Ronny Abraham Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Ronny Abraham
Office:Judge of the International Court of Justice
Term Start:15 February 2005
Predecessor:Gilbert Guillaume
Office2:President of the International Court of Justice
Term Start2:6 February 2015
Term End2:6 February 2018
Predecessor2:Peter Tomka
Successor2:Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
Birth Date:5 September 1951
Birth Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Alma Mater:University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (Diploma)
National School of Administration
Occupation:Judge

Ronny Abraham (in French a.bʁa.am/; born 5 September 1951) is a French academic and practitioner in the field of public international law who was elected to the International Court of Justice, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of judge and former President Gilbert Guillaume. He served the remainder of Guillaume's which ended on 5 February 2009, and was reelected for a term extending to 2018.[1] [2]

Biography

Abraham was born on 5 September 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt. He earned his degree in Advanced Studies in Public Law at the Panthéon-Sorbonne, is an alumnus of National School of Administration and led a distinguished career characterised by numerous academic and judicial postings, which include:

As head of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1998, he has acted as legal adviser to the Government in the areas of general international public law, European Union law, international human rights law, Law of the Sea and laws on the Antarctic.

Since 1998 he has been a representative for France in many cases before international and European courts.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: United Nations News Centre - Five judges elected to serve on UN International Court of Justice . un.org. 2015-10-26.
  2. Web site: World's top court among nations gets new judges - Taiwan News Online . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629100627/http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=782887 . 2011-06-29 . dead . 2015-10-26.