Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
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His Excellency Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf |
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| عبد القوي يوسف | |
| Vice President of the International Court of Justice | |
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Assumed office 6 February 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 September 1948 Eyl, Somalia |
| Alma mater |
Somali National University University of Florence Graduate Institute of International Studies |
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somali: Abdulqaawi Ahmed Yuusuf, Arabic: عبد القوي يوسف) is a prominent Somali international lawyer and judge on the International Court of Justice.
Yusuf was born in 1948 in Eyl, situated in northeastern Somalia. He is a Juris Doctor (Somali National University) and holds a Ph.D. in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies of Geneva. Prior to his doctorate, Yusuf completed post-graduate studies in international law at the University of Florence in Italy.
He is fluent in Somali, Arabic, English, French, and Italian.
Yusuf's previous positions include: Legal Adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs for UNESCO from March 2001 to January 2009, Legal Advisor (1994–1998) and Assistant Director General for African Affairs, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna (1998–2001), Representative and Head of the New York office of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (1992–1994) and Chief of the Legal Policies Service of UNCTAD( 1987–1992), Lecturer in law at the Somali National University (1974–1981) and at the University of Geneva(1981–1983), and Somali delegate to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1975–1980). He has also been guest professor and lecturer at a number of universities and institutes in Switzerland, Italy, Greece and France.
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