Gocha Lordkipanidze (born 3 February 1964) is a Georgian lawyer, legal scholar and civil servant, who has been a judge of the International Criminal Court since 2021.[1][2][3][4] He served as a deputy minister in the Ministry of Justice of Georgia from 2012 to 2020, and then as the Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.
Gocha Lordkipanidze | |
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| გოჩა ლორთქიფანიძე | |
_(cropped).jpg) Gocha Lordkipanidze in 2016 | |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Georgia |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Minister of Justice of Georgia | |
| In office 20 December 2020 – 31 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tea Tsulukiani |
| Succeeded by | Rati Bregadze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1964 Poti, Georgia, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Georgian Dream |
Biography
editLordkipanidze was born on 3 February 1964.[5] From 1985 to 1991, he studied law at the Tbilisi State University, graduating with an undergraduate degree and qualified as a lawyer.[1][5]
Lordkipanidze worked as legal counsel in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia from 1992 to 1999.[5] He undertook further study and graduated from the University of Essex with a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in international human rights law in 1995.[1][5] He joined the Permanent Mission of Georgia to United Nations in 1999, and rose from a counsellor to acting deputy permanent representative.[5] He also studied at Harvard Law School, graduating with a further LLM in international legal studies in 2004.[2] From 2005 to 2009, he was adviser to the prime minister of Georgia in international law and foreign affairs.[6] From 2009 to 2013, he was an adjunct professor at School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.[5] In 2012, he was appointed deputy minister of justice in the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.[2] He then served as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.[1][7]
In December 2020, he was one of six new judges elected to the International Criminal Court (ICC).[3][8] He was sworn in as an ICC judge on 10 March 2021.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Judge Gocha Lordkipanidze". icc-cpi.int. International Criminal Court. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Venice Commission: Gocha LORDKIPANIDZE". www.venice.coe.int. Council of Europe. 2014.
- ^ a b "Justice Minister nominee elected first Georgian judge to Hague International Criminal Court". Agenda.ge. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "GOCHA LORDKIPANIDZE" (PDF). Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. International Criminal Court. 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Curriulum vitae: LORDKIPANIDZE, Gocha (Georgia)" (PDF). Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. International Criminal Court. 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Georgia's Lordkipanidze Sworn In as ICC Judge". civil.ge. Civil Georgia. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "About ministry". justice.gov.ge (in Georgian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Election of six judges – Results". asp.icc-cpi.int. International Criminal Court. 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.