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The Judges of the I. C. J. (1996 - 2000)



Awn Shawkat AL-KHASAWNEH Jordan 6.2.2000 – (5.2.2009)
Mohammed BEDJAOUI Algeria 19.3.1982 – 30.9.2001
(President 1994 – 1997)
Thomas BUERGENTHAL United States of America 2.3.2000 – (5.2.2006)
Luigi FERRARI-BRAVO Italy 21.6.1995 – 5.2.1997
Carl-August FLEISCHHAUER Germany 6.2.1994 – (5.2.2003)
Gilbert GUILLAUME France 14.9.1987 – (5.2.2009)
(President 2000 – (2003))
Géza HERCZEGH Hungary 10.5.1993 – (5.2.2003)
Rosalyn HIGGINS United Kingdom 12.7.1995 – (5.2.2009)
Pieter H. KOOIJMANS Netherlands 6.2.1997 – (5.2.2006)
Abdul G. KOROMA Sierra Leone 6.2.1994 – (5.2.2003)
Shigeru ODA Japan 6.2.1976 – (5.2.2003)
Gonzalo PARRA-ARANGUREN Venezuela 28.2.1996 – (5.2.2009)
Raymond RANJEVA Madagascar 6.2.1991 – (5.2.2009)
Francisco REZEK Brazil 6.2.1997 – (5.2.2006)
Stephen M. SCHWEBEL United States of America 15.1.1981 – 29.2.2000
(President 1997 – 2000, Vice-President 1994 – 1997)
Mohammed SHAHABUDDEEN Guyana 6.2.1988 – 5.2.1997
SHI Jiuyong China 6.2.1994 – (5.2.2003)
(Vice-President 2000 – (2003))
Vladlen S. VERESHCHETIN Russian Federation 26.1.1995 – (5.2.2006)
Christopher G. WEERAMANTRY Sri Lanka 6.2.1991 – 5.2.2000
(Vice-President 1997 – 2000)

Judges ad hoc

1996 - 2000

Mohsen AGHAHOSSEINI Islamic Republic of Iran Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988 (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
Bola A. AJIBOLA Nigeria Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
Ahmed Sadek AL-KOSHERI Libya Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom, Lybian Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America)
John DUGARD Rwanda Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)
Patrick DUINSLAEGER Belgium Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Belgium)
Yves L. FORTIER Bahrain Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)1
Giorgio GAJA Italy Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Italy)
Sir Robert JENNINGS 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)2
Milenko KRECA Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Belgium; Yugoslavia v. Canada; Yugoslavia v.France; Yugoslavia v.Germany; Yugoslavia v. Italy; Yugoslavia v. Netherlands; Yugoslavia v. Portugal; Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom)
Marc LALONDE Canada
Canada
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Canada)
Elihu LAUTERPACHT Bosnia and Herzegovina Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia)
Kéba MBAYE Cameroon Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
Syed Sharif Uddin PIRZADA Pakistan Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India)
B.P. Jeevan REDDY India Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India)
François RIGAUX Iran Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
Jean J.A. SALMON Burundi Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi)
Mohamed SHAHABUDDEEN Bahrain
Indonesia
Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)3
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia v. Malaysia)
Krysztof J. KUBISZEWSKI Slovakia Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia)
Santiago TORRES BERNARDEZ Qatar
Spain
Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)4
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada)
Budislav VUKAS Croatia Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia)
Christopher G. WEERAMANTRY Malaysia Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia v. Malaysia)

1After Mr. Shahabuddeen had resigned, Bahrain chose Mr. Fortier to sit as a judge ad hoc.
2After Judge Higgins had recused herself, the United Kingdom chose Sir Robert Jennings to sit as a judge ad hoc.
3Mr. Shahabuddeen resigned in the course of the proceedings; Bahrain then chose Mr. Fortier to sit as a judge ad hoc.
4After the passing away of judge ad hoc Ruda on 7 July 1994, Mr. Torres Bernárdez was chosen by Qatar to sit as a judge ad hoc in the case.