Leonid Skotnikov

Leonid Skotnikov (Леони́д Скотников; born 26 March 1951) is a Russian judge who served on the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands between 2006 and 2015.

Education

Skotnikov attained a diploma in International Law from the Moscow Institute of International Relations in 1974. In 1990 received a fellowship at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Publications

• The Right of Self-Defence and the New Security Imperatives, In: International Affairs Vol. 9, 2004;
• Legal Limits of the Use of Force, In: International Affairs Vol. 11, 2003;
• Entering the XXI Century: Primacy of Law in International Relations In: International Affairs Vol. 12, 2000;
• Primacy of Law in Politics (Miverfasser), In: International Affairs Vol. 4, 1989.

External links

• ICJ Biography - Leonid Skotnikov
• Statement, Conference on Disarmament at the Plenary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament