Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo (left), ICJ Vice President Judge Kirill Gevorgian (center) and ICJ Judge Iwasawa Yuji deliver their keynote messages.
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo extolled the achievements garnered by Filipino jurists and lawyers in the practice of international law
SOLE PINOY ICJ JUDGE. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar Bengzon, the first and so far the only Filipino Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1967 to 1976. The foreign service post will launch the ICJ Judge Cesar Bengzon Hall at its newly-renovated chancery in The Hague on July 19, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy to The Hague) MANILA - The Philippine Embassy to The Hague is set to honor Cesar Bengzon, the sole Filipino to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The foreign service post will launch on July 19 the ICJ Judge Cesar Bengzon Hall at its newly-renovated chancery in The Hague. "To recognize the unprecedented achievement of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar Bengzon as the first and so far the only Filipino Judge of the ICJ (from 1967 to 1976), the Philippine Embassy to The Hague will dedicate a sitting room at the ground floor of the newly-renovated Chancery in his honor," it said in a statement. The ICJ h