Dire Tladi

Dire Tladi
Judge of the International Court of Justice
Assumed office
6 February 2024
Preceded byMohamed Bennouna
Personal details
Born20 April 1975
Garankua, (Northwest of Pretoria, South Africa)
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
OccupationLaw Professor

Dire Tladi is a professor of international law at the Department of Public Law and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa at the University of Pretoria. He is also extraordinary professor at the Public Law Department of the University of Stellenbosch. He has served as the Principal State Law Adviser for International Law for the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Legal Counsellor to the South Africa Mission to the United Nations.[1]

He currently serves as a South African judge of the International Court of Justice since 6 February 2024.[2][3]

His main academic specializations are in public international law, human rights law, environmental law and international criminal law. From 2012 to 2022, he served as a member of the United Nations International Law Commission.[4][3]

  1. ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011. Prof Dire Tladi Retrieved 28 November 2011
  2. ^ "Current Members | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE". icj-cij.org. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Judge Dire TLADI" (PDF). International Court of Justice. Retrieved 11 May 2024. https://icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/20240206_tladi_en.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/11/11112013251001 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine SA welcomes election of Dr Tladi to Law Commission Retrieved 28 November 2011