The International Court of Justice (ICJ), sometimes called the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN). She is one of three female judges serving on the ICJ and one of only four women elected as members of the Court to date. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and Mr. Philippe Gautier, Registrar of the Court gave a virtual press conference. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (ICJ) on the General Assembly: 19th plenary meeting, 75th session. Legal Aspects of Trade Preferences for Developing States: A study in the Influence of Development Needs on the Evolution of International Law, The Hague: Nijhoff Publishers, 1982. He also served as an emeritus professor at Monash University and as the president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms. A member of the ICJ since February 6, 2009, Judge Yusuf was appointed as president of the ICJ on February 6, 2018. On 6 February 2018, Yusuf was appointed President of the International Court of Justice. On 6 February 2018, Yusuf was appointed President of the International Court of Justice. Panafricanisme et droit international, Académie de droit international de La Haye, hors collection, 2017. African Yearbook of International Law, (Founder and General Editor), (Vols. 30 Oct 2020 - H.E. This preview shows page 6 - 11 out of 22 pages. For the last thirty-five years of his life, Ago chaired the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association. Giorgio Gaja is an Italian jurist. He is the founder and General Editor of the African Yearbook of International Law. He was Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Nigeria and a judge and President of the International Court of Justice. Pan-Africanism and International Law, Brill, Nijhoff, 2014. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somali: Abdulqaawi Ahmed Yuusuf) is a Somali lawyer and judge who is the current President of the International Court of Justice. abdulqawi yusuf Record the pronunciation of this word in your own voice and play it to listen to how you have pronounced it. Former ICJ judge Stephen M. Schwebel said that Ago, through his work with the International Law Commission, had an "extended and preeminent" role in the codification work of the International Law Commission. He served as a delegate to international conferences on the law of the sea and on diplomatic relations. In 2011, Yusuf would later gain a seat in the advisory council of The Hague Institute for Global Justice. He became the third African to hold the title after Nigeria's Taslim Olawale Elias (1982-1985) and Algeria's Mohamed Bedjaoui (1994-1997). Jamshid Momtaz is an Iranian jurist and academic. Xue is the fifth Chinese judge at the ICJ, and the third representing the People's Republic of China. Pan-Africanism and International Law, Brill, Nijhoff, 2014. James Richard Crawford, AC, SC, FBA is an Australian academic and practitioner in the field of public international law. It settles disputes between states and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues referred to it by the UN.