| 词条 | Christopher Weeramantry |
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|image = Weeramantry.jpg |imagesize = 250px |honorific-prefix =His Excellency Judge Sri Lankabhimanya |name = Christopher Weeramantry |honorific-suffix = |caption = Christopher Weeramantry in June 2007 |order = |office = Vice-President of the International Court of Justice |term_start = 1997 |term_end = 2000 |office1 = Judge of the International Court of Justice |term_start1 = 1991 |term_end1 = 2000 |predecessor1 = Raghunandan Pathak |successor1 = Awn Al-Khasawneh |office2 = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon |term_start2 = 1967 |term_end2 = 1972 |nominator = |appointer = |predecessor = |successor = | birth_name = Christopher Gregory Weeramantry |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|11|17}} |birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|1|5|1926|11|17}} |death_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka |nationality = Sri Lankan |spouse = |party = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
}} |occupation = Judge |profession = Barrister |religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (17 November 1926 – 5 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000. Weeramantry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972.[1] He was also served as an emeritus professor at Monash University and the president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms. EducationBorn 17 November 1926 in Colombo, Ceylon, he was educated at the Royal College Colombo, where he was a senior prefect, editor of the Royal College Magazine, Chairman Senior Literary Association and won many class and school prizes as well as the Governor's Scholarship, Principal's Prize and the Empire Essay Prize for 1943 awarded by the Royal Empire Society. He gained a BA (Hons.) from the newly established University of Ceylon and went on to gain a LL.B and a LLD from King's College London. After completing the law exams at the Colombo Law College, he took oaths as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Ceylon in 1948. CareerBeginning his law practice in Colombo that went on until 1965, he was appointed Commissioner of Assize, holding the post until 1967 when he was called to the bench as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. He retired from the Supreme Court in 1972 and moved to Australia where he assumed duties as Sir Hayden Starke Professor of Law, at Monash University in Victoria. In 1991, he was appointed as a Judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, becoming its vice-president in 1997. He presided as vice-president over several important cases before the court, including a case on the illegality of the use and threatened use of nuclear weapons.[2] From 2000 to 2002 he served the ICJ as an ad hoc judge. Weeramantry serves on the Legal and Human Rights Advisory Board of the Genetics Policy Institute and the president of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.[3] In addition C.G. Weeramantry was a councillor of the World Future Council, and the honorary patron and international advisor of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. He was emeritus professor at Monash University, having previously served as Sir Hayden Starke's Chair of Law from 1972 to 1991.[4] A former Lecturer and Examiner at the Colombo Law College, he was a member of the Council of Legal Education in Ceylon. Weeramantry has also served as a visiting Professor at Harvard University (2000), University of Hong Kong (1989), University of Florida (1984), University of Colombo (1981), University of Papua New Guinea (1981), University of Stellenbosch (1979) and University of Tokyo (1978). He was an honorary member of Advisory Committee of Environmental Law Institute and Chairman of the International Council, Institute of Sustainable Development, McGill University. Weeramantry died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, of natural causes on 5 January 2017 at the age of 90.[5] Honors and awardsWeeramantry is a recipient of the following honours and awards:
Honorary degreesHe has received several honorary degrees;[11]
Publications
See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wicper.org/Judge's%20CV.htm|title=Curriculum Vitae|accessdate=10 March 2007|publisher=Weeramantry International Centre For Peace Education and Research|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727134951/http://www.wicper.org/Judge%27s%20CV.htm|archivedate=27 July 2007|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://ase.tufts.edu/japanese/hiroshima-nagasaki2005/profile-judge.htm|title=Keynote Speaker: Judge Christopher Weeramantry|accessdate=10 March 2007|year=2005|work=Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2005: Global Hibakusha Film Festival|publisher=Tufts University Japanese Program }} 3. ^IALANA | achieving disarmament and peace through law 4. ^Roll of emeritus professors – Records and Archives – Monash University 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slguardian.org/2017/01/justice-c-g-weeramantry-no-more/|title=Justice C. G. Weeramantry No More|publisher=Sri Lankan Guardian|accessdate=6 January 2017|date=5 January 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/new50.asp|title=Conferred Sri Lankabhimanya|accessdate=2 December 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203175214/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/new50.asp|archivedate=3 December 2007|df=dmy-all}} 7. ^Right Livelihood Award for Justice Christopher Weeramantry {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213091245/http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/12/10/news40.asp |date=13 December 2007 }} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Sri Lankan judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry wins UNESCO Prize for Peace Education|publisher=UNESCO Social and Human Sciences|date=22 September 2006|url=http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9665&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html|accessdate= 12 November 2007}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/weeramantry.html|title=Right Livelihood Award: 2007 – Christopher Weeramantry|accessdate=4 October 2007}} 10. ^It's an Honour 11. ^Christopher Weeramantry External links
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