| Song Sang-hyun | |||||||||||||||
| Order: | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
| Office: | President of the International Criminal Court | ||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 11 March 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 11 March 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Philippe Kirsch | ||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi | ||||||||||||||
| Office2: | Judge of the International Criminal Court | ||||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | 11 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Term End2: | 11 March 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Nominator2: | South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1941 12, df=yes | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
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Song Sang-hyun (; born 21 December 1941)[3] is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).[4]
Song attended Seoul National University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1963.[5] He attended Tulane University Law School as a Fulbright Fellow, then obtained a Diploma in Comparative Legal Studies from the University of Cambridge and a J.S.D. from Cornell Law School.[5]
He has lectured Melbourne Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University and Seoul National University Law School.[5]
In February 2003 he was elected to the first-ever bench of ICC judges, for a three-year term.[6] He took office on 11 March 2003 and was assigned to the Appeals Division. He was re-elected to the court in 2006, for a term of nine years.[7] On 11 March 2009, he was elected President of the court.[8]
He has been awarded Cornell University's Distinguished Alumni Medal, the Korean Federal Bar Association's Legal Culture Award, and the National Decoration of Moran Order from the Korean Government.[5]