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Theodor Meron
CMG
Legal adviser for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 1967–1971
Preceded by
Shabtai Rosenne
Succeeded by
Meir Rosenne
Israeli Ambassador in Canada
In office 1971–1975
Preceded by
Ephraim Evron
Succeeded by
Mordechai Shalev
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
In office 2002–2005
Preceded by
Claude Jorda
Succeeded by
Fausto Pocar
In office 2011–2015
Preceded by
Patrick Robinson
Succeeded by
Carmel Agius
President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
In office 1 March 2012 – 18 January 2019
Preceded by
office established
Succeeded by
Carmel Agius
Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
In office 14 March 2001 – 31 December 2017
Judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2012
Personal details
Born
(1930-04-28) 28 April 1930 (age 94) Kalisz, Poland
Nationality
American; Israeli
Alma mater
Hebrew University Harvard Law School Cambridge University
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Theodor Meron, CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American-Israeli lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times (2002-2005 and 2011–15)[1][2] and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–19).[3][4]
^"TPIY: The President". ICTY. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^"TPIY: Judge Meron and Judge Agius elected President and Vice-President of the". ICTY. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^"Secretary-General Appoints President, Welcomes Security Council's Appointment of Prosecutor of International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". Un.org. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^"Judge Theodor Meron". irmct.org. United Nations.
TheodorMeron, CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American-Israeli lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
among others, Lord Justice Fulford, Helena, Baroness Kennedy, Judge TheodorMeron, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Amal Clooney and Marko Milanović. It concluded...
Gberdao Gustave Kam". IRMCT. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-19. "Judge TheodorMeron steps down from Judicial Roster of the International Residual Mechanism...
in this case was established by ICTY Chief Justice TheodorMeron, and strongly hinted that Meron was acting on behalf of the U.S. and Israel in enacting...
Wikidata Q126003261. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Adrian Fulford; TheodorMeron; Amal Clooney; Danny Friedman; Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The...
reaffirmed that the Srebrenica massacre was genocide, the Presiding Judge TheodorMeron stating: By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the...
(1999–2002), TheodorMeron of the United States (2002–2005), Fausto Pocar of Italy (2005–2008), Patrick Robinson of Jamaica (2008–2011), and TheodorMeron (2011–2015)...
of the Foreign Ministry, TheodorMeron was the Israeli government's expert on international law. On 16 September 1967 Meron wrote a top secret memo to...
convictions for genocide have been made in courts in Germany. According to TheodorMeron, the Presiding Judge at the ICTY: By seeking to eliminate a part of...
Rights) Ma Ying-jeou (Harvard, 1980), President of the Republic of China TheodorMeron (Harvard), professor of law (New York University School of Law) and...
(1908–1968) Polish-born Israeli painter Jerzy Kryszak (born 1950), actor TheodorMeron (born 1930), Polish-born American president of the International Criminal...
are legal under international law. Immediately after the 1967 war, TheodorMeron, legal counselor of Israel's Foreign Ministry, advised Israeli ministers...
International Law, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 187–216, retrieved 25 October 2017. Meron, Theodor (2000), "The Martens Clause, Principles of Humanity, and Dictates of...
Principal Legal Advisor to four successive Presidents of the ICTY: Judge TheodorMeron (two periods of two consecutive terms each), Judge Fausto Pocar, and...
Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights. TheodorMeron, at the time the Israeli government's authority on the topic of international...
in violation of international law. After the Six-Day War, in 1967, TheodorMeron, legal counsel to the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated in a legal opinion...
p. 46. ISBN 9780531098967. Payne p. 215 "Address by ICTY President TheodorMeron, at Potocari Memorial Cemetery | International Criminal Tribunal for...
director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1968–80) TheodorMeron, former president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
sought legal advice from their resident expert on international law, TheodorMeron. His top secret memorandum stated unequivocally that the prohibition...
Albeck, in contradiction with legal advice of others, including from TheodorMeron, the Israeli Foreign Ministry's advisor. In 2005, Israel dismantled...
votes against two by the Appeals Panel of the ICTY, presided over by TheodorMeron. The previous verdict had sentenced him to 24 years in prison while...
of the Foreign Ministry, TheodorMeron was the Israeli government's expert on international law. On September 16, 1967, Meron wrote a top secret memo to...
cleansing during the 1992–95 Bosnian War". ICTY; "Address by ICTY President TheodorMeron, at Potocari Memorial Cemetery" The Hague, 23 June 2004 ICTY.org ICTY;...
Lenaerts (LL.M. 78), Belgian judge at the European Court of Justice TheodorMeron, United States jurist serving as President of the International Residual...
Kingsbury (international law) John Koeltl (constitutional litigation) TheodorMeron (international law) Arthur R. Miller (civil procedure, copyright, and...
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