Dame Rosalyn Higgins

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Dame Rosalyn Higgins is a distinguished British jurist who served as the first female judge and later President of the International Court of Justice.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
international lawyer ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
appointedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
awardReceived Balzan Prize for International Law ⓘ
Hudson Medal of the American Society of International Law ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-06-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Girton College, Cambridge ⓘ
Yale Law School ⓘ
familyName Higgins ⓘ
fieldOfWork United Nations law ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
international law ⓘ
givenName Rosalyn ⓘ
honorificPrefix Dame ⓘ
honorificSuffix DBE ⓘ
QC ⓘ
knownFor being the first female President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
being the first female judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Society of International Law ⓘ
British Academy ⓘ
Institut de Droit International ⓘ
International Court of Justice ⓘ
Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ
United Nations Human Rights Committee ⓘ
notableWork Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It ⓘ
The Development of International Law through the Political Organs of the United Nations ⓘ
Themes and Theories: Selected Essays, Speeches and Writings in International Law ⓘ
United Nations Peacekeeping, 1946–1967 ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workLocation London School of Economics ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ

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Faculty of Laws, University College London → hasNotableAlumni → Dame Rosalyn Higgins ⓘ
subject linked to: Faculty of Laws