Xue Hanqin (Chinese: 薛捍勤; pinyin: Xuē Hànqín; born 15 September 1955 in Shanghai) is a Chinese jurist at the International Court of Justice. On 29 June 2010, she was elected to fill the vacancy created by Shi Jiuyong's resignation on 28 May 2010. She is one of three female judges serving on the ICJ and one of only four women elected as members of the Court to date. Xue is the fifth Chinese judge at the ICJ, and the third representing the People's Republic of China (see Judges of the International Court of Justice).

Having been re-elected to the Court in 2011 and 2020, Xue's term will expire on 5 February 2030. On the sixth of February 2012, Xue was appointed as Vice President of the International Court of Justice.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Lectures
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

In 1982, Xue received an international law diploma from Peking University. She received her LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 1983. From 1980 to 2003, Xue served in the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, eventually rising to the position of Director-General. She returned to Columbia Law School in 1991 obtaining a J.S.D. degree in 1995. Xue was appointed as the Chinese amb*ador to the Netherlands in 2003 and served until 2008. In December 2008, she became the first Chinese amb*ador to the *ociation of Southeast Asian Nations. She was elected to the ICJ in June 2010. Xue was sworn in as a member of the ICJ on 13 September 2010. She is currently a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. On 6 February 2018, Xue was appointed as Vice President of the International Court of Justice. In November 2020, she was re-elected to the ICJ for another nine-year term. On 16 March 2022, along with Russian judge Kirill Gevorgian, Xue voted against the provisional order that called for the Russian Federation to suspend military operations in Ukraine.

Lectures

• Transboundary Damage in International Law in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
• 国际法上的跨界损害问题 in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
• Special Panel in Honour of Professor R.P. Anand in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

References

External links

• International Court of Justice Profile
• Female judges bring new perspective to ICJ — Radio Netherlands Worldwide