Abdulqawi Yusuf

His Excellency
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
President of the International Court of Justice
Assumed office
6 February 2018
Vice President Xue Hanqin
Preceded by Ronny Abraham
Vice President of the International Court of Justice
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
Personal details
Born (1948-09-12) 12 September 1948
Eyl, present-day Somalia
Alma mater Somali National University
University of Florence
Graduate Institute of International Studies
Profession law

Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somali: Abdulqaawi Ahmed Yuusuf) is a Somali lawyer and judge who is the incumbent President of the International Court of Justice.

Early life

Yusuf was born in the northeastern town of Eyl in Somalia [1]. He is a Juris Doctor (Somali National University) and holds a Ph.D. in international law from the 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 Somali, Arabic, English, French, and Italian.

Career

Yusuf's previous positions include: Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs for UNESCO from March 2001 to January 2009, Legal Advisor (1994–1998) and Assistant Director General for African Affairs, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna (1998–2001), Representative and Head of the New York office of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (1992–1994) and Chief of the Legal Policies Service of UNCTAD( 1987–1992), Lecturer in law at the Somali National University (1974–1981) and at the University of Geneva(1981–1983), and Somali delegate to the Third 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 is the founder and General Editor of the African Yearbook of International Law and is a Member of the Institut de droit international (Geneva). He 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.[2] He also previously served as a judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice.[3]

On February 6, 2009, was appointed as a judge at the International Court of Justice. On February 6, 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 February 6, 2018, Yusuf was appointed President of the International Court of Justice. Yusuf will succeed Ronny Abraham of France as the 25th President of the ICJ and only the third African to hold the title after Nigeria's Taslim Elias (1982-1985) and Algeria's Mohamed Bedjaoui (1994-1997). [4]

Lectures

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/world/somalia-judge-abdulqawi-elected-as-new-icj-president
  2. ↑ Curatorium Internationale Archived March 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Cour internationale de Justice | International Court of Justice". www.icj-cij.org. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  4. ↑ "Cour internationale de Justice - International Court of Justice - International Court of Justice" (PDF). www.icj-cij.org.
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