Xue Hanqin

Xue Hanqin (Chinese: 薛捍勤; pinyin: Xuē Hànqín; born 15 September 1955) is a Chinese jurist at the International Court of Justice. On 29 June 2010, she was elected to fill the vacancy created by Shi Jiuyong's resignation on 28 May 2010. She is one of three female judges serving on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and one of only four women elected as members of the Court to date.^[1] Xue is the fifth Chinese judge at the ICJ, and the third representing the People's Republic of China (see Judges of the International Court of Justice).

Xue Hanqin
薛捍勤
Vice President of the International Court of Justice
In office 6 February 2018 – 8 February 2021
President	Abdulqawi Yusuf
Preceded by	Abdulqawi Yusuf
Succeeded by	Kirill Gevorgian
Judge of the International Court of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 June 2010
Preceded by	Shi Jiuyong
Personal details
Born	(1955-09-15) 15 September 1955 (age 69) Shanghai, China
Education	Beijing Foreign Studies University (BA) Peking University Columbia University (LLM, SJD)

As Xue was re-elected to the Court in 2011 and 2020, her term will expire on 5 February 2030.^[2][3] On the 6 February 2018, Xue was elected Vice President of the International Court of Justice for a three-year term.^[4]

Education

Xue Hanqin received a Bachelor of Arts from Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1980 and a graduate diploma in international law from Peking University in 1982. She received a Master of Laws and a Doctor of the Science of Law from Columbia Law School in 1983 and 1995, respectively.^[5]

Career

From 1980 to 2003, Xue served in the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, eventually rising to the position of Director-General. She returned to Columbia Law School in 1991 and obtained a Doctor of Juridical Science in 1995. Xue was appointed the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands in 2003 and served until 2008. In December 2008, she became the first Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.^[6]

She was elected to the International Court of Justice in June 2010. Xue was sworn in as a member of the ICJ on 13 September 2010.^[7] She is currently a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. On 6 February 2018, Xue was elected Vice President of the International Court of Justice for a three-year term.^[4] In November 2020, she was re-elected to the ICJ for another nine-year term.^[3][8] On 16 March 2022, along with Russian judge Kirill Gevorgian, Xue voted against the provisional order that called for the Russian Federation to suspend military operations in Ukraine.^[9]

Lectures

• Transboundary Damage in International Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
• 国际法上的跨界损害问题 in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
• Special Panel in Honour of Professor R.P. Anand in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

References

1. "UN / ICJ ELECTION". United Nations. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
2. "GA/11171: General Assembly, Concurrently with Security Council, Elects Four Judges to International Court of Justice" (Press release). United Nations Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
3. "General Assembly, in Second Secret Ballot Round, Elects Five Judges to Serve Nine-Year-Long Terms on International Court of Justice | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. UN News Centre. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. "Press Release" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
5. Secretary-General of the United Nations (29 June 2020). "Election of members of the International Court of Justice :: curricula vitae of the candidates nominated by national groups : note /: by the Secretary-General". United Nations General Assembly Plenary. New York. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023 – via United Nations Digital Library.
6. "Chinese diplomat elected to International Court of Justice". Xinhua News Agency. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
7. "Swearing-in of two new Members of the Court at a public sitting on Monday 13 September 2010 at 10 am" (PDF) (Press release). International Court of Justice. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
8. "Security Council Elects 5 Judges to International Court of Justice after Single Round of Voting | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. UN News Center. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
9. "Allegations of Genocide Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links

• International Court of Justice Profile
• Female judges bring new perspective to ICJ — Radio Netherlands Worldwide