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Song Sang-hyun


2nd President of the International Criminal Court
In office 11 March 2009 – 10 March 2015
Preceded by	Philippe Kirsch
Succeeded by	Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
Judge of the International Criminal Court
In office 11 March 2003 – 10 March 2015
Nominated by	South Korea
Appointed by	Assembly of States Parties

Personal details
Born	(1941-12-21) 21 December 1941 (age 82) Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan^[1]
Education	Seoul National University (LLB) Tulane University Wolfson College, Cambridge Cornell University (JSD)

Korean name
Hangul	송상현
Hanja	宋相現
Revised Romanization	Song Sang-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Song Sang-hyŏn
Art name
Hangul	심당^[2]
Hanja	心堂
Revised Romanization	Simdang
McCune–Reischauer	Simdang

Song Sang-hyun (Korean: 송상현; born 21 December 1941)^[3] is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).^[4]^[5]

Biography

Song attended Seoul National University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1963.^[6] 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.^[6]

He has lectured Melbourne Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University and Seoul National University Law School.^[6]

In February 2003 he was elected to the first-ever bench of ICC judges, for a three-year term.^[7] 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.^[8] On 11 March 2009, he was elected President of the court.^[4]

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.^[6]

Lectures

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sang-Hyun Song.

^ "Lunch with the FT: Sang-Hyun Song". Financial Times. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
^ 심당 송상현 선생 정년기념호
^ 송상현 (in Korean). Nate. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22.
^ ^a ^b International Criminal Court (11 March 2009). Judge Song (Republic of Korea) elected President of the International Criminal Court; Judges Diarra (Mali) and Kaul (Germany) elected First and Second Vice-Presidents respectively Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 11 March 2009.
^ 송상현 서울법대 교수, 국제형사재판관 ‘재선’ (in Korean). Law Issue. 2006-01-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d snusong.net. Profile: Sang-Hyun Song. Accessed 11 March 2009.
^ "Election of the judges of the International Criminal Court – First election". United Nations. 12 February 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ UN News Centre (26 January 2006). At UN, 6 judges elected to the International Criminal Court. Accessed 11 March 2009.

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