Joan Donoghue

Joan Donoghue
President of the International Court of Justice
In office
February 8, 2021 – February 6, 2024
Vice PresidentKirill Gevorgian
Preceded byAbdulqawi Yusuf
Succeeded byNawaf Salam
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
September 13, 2010 – February 6, 2024
Preceded byThomas Buergenthal
Succeeded bySarah Cleveland
Legal Adviser of the Department of State
Acting
In office
March 23, 2009 – June 25, 2009
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJohn Bellinger
Succeeded byHarold Koh
Personal details
Born (1956-12-12) December 12, 1956 (age 67)
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

Joan E. Donoghue (born December 12, 1956) is an American lawyer, international legal scholar, former U.S. State Department official, and former president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She was first elected to the court in 2010, re-elected in 2014, and elected by the ICJ judges to be president of the ICJ in 2021.[1][2][3] She was the third woman to be elected to the ICJ and the first American woman elected as president of the Court.

  1. ^ United Nations Security Council S/PV.6381 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  2. ^ "General Assembly document GA/10978". September 9, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  3. ^ International Court of Justice biography. Accessed December 4, 2010.

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