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 |
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José Gustavo Guerrero | 1946 | 1958 | 1946–1949 | 1949–1955 |
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Jules Basdevant | 1946 | 1964 | 1949–1952 | 1946–1949 |
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Alejandro Álvarez | 1946 | 1955 | ||
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Isidro Fabela | 1946 | 1952 | ||
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Green Hackworth | 1946 | 1961 | 1955–1958 | |
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Bohdan Winiarski | 1946 | 1967 | 1961–1964 | |
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Milovan Zoričić | 1946 | 1958 | ||
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Charles De Visscher | 1946 | 1952 | ||
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Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair | 1946 | 1955 | 1952–1955 | |
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Helge Klæstad | 1946 | 1961 | 1958–1961 | |
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Abdul Badawi Pasha | 1946 | 1965 | 1955–1958 | |
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Sergei Krylov | 1946 | 1952 | ||
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John Read | 1946 | 1958 | ||
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Hsu Mo | 1946 | 1956 | ||
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Philadelpho Azevedo | 1946 | 1951 | ||
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1951 | 1955 | |||
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Sir Benegal Narsing Rau | 1952 | 1953 | ||
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1952 | 1961 | |||
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1952 | 1953 | |||
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Feodor I. Kozhevnikov | 1953 | 1961 | ||
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Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | 1954 1964 |
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1970–1973 | 1958–1961 |
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Hersch Lauterpacht | 1955 | 1960 | ||
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1955 | 1964 | |||
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1955 | 1964 | |||
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Wellington Koo | 1957 | 1967 | 1964–1967 | |
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Jean Spiropoulos | 1958 | 1967 | ||
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Percy Spender | Sir1958 | 1967 | 1964–1967 | |
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Ricardo Alfaro | 1959 | 1964 | 1961–1964 | |
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Gerald Fitzmaurice | Sir1960 | 1973 | ||
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1961 | 1970 | 1967–1970 | ||
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Kōtarō Tanaka | 1961 | 1970 | ||
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José Bustamante y Rivero | 1961 | 1970 | 1967–1970 | |
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Philip Jessup | 1961 | 1970 | ||
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1961 | 1970 | |||
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Luis Padilla Nervo | 1964 | 1973 | ||
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1964 | 1982 | |||
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1964 | 1982 | |||
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1965 | 1976 | 1970–1976 | ||
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César Bengzon | 1967 | 1976 | ||
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1967 | 1976 | |||
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Manfred Lachs | 1967 | 1993 | 1973–1976 | |
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Charles Onyeama | 1967 | 1976 | ||
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Hardy Dillard | 1970 | 1979 | ||
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Louis Ignacio-Pinto | 1970 | 1979 | ||
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Federico de Castro | 1970 | 1979 | ||
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1970 | 1985 | |||
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Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga | 1970 | 1979 | 1976–1979 | |
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Humphrey Waldock | Sir1973 | 1981 | 1979–1981 | |
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Nagendra Singh | 1973 | 1988 | 1985–1988 | 1976–1979 |
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José Ruda | 1973 | 1991 | 1988–1991 | |
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1976 | 1985 | |||
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Taslim Elias | 1976 | 1991 | 1982–1985 | 1979–1982 |
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1976 | 1980 | |||
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Shigeru Oda | 1976 | 2003 | 1991–1994 | |
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Roberto Ago | 1979 | 1995 | ||
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1979 | 1981 | |||
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1979 | 1988 | 1982–1985 | ||
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Richard Reeve Baxter | 1979 | 1980 | ||
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1981 | 1985 | |||
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Stephen Schwebel | 1981 | 2000 | 1997–2000 | 1994–1997 |
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Robert Jennings | Sir1982 | 1995 | 1991–1994 | |
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1982 | 1987 | 1985–1987 | ||
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Kéba Mbaye | 1982 | 1991 | 1987–1991 | |
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Mohammed Bedjaoui | 1982 | 2001 | 1994–1997 | |
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