Portugal Portugal Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) 1955–1960
Paul-Henning Fischer Denmark Denmark Maritime Delimitation in the Area between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway) 1988–1993
 Denmark Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark) 1991–1992
Carl-August Fleischhauer Germany Germany Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) 2001–2005
Yves Fortier Canada Bahrain Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) 1991–2001
Thomas Franck United States Indonesia Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) 1998–2002
Giorgio Gaja Italy ItalyLegality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) 1999–2004
 NicaraguaTerritorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) 1997–2007
 ItalyJurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) 2008–2012
Walter Ganshof van der Meersch Belgium BelgiumBarcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) 1958–1961
 BelgiumBarcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) (New Application: 1962) 1962–1970
Carlos Garcia Bauer Guatemala Guatemala Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) 1951–1955
David Goitein Israel IsraelAerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) 1957–1959
Julio Diego Gonzáles Campos Spain HondurasTerritorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) 1999–2007
Paul Guggenheim  Switzerland Liechtenstein Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) 1951–1955
Gilbert Guillaume France FranceCertain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) 2003–2010
 Nicaragua Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2005–2009
 France Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v. France) 2006–2008
 Peru Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) 2008–2014
 Nicaragua Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2010–present
 Cambodia Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) 2011–present
 NicaraguaConstruction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) 2011–present
Sead Hodžić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2001–2003
Robert Yewdall Jennings United Kingdom United Kingdom Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom) 1992–2003
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga Uruguay Libya Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) 1978–1982
 Libya Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) 1982–1985
 Libya Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 February 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) 1984–1985
Philippe Kirsch Belgium Belgium Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) 2009–2012
Milenko Kreća Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) 1999–2004
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) 1999–2004
 FR YugoslaviaLegality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) 1999
 Serbia and Montenegro Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom) 1999–2004
 FR Yugoslavia Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America) 1999
 SerbiaApplication of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) 1999–2015
Marc Lalonde Canada Canada Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada) 1995–1998
 Canada Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) 1999–2004
Elihu Lauterpacht United Kingdom Bosnia and Herzegovina Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) 1993–2007
François Luchaire France Burkina Faso Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali) 1983–1986
Ahmed Mahiou Algeria Bosnia and HerzegovinaApplication of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) 1993–2007
 GuineaAhmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1998–2012
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2001–2003
 Niger Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger) 2010–2013
Auguste Mampuya Kanunka Tshiabo Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the CongoAhmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1998–2012
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 2002–2006
Jean-Pierre Mavungu Mvubidi-Ngom Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 1999–2001
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 2002–2006
Louis Mbanefo Nigeria Ethiopia South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 Liberia South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
Kéba Mbaye Senegal Senegal Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal) 1989–1991
 Cameroon Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) 1996–2002
 Cameroon Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998 in the Case concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), Preliminary Objections (Nigeria v. Cameroon) 1998–1999
Thomas Mensah Ghana NicaraguaTerritorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2001–2012
Gaetano Morelli Italy Italy Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Italy v. France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America) 1953–1954
Hermann Mosler West Germany West Germany North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) 1967–1969
Singh Nagendra India India Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan) 1971–1972
Johannes Offerhaus Netherlands Netherlands Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden) 1957–1958
Francisco Orrego Vicuña Chile ChileMaritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) 2008–2014
Bernard Oxman United States Ukraine Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) 2004–2009
Geoffrey Palmer New Zealand New Zealand Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) Case 1995
Felipe Paolillo Uruguay El SalvadorApplication for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) (El Salvador v. Honduras) 2002–2003
Syed Sharif Uddin Pirzada Pakistan PakistanAerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) 1999–2000
Fausto Pocar Italy Belgium Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Belgium v. Switzerland) 2009–2011
Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao India Singapore Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) 2003–2008
B.P. Jeevan Reddy India India Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) 1999–2000
François Rigaux Belgium Iran Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) 1992–2003
Willem Riphagen Netherlands Belgium Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) (New Application: 1962) 1962–1970
Emmanuel Roucounas Greece Greece Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) 2008–2011
José María Ruda Argentina QatarMaritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) 1991–2001
Jean Salmon Belgium BurundiArmed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi) 1999–2001
Karim Sandjabi Iran IranAnglo-Iranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran) 1951–1952
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor Mexico MexicoAvena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States) 2003–2004
José Sette-Camara Brazil LibyaTerritorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad) 1990–1994
Mohamed Shahabuddeen Guyana BahrainMaritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) 1991–2001
 IndonesiaSovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) 1998–2002
Bruno Simma Germany Costa RicaMaritime Delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) 2014–present
Leonid Skotnikov Russia NicaraguaQuestion of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) 2013–present
Krysztof Skubiszewski Poland PortugalEast Timor (Portugal v. Australia) 1991–1995
 SlovakiaGabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia) 1997–present
Max Sørensen Denmark NetherlandsNorth Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) (1967–1969)
 DenmarkNorth Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark) (1967–1969)
Jean Spiropoulos Greece Greece Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom) 1951–1953
Michel Stassinopoulos Greece Greece Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v. Turkey) 1976–1978
Ninian Stephen Australia AustraliaEast Timor (Portugal v. Australia) 1991–1995
Fredrik Julius Christian Sterzel Sweden Sweden Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden) 1957–1958
Serge Sur France Senegal Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) 2009–2012
Hubert Thierry France Guinea-Bissau Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal) 1989–1991
Santiago Torres Bernárdez Spain Honduras Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) 1986–1992
 QatarMaritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) 1991–2001
 SpainFisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada) 1995–1998
 SpainLegality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) 1999
 HondurasTerritorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) 1999–2007
 Honduras Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) (El Salvador v. Honduras) 2002–2003
 Uruguay Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) 2006–2010
Francisco Urrutia Holguin Colombia Nicaragua Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) 1958–1960
Nicolas Valticos Greece Malta Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) 1982–1985
 El SalvadorLand, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) 1986–1992
 BahrainMaritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) 1991–2001
Joe Verhoeven Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi) 1999–2001
 Democratic Republic of the CongoArmed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) 1999–present
 Democratic Republic of the CongoArmed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) 1999–2001
Raúl Emilio Vinuesa Argentina ArgentinaPulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) 2006–2010
EcuadorAerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) 2008–2013
Michel Virally France Honduras Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) 1986–1992
Budislav Vukas Croatia CroatiaApplication of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) 1999–2015
 MacedoniaApplication of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) 2008–2011
Christopher Gregory Weeramantry Sri Lanka Malaysia Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) 1998–2002
J.T. van Wyk South Africa South AfricaSouth West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 South AfricaSouth West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
Chris van den Wyngaert Belgium Belgium Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) 2000–2002
Mohamed Yaqub Ali Khan Pakistan Ethiopia South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 Liberia South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 PakistanTrial of Pakistani Prisoners of War (Pakistan v. India) 1973
Abdulqawi Yusuf Somalia DjiboutiCertain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v. France) 2006–2008
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Pakistan Ethiopia South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 Liberia South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) 1960–1966
 PakistanTrial of Pakistani Prisoners of War (Pakistan v. India) 1973
Jaroslav Žourek Czechoslovakia BulgariaAerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) 1957–1959
 BulgariaAerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States of America v. Bulgaria) 1957–1960
All Judges ad hoc: http://www.icj-cij.org/court/index.php?p1=1&p2=5&p3=2&lang=en
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