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Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
	Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
Vice President of the International Court of Justice
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 February 2012
President	Peter Tomka
Preceded by	Peter Tomka
Judge of the International Court of Justice
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 February 2006
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1 December 1982 – 30 November 1988
President	Miguel de la Madrid
Preceded by	Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez de la Rosa
Succeeded by	Fernando Solana Morales
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
	In office; 16 March 1982 – 30 November 1982
President	José López Portillo
Preceded by	Hugo B. Margáin
Succeeded by	Jorge Espinoza de los Reyes
Personal details
Born	14 December 1941 (age 82); Mexico City
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Profession	Diplomat

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Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (born 14 December 1941, Mexico City) is a judge of the International Court of Justice, currently serving as its vice-president.^[5] Prior to that, he was a Mexican jurist, politician, and diplomat.

Biography

He was born in Mexico City, where he studied law at the National Autonomous University (UNAM, 1964). He then pursued post-graduate studies, specialising in international law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom (1966).^[4]

He is a professor of international law and international organisations at El Colegio de México and also teaches at the Matías Romero Institute. His other academic activities have seen him work at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and the UNAM.

From 16 March to 30 November 1982, he served as Ambassador to the United States of America and from 1989 to 1993, as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Between those two diplomatic postings from December 1982 to 1988, he served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs under President Miguel de la Madrid. During his time in the Cabinet, he was instrumental in establishing the Contadora Group, which worked to bring peace to Central America, and in the creation of the Grupo de Ocho, since expanded to become the Rio Group.

In 1984 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for his international co-operation efforts. The following year, UNESCO awarded him its Simón Bolívar Prize.^[1]

In 1996 he was elected to serve on the United Nations International Law Commission; he was re-elected to the same position in 2001.^[1] On 7 November 2005 he was elected to a nine-year period as one of the judges of the International Court of Justice.

In 2012, Sepúlveda-Amor was elected by the judges of the ICJ to serve as its vice-president, for a three-year term beginning 6 February 2012.^[6]

Lectures

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor". International Court of Justice. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mexican ambassadors to the United States" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. April 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 668. ISBN 0-292-71181-6, 9780292711815. Retrieved 2009-09-23. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
^ "Juez mexicano es nuevo vicepresidente de la Corte Internacional de la ONU". CNN Mexico. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
^ "No. 2012/8" (PDF) (Press release). International Court of Justice. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-07.

External links

ICJ Biography of H.E. Judge Bernardo Sepulveda-Amor

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[icj-1] "Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor". International Court of Justice. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

[sre-2] "Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

[us-embassy-3] "Mexican ambassadors to the United States" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. April 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[mx-bios-4] Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (3rd ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 668. ISBN 0-292-71181-6, 9780292711815. Retrieved 2009-09-23. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)

[5] "Juez mexicano es nuevo vicepresidente de la Corte Internacional de la ONU". CNN Mexico. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[ICJrelease6Feb2012-6] "No. 2012/8" (PDF) (Press release). International Court of Justice. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-07.

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 * [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/faculty/Sepulveda-Amor.html ''The International Court of Justice and the Use of Force by States''] in the [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
 * [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/faculty/Sepulveda-Amor.html ''La Corte Internacional de Justicia y el uso de la fuerza por los Estados''] in the [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
+* [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/faculty/Sepulveda-Amor.html ''The Development of the International Court of Justice Jurisprudence in some key areas''] in the [http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/lectureseries.html Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]
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