Prior International Judicial Experience and Election to the ICJ

In my previous post on the election of Julia Sebutinde I noted that she is currently a judge at the Special Court of Sierra Leone. This got me thinking about whether there were other judges elected to the ICJ having previously served on another international tribunal. It is not uncommon for persons who have served as senior national judges to be elected to the ICJ. Julia Sebutinde is one having been a high court judge in Uganda. On the current ICJ bench, Sir Kenneth Keith (New Zealand) and Ronny Abrahams (France) have also had national judicial experience at the highest levels. There have also been cases of ICJ judges then going on to serve in other international tribunals after leaving the ICJ. Mohammed Shahabuddeen went to the ICTY after leaving the ICJ. Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice went on to become a judge at the European Court of Human Rights after leaving the ICJ. Also judges have moved from the ad hoc international criminal tribunals to the ICC.

On the current ICJ bench there is one judge that had served on an international tribunal prior to election to the ICJ. This is Antônio  Cançado Trindade who had been President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights? But have there been others? One suspects that with the proliferation of international tribunals we will see more cases of ICJ judges having prior experience of working as an international judge. In the past, with few international tribunals, the opportunities were limited. Having said this Judges Cancado Trinidade and Sebutinde are not the first ICJ judges to have been judges on other international tribunals before going to the ICJ. I can think of at least three others. Depending on how one defines international tribunals there are perhaps more. Can readers think of any? Answers using the comments box please!