Judge Christopher G. Weeramantry | International Advisor
former Vice President, International Court of Justice, and Chair of Weeramantry International Centre for Peace, Education and Research


Judge Weeramantry, a member (1991 - 2000) of the International Court of Justice and a former Vice President of that Court, was prior to his appointment to the Court a Professor of Law and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He is a Doctor of Laws of the University of London and the author of numerous books and articles published throughout the world on peace, intercultural understanding, human rights and many other related legal topics. He is founder of the Weeramantry International Centre for Peace, Education and Research (WICPER), Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Law Faculty at Monash University, Victoria, Australia.