Humphrey Waldock
Sir Humphrey Waldock | |
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President Humphrey Waldock on the right | |
| President of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office 1979 – 15 August 1981 | |
| Vice President | Taslim Olawale Elias |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga |
| Succeeded by | Taslim Olawale Elias |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office 1973 – 15 August 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Fitzmaurice |
| Succeeded by | Robert Yewdall Jennings |
| President of the European Court of Human Rights | |
| In office 5 May 1971 – 21 January 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Rolin |
| Succeeded by | Giorgio Balladore Pallieri |
| Judge of the European Court of Human Rights | |
| In office 1973 – 15 August 1981 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord McNair |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock 13 August 1904 Colombo, Ceylon |
| Died | 15 August 1981 (aged 77) The Hague, the Netherlands |
| Nationality | British |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Title | Chichele Professor of Public International Law |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford (BA, BCL) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | All Souls College, Oxford |
| Doctoral students | Ian Brownlie |
Sir Claud Humphrey Meredith Waldock, CMG, OBE, QC (13 August 1904 – 15 August 1981) was a British jurist and international lawyer.