Mohamed Bennouna

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Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
6 February 2006 – 6 February 2024
Preceded byNabil Elaraby
Succeeded byDire Tladi
Personal details
Born29 April 1943 (1943-04-29) (age 80)
University of Nancy
Sorbonne

Mohamed Bennouna (

Marrakech, Morocco) is a Moroccan diplomat and jurist. He worked as a professor at the Mohammed V University, as a permanent representative of his native country at the United Nations from 1998 to 2001, as a Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and as a judge of the International Court of Justice
from 2006 to 2024.

Biography

Mohamed Bennouna studied

Hague Academy of International Law. Two years later, he earned his doctorate at the University of Nancy in the field of international law, with a thesis on military interventions in non-international conflicts. Then in 1972, he worked as agrégé in the subjects of international law and political science at the Sorbonne. In January 1973, he became a professor at the Mohammed V University
, at which he served until 1984, including 1975 to 1979 as dean of the Faculty of Law.

In addition, he worked in senior positions in various bodies and organizations of the United Nations (UN). He served as legal counsel since 1974, inter alia, the delegations of his country at the UN General Assembly and from 2001 to early 2006 as the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN. Between 2004 and 2005, he was Chairman of the

Arab World Institute
in Paris. From 1998 to 2001 he was judge at the ICTY in The Hague.

His term at the ICJ began in February 2006 and, in 2014, was re-elected for an additional term, which ends in 2024.

Mohamed Bennouna holds several awards including the National prize for culture of Morocco, Medal for culture of Yemen and Knight of the National Order of the

Légion d'honneur. He is married and father of three children.[2]

Mohamed Bennouna was one of the fifteen judges presented in

2023 Israel–Hamas war.[3]

Selected works

  • Le consentement à l’ingérence militaire dans les conflits internes. Paris 1974
  • Le droit international relatif aux matières premières. Den Haag 1982
  • Le droit international du développement. Paris 1983
  • La spécificité du Maghreb arabe. Casablanca 1990

Lectures

La Cour internationale de Justice, juge des souverainetés? in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

References

  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly, 59th Session, Bureau of the Sixth Committee
  2. ^ "International Court of Justice Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  3. ^ "Meet the Moroccan judge among the panel in ICJ's Israel genocide case". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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