Judges of the International Court of Justice
The first and second lists are of all the permanent judges of the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations, first chronologically and then by seat. The third list is a list of judges appointed ad hoc by a party to a proceeding before the Court pursuant to Article 31 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.
Permanent judges[]
| State | Judge | Terms start | Term end | President | Vice-President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 El Salvador |
José 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 | ||
 United States |
Green Hackworth | 1946 | 1961 | 1955–1958 | |
 Poland |
Bohdan Winiarski | 1946 | 1967 | 1961–1964 | |
 Yugoslavia |
Milovan Zoričić | 1946 | 1958 | ||
 Belgium |
Charles De Visscher | 1946 | 1952 | ||
 United Kingdom |
Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair | 1946 | 1955 | 1952–1955 | |
 Norway |
Helge Klæstad | 1946 | 1961 | 1958–1961 | |
 Egypt |
Abdul Badawi Pasha | 1946 | 1965 | 1955–1958 | |
 Soviet Union |
Sergei Krylov | 1946 | 1952 | ||
 Canada |
John Read | 1946 | 1958 | ||
 China |
Hsu Mo | 1946 | 1956 | ||
 Brazil |
Philadelpho Azevedo | 1946 | 1951 | ||
| Brazil |
1951 | 1955 | |||
 India |
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau | 1952 | 1953 | ||
 Uruguay |
1952 | 1961 | |||
| Soviet Union |
1952 | 1953 | |||
| Soviet Union |
Feodor I. Kozhevnikov | 1953 | 1961 | ||
 Pakistan |
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | 1954 1964 |
1961 1973 |
1970–1973 | 1958–1961 |
| United Kingdom |
Hersch Lauterpacht | 1955 | 1960 | ||
 Argentina |
1955 | 1964 | |||
| Mexico |
1955 | 1964 | |||
| China |
Wellington Koo | 1957 | 1967 | 1964–1967 | |
 Greece |
Jean Spiropoulos | 1958 | 1967 | ||
 Australia |
Sir Percy Spender | 1958 | 1967 | 1964–1967 | |
 Panama |
Ricardo Alfaro | 1959 | 1964 | 1961–1964 | |
| United Kingdom |
Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice | 1960 | 1973 | ||
| Soviet Union |
1961 | 1970 | 1967–1970 | ||
 Japan |
Kōtarō Tanaka | 1961 | 1970 | ||
 Peru |
José Bustamante y Rivero | 1961 | 1970 | 1967–1970 | |
| United States |
Philip Jessup | 1961 | 1970 | ||
 Italy |
1961 | 1970 | |||
| Mexico |
Luis Padilla Nervo | 1964 | 1973 | ||
 Senegal |
1964 | 1982 | |||
| France |
1964 | 1982 | |||
 Lebanon |
1965 | 1976 | 1970–1976 | ||
 Philippines |
César Bengzon | 1967 | 1976 | ||
 Sweden |
1967 | 1976 | |||
| Poland |
Manfred Lachs | 1967 | 1993 | 1973–1976 | |
 Nigeria |
Charles Onyeama | 1967 | 1976 | ||
| United States |
Hardy Dillard | 1970 | 1979 | ||
 Benin |
Louis Ignacio-Pinto | 1970 | 1979 | ||
 Spain |
Federico de Castro | 1970 | 1979 | ||
| Soviet Union |
1970 | 1985 | |||
| Uruguay |
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga | 1970 | 1979 | 1976–1979 | |
| United Kingdom |
Sir Humphrey Waldock | 1973 | 1981 | 1979–1981 | |
| India |
Nagendra Singh | 1973 | 1988 | 1985–1988 | 1976–1979 |
| Argentina |
José Ruda | 1973 | 1991 | 1988–1991 | |
 West Germany |
1976 | 1985 | |||
| Nigeria |
Taslim Elias | 1976 | 1991 | 1982–1985 | 1979–1982 |
 Syria |
1976 | 1980 | |||
| Japan |
Shigeru Oda | 1976 | 2003 | 1991–1994 | |
| Italy |
Roberto Ago | 1979 | 1995 | ||
| Egypt |
1979 | 1981 | |||
| Brazil |
1979 | 1988 | 1982–1985 | ||
| United States |
Richard Reeve Baxter | 1979 | 1980 | ||
| Syria |
1981 | 1985 | |||
| United States |
Stephen Schwebel | 1981 | 2000 | 1997–2000 | 1994–1997 |
| United Kingdom |
Sir Robert Jennings | 1982 | 1995 | 1991–1994 | |
| France |
1982 | 1987 | 1985–1987 | ||
| Senegal |
Kéba Mbaye | 1982 | 1991 | 1987–1991 | |
 Algeria |
Mohammed Bedjaoui | 1982 | 2001 | 1994–1997 | |
 China |