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Rosalyn Higgins
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'''Rosalyn Higgins, Baroness Higgins''',
Order of the British Empire DBE,
Queen's Counsel QC (b. in
London,
1937) is the President of the
International Court of Justice. Higgins was the first female judge to be appointed to the ICJ, and was elected President in 2006.
Image:Rosalyn Higgins.jpg thumb|Judge Higgins, President of the ICJ.
Born is 1937 as ''Rosalyn Cohen'', she married Terence Langley Higgins (now
Lord Higgins) in 1961.
She has been a member of the Court since
July 12,
1995, and was re-elected as of
February 6,
2000. She studied at
University of Cambridge Cambridge (undergraduate and Master's degrees in Law) and
Yale (doctorate). She was a staff specialist in International Law, of the
Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1963- 1974; Visiting Fellow,
London School of Economics, 1974-1978; Professor of International Law,
University of Kent at Canterbury, 1978-1981; Professor of International Law in the
University of London (
London School of Economics), 1981-. She was a practising
barrister, and became a
Queen's Counsel in 1986, and is a bencher of the
Inner Temple.
Lady Higgins is the author of several influential works on international law, including ''Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It'' (1994).
Titles from birth
*Miss Rosalyn Cohen (1937-1961)
*Mrs Terence Higgins (1961-1986)
*Mrs Terence Higgins QC (1986-1993)
*Lady Higgins QC (1993-1995)
*Her Excellency Lady Higgins DBE QC (1995-1997)
*Her Excellency The Right Honourable The Baroness Higgins DBE QC (1997-present)
External link
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ICJ biography.
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Category:1937 births Higgins, Rosalyn
Category:Academics of the London School of Economics Higgins, Rosalyn
Category:Academics of the University of Kent Higgins, Rosalyn
Category:Dames Commander of the British Empire Higgins, Rosalyn
Category:International Court of Justice judges Higgins, Rosalyn
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