Song Sang-Hyun

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Song Sang-Hyun (born 21 December 1941) is a South Korean lawyer, and the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Song attended Seoul National University Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1963. He attended Tulane University Law School as a Fulbright Fellow, then obtained a Diploma in Comparative Legal Studies from the University of Cambridge and a J.S.D. from Cornell Law School. He has lectured at the University of Melbourne Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University and Seoul National University Law School. In February 2003 he was elected to the first ever bench of ICC judges, for a three-year term. He took office on 11 March 2003 and was assigned to the Appeals Division. He was re-elected to the court in 2006, for a term of nine years. On 11 March 2009, he was elected President of the court.