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).

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Xue Hanqin
薛捍勤
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Vice President of the International Court of Justice
In office
6 February 2018  8 February 2021
PresidentAbdulqawi Yusuf
Preceded byAbdulqawi Yusuf
Succeeded byKirill Gevorgian
Judge of the International Court of Justice
Assumed office
29 June 2010
Preceded byShi Jiuyong
Personal details
Born (1955-09-15) 15 September 1955 (age 69)
Shanghai, China
EducationBeijing Foreign Studies University (BA)
Peking University
Columbia University (LLM, SJD)
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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]

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