Former Judge of the International Court of Justice (born 1932)
The native form of this personal name is Owada Hisashi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hisashi Owada
小和田 恆
Owada in 2005
President of the International Court of Justice
In office 6 February 2009 – 5 February 2012
Vice President
Peter Tomka
Preceded by
Rosalyn Higgins
Succeeded by
Peter Tomka
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office 6 February 2003 – 7 June 2018
Preceded by
Shigeru Oda
Succeeded by
Yuji Iwasawa
Personal details
Born
(1932-09-18) 18 September 1932 (age 91) Shibata, Niigata, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Spouse
Yumiko Egashira
(m. 1962)
Children
Masako, Empress of Japan Setsuko Owada Reiko Owada
Alma mater
University of Tokyo Trinity College, Cambridge
Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi, born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 2003 until June 7, 2018, and was President of the Court from 2009 to 2012.[1] He is the father of Empress Masako and the father-in-law of the incumbent Emperor of Japan, Naruhito.
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HisashiOwada (小和田 恆, OwadaHisashi, born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International...
Tokyo. She is the eldest daughter of Yumiko Egashira (b. 1938) and HisashiOwada (b. 1932), a senior diplomat and former president of the International...
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Court of Justice since 22 June 2018, following the resignation of Judge HisashiOwada. He was re-elected on 12 November 2020. He formerly chaired the United...
From the eight candidates, the five winners were Giorgio Gaja (Italy), HisashiOwada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), Xue Hanqin (China) and Julia Sebutinde...
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Wayback Machine The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) HisashiOwada (2010): "International law contains no prohibition on declarations of...
the remainder of the nine-year term of office that had been held by HisashiOwada (Japan), whose resignation from the Court took effect on 7 June 2018...
Wisnumurti December 1996 Italy Francesco Paolo Fulci January 1997 Japan HisashiOwada February 1997 Kenya Njuguna M. Mahugu March 1997 Poland Zbigniew M...
of the International Court of Justice: Kōtarō Tanaka, Shigeru Oda, HisashiOwada and Yuji Iwasawa. Tomoko Akane has served as the president of the International...
bin Talal of Jordan Pierre Lellouche Jessica T. Mathews Ambassador HisashiOwada William J. Perry Nafis Sadik Amartya Sen Fujia Yang NTI receives funding...
(Ichiuchi) Kakuei Tanaka (1918–1993), prime minister, from Kashiwazaki HisashiOwada (born 1932), diplomat and father of Crown Princess Masako, from Shibata...
Aranguren from Venezuela, Thomas Buergenthal from the United States, HisashiOwada from Japan, Bruno Simma from Germany, Peter Tomka from Slovakia, Ronny...
in 2019. Owada Masako 小和田雅子 Naruhito 1 May 2019 – present (5 years, 5 days) born 9 December 1963 (60 years, 149 days) Daughter of HisashiOwada. Married...
Wayback Machine The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) HisashiOwada (2010): "International law contains no prohibition on declarations of...
Onn (Hughes Hall), Justice of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2007–) HisashiOwada (Trinity), International Court of Justice judge, Presidefnt (2009–)...
Kooijmans Francisco Rezek Awn Al-Khasawneh Thomas Buergenthal Nabil Elaraby HisashiOwada Peter Tomka Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (ad hoc) Case opinions Declaration:...
Wayback Machine The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) HisashiOwada (2010): "International law contains no prohibition on declarations of...
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