Patrick Lipton Robinson
His Excellency The Honourable Patrick Lipton Robinson | |
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Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
In office February 2015 – February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor |
Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamaica | 29 January 1944
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Patrick Lipton Robinson (born 29 January 1944) is a Jamaican jurist who was a judge of the
He was educated at Jamaica College, University of the West Indies (BA, 1964), the University of London (LLB, 1968) and King's College London (LLM, 1972). He is the recipient of the national award, Order of Jamaica, awarded by the government of Jamaica for services to International Law and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and the Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. He is the recipient of the award of Honorary Membership of the American Society of International Law for 2011.[2]
He is the author of the book Jamaican Athletics – A Model for 2012 and the World.
He is a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Advisory Council, a project of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis to establish the world's first treaty on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
Other positions held
- 1986: Chairman, United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations
- 1988–1995: Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- 1991–1996: Member, International Law Commission
- Since 1996: Member, International Bioethics Committee
- 1995–1996: Foreign member, Haiti Truth and Justice Commission
- 1998–2015: Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- 2008–2011: President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia[1]
- 2015–2024: Judge, International Court of Justice
References
- ^ ICTYofficial site. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "The American Society of International Law Awards and Honors". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
External links
- Biography - ICTY page
- [1] Jamaican Athletics - A Model for 2012 and the World
- Video Citation at Jamaica College's Carlton Alexander Award Ceremony on YouTube
- Lecture by Patrick Lipton Robinson entitled Fairness and Efficiency in the Proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law