Hans-Peter Kaul

Hans-Peter Kaul
Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
In office
11 March 2009  10 March 2012
Preceded byRené Blattmann
Succeeded byCuno Tarfusser
Judge of the International Criminal Court
In office
11 March 2003  1 July 2014
Nominated byGermany
Appointed byAssembly of States Parties
Personal details
Born(1943-07-25)25 July 1943
Glashütte, Germany
Died21 July 2014(2014-07-21) (aged 70)
Alma materHeidelberg University
ProfessionLawyer

Hans-Peter Kaul (25 July 1943 – 21 July 2014) was a German international law scholar and former diplomat and lawyer. From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. At the ICC, Kaul was President of the Pre-Trial Division from 2004 until March 2009 and again in 2014, and he was the Court's Second Vice-President from 2009 to 2012. In 2014, he resigned from the ICC for health reasons but his condition became worse and he died on 21 July 2014.