Humphrey Waldock

Sir Humphrey Waldock
President Humphrey Waldock on the right
President of the International Court of Justice
In office
1979 – 15 August 1981
Vice PresidentTaslim Olawale Elias
Preceded byEduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga
Succeeded byTaslim Olawale Elias
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
1973 – 15 August 1981
Preceded byGerald Fitzmaurice
Succeeded byRobert Yewdall Jennings
President of the European Court of Human Rights
In office
5 May 1971 – 21 January 1974
Preceded byHenri Rolin
Succeeded byGiorgio Balladore Pallieri
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
In office
1973 – 15 August 1981
Preceded byThe Lord McNair
Succeeded bySir Gerald Fitzmaurice
Personal details
Born
Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock

(1904-08-13)13 August 1904
Colombo, Ceylon
Died15 August 1981(1981-08-15) (aged 77)
The Hague, the Netherlands
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBarrister
TitleChichele Professor of Public International Law
Academic background
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford (BA, BCL)
Academic work
InstitutionsAll Souls College, Oxford
Doctoral studentsIan Brownlie

Sir Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock, CMG, OBE, QC (13 August 1904 – 15 August 1981)[1] was a British jurist and international lawyer.[2]

  1. ^ "Waldock, Sir (Claud) Humphrey (Meredith), (13 Aug. 1904–15 Aug. 1981)". Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u170079. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ Brownlie, Ian (2004). "Waldock, Sir (Claud) Humphrey Meredith (1904–1981)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31793. Retrieved 13 August 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)