SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY, JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, TO THE LLM GRADUATING CLASS AT IUHEID
18 June 2020
1. Good afternoon.
2. I am happy to be able to address you today.
SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY, JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE,AT THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
26 June 2020
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. It is a great pleasure for me to participate in the celebrations commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations. The instrument we celebrate today is the most innovative and trailblazing treaty in the history of international relations.
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY: THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
The Hague, Peace Palace, 27 January 2020, 5.30 p.m.
Introductory remarks of Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf President of the International Court of Justice
Excellencies,
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen,
1. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you, to the Peace Palace and to this important event dedicated to commemorating the Holocaust.
THE GOVERNANCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Leiden, 20-21 September 2019
Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
President, International Court of Justice
1. It is a great pleasure to address you today at the inaugural conference on the Governance
of International Courts and Tribunals: Ensuring Judicial Independence and Accountability. I
would like to thank the University of Leiden, and in particular Professor Blokker, for organizing a
forum to discuss the important issues of governance of international courts and tribunals.
THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: “ENGAGING WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW”
Keynote Speech of Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice
Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,
Introduction
1. I am very grateful to Baroness Hale for her very kind words of introduction. It is a great honour to be introduced by such a distinguished jurist. I am very pleased to be here today and I wish to thank the organizers, who have already been named by Baroness Hale.
SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
30 October 2019
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly for the second time as it considers
the annual report of the International Court of Justice. The Court greatly appreciates the interest
shown in and support given to its work by this august Assembly.
OPENING REMARKS OF H. E. JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF,
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE,
AT THE SECOND WORLD MEETING OF SOCIETIES
FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW,
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2 SEPTEMBER 2019
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. It is a great pleasure for me to extend a warm welcome to you all and to the “world of
international law”, which you represent, to the Peace Palace where the International Court of
Justice and its predecessor the Permanent Court of International Justice have exercised their
KEYNOTE SPEECH OF JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF,
PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
INSTITUT DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL,
THE HAGUE, 26 AUGUST 2019
Your Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands,
Excellencies,
Chères consoeurs,
Chers confrères,
1. I would like to extend to you a very warm welcome to the Peace Palace and the
International Court of Justice. It is a great honour for me to address the Institut here at the
SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, AT THE 71ST SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
11 July 2019
Mr. Chairman,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Colleagues and friends,
I am delighted to be able to address the International Law Commission on the occasion of its seventy-first session. I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the International Court of Justice, and to congratulate the newly elected Officers of the Commission.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
I am honoured to have been invited here to deliver the keynote address, and I am particularly
happy that my first speech before you as President of the International Court of Justice should be
on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Law Commission.
As a judge of the International Court, but also first and foremost as an international lawyer,