Kirill Gevorgian

His Excellency Kirill Gevorgian
Кирилл Геворгян
Vice President of the International Court of Justice
In office 8 February 2021 – 6 February 2024
President	Joan Donoghue
Preceded by	Xue Hanqin
Succeeded by	Julia Sebutinde
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office 6 February 2015 – 6 February 2024
Preceded by	Leonid Skotnikov
Succeeded by	Bogdan Aurescu
Ambassador of Russia to the Netherlands
In office 2003–2009
Personal details
Born	(1953-04-08) 8 April 1953 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR

Kirill Goratsiyevich Gevorgian (Russian: Кирилл Горациевич Геворгян; born 8 April 1953) is a Russian jurist and diplomat. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands. In 2014, he was elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a term beginning the following year.

On 8 February 2021, Gevorgian was elected vice president of the court, succeeding Xue Hanqin.

In March 2022, during the dispute between Russia and Ukraine on allegations of genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation), Gevorgian voted against the adoption of provisional measures which ordered Russia to cease its special operation in Ukraine, as he believed the court had no jurisdiction over the case. Nonetheless, the measure was adopted by thirteen votes to two, with Chinese jurist Xue Hanqin casting the other dissenting vote. This conclusion notwithstanding, he voted in favour of the measure requesting the Parties not to aggravate their dispute since, as he declared, "the power to indicate such measure is a power inherent to the Court".

On 9 November 2023, at the 2023 International Court of Justice judges election, Gevorgian failed to be re-elected as one of the two Eastern European judges at the ICJ, marking the first time that the USSR/Russia would not be represented at the court. Gevorgian received the votes of 77 UN General Assembly members, while Romania's candidate, Bogdan Aurescu, received that of 117, being elected instead.

External links

• Curriculum Vitae (page 50)