Sarah Hull Cleveland was born on September 4, 1965 and is an American judge, lawyer, law professor and former State Department official who serves as a judge on the International Court of Justice and holds the Louis Henkin Professorship of Human and Constitutional Rights at Columbia Law School, currently on leave of absence. She is an expert in public international law, international and comparative human rights, international humanitarian law, national security law, the constitutional law of United States foreign relations, and federal civil procedure. She previously served as Counselor on International Law in the United States State Department, an independent expert on the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Co-Coordinating Reporter of the American Law Institutes project on the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, the United States independent member on the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, and a member of the Media Freedom Coalitions independent High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
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RoleJudge of the International Court of Justice, elected November 9, 2023 to a nine-year term, 2024 to 2033, sworn in February 6, 2024; Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Columbia Law School (on leave of absence). 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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Sarah Hull Cleveland (born September 4, 1965), an American judge, lawyer, law professor, and former State Department official, is a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights at Columbia Law School (currently on leave of absence).
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In the 2023 ICJ election, on November 9, 2023, the UN General Assembly and Security Council each elected her, from nine candidates for five seats, to a nine-year term (2024-2033). She was the sixth woman elected to the Court since it was established in 1945. She was sworn in as member of the Court on February 6, 2024.
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She is an expert in public international law, international and comparative human rights, international humanitarian law, national security law, the constitutional law of United States foreign relations, and federal civil procedure.
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Sarah Hull Cleveland (born September 4, 1965), an American judge, lawyer, law professor, and former State Department official, is a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights at Columbia Law School (currently on leave of absence).
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