Humphrey Waldock

Who was Humphrey Waldock?

Sir Humphrey Meredith Waldock was a British jurist and international lawyer. Humphrey Waldock served as the British judge in the European Court of Human Rights from 1966 until 1974 and in the International Court of Justice from 1973 until 1981. He was also the President of the ICJ between 1979 and 1981. Prior to joining the Court, he had served on the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1961 to 1972, and had also been Chichele Professor of Public International Law at All Souls College, Oxford.

Towards the end of his life, Waldock lived in Lathbury Road, North Oxford.