Hisashi Owada
Hisashi Owada | |
|---|---|
| 小和田 恆 | |
Owada in 2003 | |
| President of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office 6 February 2009 – 5 February 2012 | |
| Vice President | Peter Tomka |
| Preceded by | Rosalyn Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Peter Tomka |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office 6 February 2003 – 7 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Oda |
| Succeeded by | Yuji Iwasawa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1932 |
| Spouse |
Yumiko Egashira (m. 1962) |
| Children | 3, including Masako, Empress of Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Trinity College, Cambridge |
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Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆, Owada Hisashi; born 18 September 1932) is a Japanese former jurist, diplomat and law professor. He served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 6 February 2003 until 7 June 2018, and was president of the court from 2009 to 2012. He is the father of Empress Masako and the father-in-law of the reigning Emperor of Japan, Naruhito.