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Iwasawa Yuji

ICJ president — international judge · Japan

Affiliated with International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Intergovernmental (UN)

President of the International Court of Justice since March 2025; Japanese international-law judge on the Court.

Funding & financing

ICJ judge emoluments under UN system.

Affiliations

ICJ presidency; elected judge (Japan).

Disclosures & conflicts

Elected as a national judge on the ICJ bench; presidency rotates among judges. ICJ orders and advisory opinions bind parties only as the Court's collective judgment — not the president's personal view.

Credibility & caveats

Presides over the Court's judicial work; does not unilaterally determine cases.

Cases in this record

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Sources & disclosures