Xue Hanqin
Xue Hanqin | |
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Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
Assumed office 6 February 2018 | |
Preceded by | Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf |
Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
Assumed office 29 June 2010 | |
Preceded by | Shi Jiuyong |
Personal details | |
Born | Shanghai, China | 15 September 1955
Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University Peking University (Diploma) Columbia University (LLM, SJD) |
Xue Hanqin (薛捍勤, born 15 September 1955, Shanghai, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese jurist at the International Court of Justice. On 29 June 2010, she was elected to fill the vacancy created by Shi Jiuyong's resignation on 28 May 2010. She is one of three female judges serving on the ICJ and one of only four women elected as members of the Court to date.[1] Xue is the fifth Chinese judge at the ICJ, and the third representing the People's Republic of China (see Judges of the International Court of Justice).
Having been re-elected to the Court in 2011, Xue's term will expire on 5 February 2021.[2] On the sixth of February 2012, Xue was appointed as Vice President of the International Court of Justice.[3]
Career
In 1982, Xue received an international law diploma from Peking University. She received her LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 1983. From 1980 to 2003, Xue served in the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, eventually rising to the position of Director-General. She returned to Columbia Law School in 1991 obtaining a J.S.D. degree in 1995. Xue was appointed as the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands in 2003 and served until 2008. In December 2008, she became the first Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.[4] She was elected to the ICJ in June 2010. Xue was sworn in as a member of the ICJ on 13 September 2010.[5] She is currently a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. On February 6, 2018, Xue was appointed as Vice President of the International Court of Justice.[6]
Lectures
- Transboundary Damage in International Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
- 国际法上的跨界损害问题 in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
- Special Panel in Honour of Professor R.P. Anand in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
References
- ^ "UN / ICJ ELECTION". United Nations. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "GA/11171: General Assembly, Concurrently with Security Council, Elects Four Judges to International Court of Justice" (Press release). United Nations Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York. 10 November 2011.
- ^ http://www.icj-cij.org/files/press-releases/0/000-20180206-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
- ^ "Chinese diplomat elected to International Court of Justice". Xinhua News Agency. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Swearing-in of two new Members of the Court at a public sitting on Monday 13 September 2010 at 10 am" (PDF) (Press release). International Court of Justice. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.icj-cij.org/files/press-releases/0/000-20180206-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
External links
- International Court of Justice Profile
- Female judges bring new perspective to ICJ — Radio Netherlands Worldwide
- Use dmy dates from March 2012
- 1955 births
- Ambassadors of China to the Netherlands
- Chinese women judges
- Columbia Law School alumni
- Hague Academy of International Law people
- International Court of Justice judges
- Living people
- Peking University alumni
- People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai
- Chinese women diplomats
- Chinese women ambassadors
- Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals