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Judge Hisashi Owada
Judge Hisashi Owada was appointed to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in early 2003. Before being appointed to this post, he served as President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank and Professor of Law and Organization at Waseda University Graduate School in Japan.
One of his country’s most respected diplomats, Judge Owada previously served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris and as Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in New York.
In the academic field as a professor of international law and organization, Judge Owada has taught at Tokyo University since 1963, and at the law schools of Harvard University, Columbia University and New York University. He is a membre of the Institut de Droit International. Judge Owada is the author of numerous writings on international, legal and political affairs.
