Hilary Charlesworth | |
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Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
Assumed office 5 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | James R. Crawford |
Personal details | |
Born | Hilary Christiane Mary Charlesworth 28 February 1955 Leuven,Belgium |
Nationality | Australian |
Title | Harrison Moore Chair in Law,Melbourne Law School Melbourne Laureate Professor,Melbourne Law School |
Awards | ASIL award for creative legal scholarship Australian Laureate Fellowship |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA,LLB) Harvard Law School (SJD) |
Thesis | A Constitutional Bill of Rights:North American Experience and Australian Prospect (1985) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | International law |
Sub-discipline | Human rights,law of international organizations,international legal theory |
Institutions | University of Melbourne (2016–present) Australian National University (1998–present) University of Adelaide (1993–1996) |
Main interests | Human rights law,international institutions,feminist legal theory |
Notable works | The Boundaries of International Law (2006) |
Notable ideas | Feminism and international law |
Website | University of Melbourne |
Hilary Christiane Mary Charlesworth AM FASSA FAAL (born 28 February 1955) is an Australian international lawyer. She has been a Judge of the International Court of Justice since 5 November 2021,and is Harrison Moore Professor of Law and Melbourne Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne,and Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University.
Charlesworth holds degrees from Melbourne and Harvard Law Schools, [1] and is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She has served as editorial board member of many legal publications,including the American Journal of International Law,Melbourne University Law Review and the Asian Journal of International Law.
In addition to her academic appointments,she is active in civil society organisations. In 2011,she was appointed as an ad hoc judge of the International Court of Justice in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case (Australia v. Japan). [2]
In 2020,Guyana appointed Charlesworth as an ad hoc judge in the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 Case (Guyana v Venezuela) in the International Court of Justice. [3] In 2021,the Australian Government supported the Permanent Court of Arbitration's Australian National Group's nomination of Professor Hilary Charlesworth for election as a Judge of the International Court of Justice to fill the vacant position resulting from the death of the Australian judge,James Richard Crawford,who died 31 May 2021. Crawford's term was due to conclude on 5 February 2024. [4] Charlesworth was elected as a judge of the court on 5 November 2021,with immediate effect; [5] she was sworn in as a judge on 7 December 2021.
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