| Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga | |
| Birth Date: | 1918 |
| Death Date: | (aged 75) |
| Office1: | Member of the International Law Commission |
| Term Start1: | 1960 |
| Term End1: | 1969 |
| Office2: | Member of the International Court of Justice |
| Term Start2: | 1970 |
| Term End2: | 1979 |
| Office3: | President of the International Court of Justice |
| Term Start3: | 1976 |
| Term End3: | 1979 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Uruguay |
H. E. Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga (Montevido, 1918 - Punta del Este, 5 April 1994) was an Uruguayan professor, jurist, and President of the International Court of Justice.[1]
Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga was born in Montevido in 1918, and received a Doctor of Law degree from the University of Uruguay in 1942. From 1946 to 1969, he would be a professor of Public International Law at the Montevido Law School.[2]
Jiménez de Aréchaga held a seat on the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1960 to 1969, serving as President in 1963.[3] He was the president of the ad hoc court of arbitration that was established by Canada and France to decide the 1992 Canada–France Maritime Boundary Case. He was also President of the arbitral tribunal for the "Rainbow Warrior" case between New Zealand and France (1989-1990). He then served as a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ or "World Court") between 1970 and 1979, including a period as President of the ICJ from 1976 to 1979.[4]
Aréchaga died in a car accident in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on April 5, 1994.