Sir Humphrey Waldock | |
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President of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 1979 – 15 August 1981 | |
Vice President | Taslim Olawale Elias |
Preceded by | Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga |
Succeeded by | Taslim Olawale Elias |
Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 1973 – 15 August 1981 | |
Preceded by | Gerald Fitzmaurice |
Succeeded by | Robert Yewdall Jennings |
President of the European Court of Human Rights | |
In office 5 May 1971 – 21 January 1974 | |
Preceded by | Henri Rolin |
Succeeded by | Giorgio Balladore Pallieri |
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights | |
In office 1973 – 15 August 1981 | |
Preceded by | The Lord McNair |
Succeeded by | Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice |
Personal details | |
Born | Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock 13 August 1904 Colombo, Ceylon |
Died | 15 August 1981 The Hague, the Netherlands | (aged 77)
Nationality | British |
Profession | Barrister |
Title | Chichele Professor of Public International Law |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford (BA, BCL) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | All Souls College, Oxford |
Doctoral students | Ian Brownlie |
Sir Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock, CMG, OBE, QC (13 August 1904 – 15 August 1981)[1] was a British jurist and international lawyer.[2]