Georg Nolte | |
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Judge of the International Court of Justice (Seat 12) | |
Assumed office 6 February 2021 | |
Preceded by | Giorgio Gaja |
Chairman of the UN International Law Commission | |
In office 2017–2017 | |
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Born | Bonn | 3 October 1959
Nationality | German |
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Georg Nolte (born 3 October 1959) is a German jurist and Judge of the International Court of Justice. He is professor of public international law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and has been a member of the UN's International Law Commission from 2007 to 2021, serving as its chairman in 2017. In November 2020 he was elected Judge of the International Court of Justice by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council, and he took office on 6 February 2021.