Judges of the International Criminal Court
Former judges
Mohamed Shahabuddeen of Guyana was elected to the court in January 2009 but he resigned for personal reasons before taking office.

Judges of the International Criminal Court

Section Title: Former judges
Table Section Text: Mohamed Shahabuddeen of Guyana was elected to the court in January 2009 but he resigned for personal reasons before taking office.

Name	Country	Elected	Term End	Notes

Tuiloma Neroni Slade	Samoa Samoa	2003	2006	Defeated in 2006 election.

Maureen Harding Clark	Republic of Ireland Ireland	2003	2006	Resigned to serve on the High Court of Ireland.

Claude Jorda	France France	2003	2007	Resigned "for reasons of permanent ill-health".

Karl Hudson-Phillips	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	2003	2007	Resigned "for personal reasons".

Navanethem Pillay	South Africa South Africa	2003	2008	Resigned to serve as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Philippe Kirsch	Canada Canada	2003	2009	Not eligible for re-election. President of the Court from 2003 to 2009.

Georghios Pikis	Cyprus Cyprus	2003	2009	Not eligible for re-election.

Mauro Politi	Italy Italy	2003	2009	Not eligible for re-election.

Fumiko Saiga	Japan Japan	2007, 2009	2009	Died in office.

Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko	Uganda Uganda	2007	2012	Not eligible for re-election.

René Blattmann	Bolivia Bolivia	2003	2012	Not eligible for re-election in 2009, remained in office as member of Trial Chamber I.

Adrian Fulford	United Kingdom United Kingdom	2003	2012	Not eligible for re-election in 2012, remained in office as member of Trial Chamber I.

Elizabeth Odio Benito	Costa Rica Costa Rica	2003	2012	Not eligible for re-election in 2012, remained in office as member of Trial Chamber I.

Anthony Carmona	Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago	2012	2013	Resigned to become President of Trinidad and Tobago.

Bruno Cotte	France France	2007	2014	Not eligible for re-election in 2012, remained in office as member of Trial Chamber II.

Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra	Mali Mali	2003	2014	Not eligible for re-election in 2012, remained in office as member of Trial Chamber II.

Miriam Defensor Santiago	Philippines Philippines	2012	2014	Resigned due to health issues.

Hans-Peter Kaul	Germany Germany	2003, 2006	2014	Resigned due to health issues.

Erkki Kourula	Finland Finland	2003, 2006	2015	Not eligible for re-election in 2015.

Akua Kuenyehia	Ghana Ghana	2003, 2006	2015	Not eligible for re-election in 2015.

Sang-Hyun Song	South Korea South Korea	2003, 2006	2015	Not eligible for re-election in 2015.

Ekaterina Trendafilova	Bulgaria Bulgaria	2006	2015	Not eligible for re-election in 2015.

Anita Ušacka	Latvia Latvia	2003, 2006	2015	Not eligible for re-election in 2015.

Sentence(s)

The first President of the ICC was Philippe Kirsch, who served from 2003 to 2009.
The firsts President of the ICC was Philippe Kirsch, who served from 2003 to 2009, and Sang-hyun Song till 2015.

final_sentence: The first President of the ICC was Philippe Kirsch, who served from 2003 to 2009.
final_sentence: The firsts President of the ICC was Philippe Kirsch, who served from 2003 to 2009, and Sang-hyun Song till 2015.