Abdulqawi Yusuf
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Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
)
Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
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| In office 6 February 2015 – 6 February 2018 | |
| President | Ronny Abraham |
| Preceded by | Peter Tomka |
| Succeeded by | Xue Hanqin |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Ranjeva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1948 Graduate Institute of International Studies (PhD ) |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (
court's president
from 2018 to 2021.
Early life
Yusuf was born in the northeastern town of
Graduate Institute of International Studies of Geneva. Prior to his doctorate, Yusuf completed post-graduate studies in international law at the University of Florence in Italy
.
He is fluent in
.Career
Yusuf's previous positions include: Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs for
United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1975–1980). He has also been guest professor and lecturer at a number of universities and institutes in Switzerland, Italy, Greece and France
.
Yusuf was elected to the
Institut de droit international in 1999 and is currently a member. He is the founder and General Editor of the African Yearbook of International Law. Yusuf is also one of the founders of the African Foundation for International Law, as well as the chairperson of its executive committee. In addition, Yusuf has authored several books and numerous articles on various aspects of international law as well as articles and op-ed pieces in newspapers on current Northeast African and Somali affairs. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Asian Yearbook of International Law, and a member of the Thessaloniki Institute of Public International Law and International Relations curatorium.[3] He also previously served as a judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice.[4]
ICJ Judge
On 6 February 2009, he was appointed as a judge at the International Court of Justice. On 6 February 2015, he was elected vice-president of the court.
In 2011, Yusuf would later gain a seat in the advisory council of The Hague Institute for Global Justice.
On 6 February 2018, Yusuf was appointed
Mohamed Bedjaoui (1994-1997).[5]
Lectures
- The Notion of Cultural Heritage in International Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
- The Role of the African Union in the Maintenance of Peace and Security in Africa in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
- Strengthening multilateralism and the role of the UN - Security Council in the UN Web TV
Publications
- Panafricanisme et droit international, Académie de droit international de La Haye, hors collection, 2017.
- Intellectual Property and International Trade: The Trips Agreement (ed. with C. Correa), 3rd Edition (Kluwer Law International, 2016).
- African Yearbook of International Law, (Founder and General Editor), (Vols. 1-21), 1993–2016, Kluwer Law International and Nijhoff Publishers (London, The Hague, Boston).
- Pan-Africanism and International Law, Brill, Nijhoff, 2014.
- L’Union africaine: cadre juridique et institutionnel. Manuel sur l’organisation panafricaine (ed. with F. Ouguergouz), Paris: Pedone, 2013.
- The African Union: Legal and Institutional Framework. A Manual on the Pan-African Organization (ed. with F. Ouguergouz), Leiden: Nijhoff, 2012.
- Standard setting in UNESCO/L’action normative à l’UNESCO (ed.), Paris: UNESCO Publishing and Leiden: Nijhoff, 2007.
- Intellectual Property and International Trade: the TRIPS Agreement (ed. with C. Correa), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1st edition, 1998, 2nd edition, 2007.
- International Technology Transfer: The Origins and Aftermath of the United Nations Negotiations on a Draft Code of Conduct (ed. with S.J. Patel and P. Roffe), The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2001.
- Legal Aspects of Trade Preferences for Developing States: A study in the Influence of Development Needs on the Evolution of International Law, The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers, 1982.
Notes
- ^ "Somalia: Judge Abdulqawi elected as new ICJ President". Garowe Online. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "World Court Elects Its First Somali President". VOA. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Curatorium Internationale Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cour internationale de Justice | International Court of Justice". www.icj-cij.org. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Cour internationale de Justice - International Court of Justice - International Court of Justice" (PDF). www.icj-cij.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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