Song Sang-hyun
{{Short description|South Korean lawyer (born 1941)}}
{{for-text|the Joseon Dynasty politician|Song Sang-hyeon (1551–1592)}}
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| name = Song Sang-hyun
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| image = Song Sang-Hyun - Trento 2014 01.JPG
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| order = 2nd
| office = President of the International Criminal Court
| term_start = 11 March 2009
| term_end = 10 March 2015
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| predecessor = Philippe Kirsch
| successor = Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
| office2 = Judge of the International Criminal Court
| term_start2 = 11 March 2003
| term_end2 = 10 March 2015
| nominator2 = South Korea
| appointer2 = Assembly of States Parties
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|12|21}}
| birth_place = Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan{{Cite news |date=2015-03-13 |title=Lunch with the FT: Sang-Hyun Song |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e9fc4382-c89f-11e4-8617-00144feab7de |access-date=2023-03-21}}
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|hangul=송상현
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|rr=Song Sang-hyeon
|mr=Song Sang-hyŏn
|hangulho=심당[http://www.reportnet.co.kr/detail/1228/1227918.html 심당 송상현 선생 정년기념호]
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| education = Seoul National University (LLB)
Tulane University
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Cornell University (JSD)
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Song Sang-hyun ({{Korean|hangul=송상현}}; born 21 December 1941){{cite web |url=http://people.nate.com/people/info/so/ng/songsanghn/ |script-title=ko:송상현 |publisher=Nate |language=Korean |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222072357/http://people.nate.com/people/info/so/ng/songsanghn/ |archive-date=2012-02-22 }} is a South Korean lawyer and former President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).{{cite news|url=http://www.lawissue.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1573 |script-title=ko:송상현 서울법대 교수, 국제형사재판관 ‘재선’ |publisher=Law Issue |language=Korean|date=2006-01-31}}
Biography
Song attended Seoul National University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1963.snusong.net. [http://snusong.net/profile/main.htm Profile: Sang-Hyun Song]. Accessed 11 March 2009. He attended Tulane University Law School as a Fulbright Fellow, then obtained a Diploma in Comparative Legal Studies from the University of Cambridge and a J.S.D. from Cornell Law School.
He has lectured Melbourne Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University and Seoul National University Law School.
In February 2003 he was elected to the first-ever bench of ICC judges, for a three-year term.{{cite web|url=https://legal.un.org/icc/elections/results/judges_results.htm|title=Election of the judges of the International Criminal Court – First election|publisher=United Nations|date=12 February 2003|access-date=26 August 2024}} He took office on 11 March 2003 and was assigned to the Appeals Division. He was re-elected to the court in 2006, for a term of nine years.UN News Centre (26 January 2006). [https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17310 At UN, 6 judges elected to the International Criminal Court]. Accessed 11 March 2009. On 11 March 2009, he was elected President of the court.International Criminal Court (11 March 2009). [http://www2.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/D69C6FA0-E1E6-45BD-A49D-B20DA173EA5C.htm Judge Song (Republic of Korea) elected President of the International Criminal Court; Judges Diarra (Mali) and Kaul (Germany) elected First and Second Vice-Presidents respectively] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503185752/http://www2.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/D69C6FA0-E1E6-45BD-A49D-B20DA173EA5C.htm |date=2009-05-03 }}. Accessed 11 March 2009.
He has been awarded Cornell University's Distinguished Alumni Medal, the Korean Federal Bar Association's Legal Culture Award, and the National Decoration of Moran Order from the Korean Government.
Lectures
- [http://legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Song.html The International Criminal Court at a Glance] in the [http://legal.un.org/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
- [http://legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Song.html The International Criminal Court: Maintaining Judicial Independence in a Political World] in the [http://legal.un.org/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
- [http://legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Song.html Participation of Victims at the International Criminal Court] in the [http://legal.un.org/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
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Category:20th-century South Korean lawyers
Category:Seoul National University School of Law alumni
Category:Tulane University Law School alumni
Category:Cornell Law School alumni
Category:Alumni of Wolfson College, Cambridge
Category:Presidents of the International Criminal Court
Category:South Korean judges of international courts and tribunals
Category:South Korean legal scholars
Category:Academic staff of Seoul National University