Rosalyn Higgins, born Rosalyn Cohen in 1937, is a distinguished international law scholar and judge who became the first woman elected to the International Court of Justice, serving from 1995 to 2009 and presiding over the court for a three-year term beginning in 2006. Her scholarly work focused on international law and human rights, for which she received honors including the Balzan Prize for International Law, and she held the title Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and King Counsel.
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Rosalyn Cohen Higgins, Lady Higgins
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Rosalyn C. Cohen
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1937-06-02
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Born to a Jewish family in 1937 as Rosalyn Cohen
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Rosalyn Higgins, born Rosalyn Cohen in 1937, is a distinguished international law scholar and judge who became the first woman elected to the International Court of Justice, serving from 1995 to 2009 and presiding over the court for a three-year term beginning in 2006.
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Rosalyn Cohen Higgins, Lady Higgins, (born 2 June 1937) is a British judge who was a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1995 to 2009.
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