Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi

Who is Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi?

Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi is an Argentinian lawyer, diplomat and judge. She has been a judge at the International Criminal Court since 20 January 2010. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi is also a visiting professor at American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

She studied law at the universities of Córdoba and Limoges, and earned a doctorate at the University of Buenos Aires. She trained as a diplomat 1987–1988, and entered the diplomatic service in 1989. In 2006, she became Director General for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry. She was elected as a judge at the ICC on 18 November 2009.