Hans-Peter Kaul
| Hans-Peter Kaul | |
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| 2nd Vice-President of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 2009–2012 |
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| Preceded by | René Blattmann |
| Succeeded by | Cuno Tarfusser |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 11 March 2003 – 11 March 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 July 1943 Glashütte, Germany |
| Died | 21 July 2014 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Hans-Peter Kaul (25 July 1943 – 21 July 2014) was a German international law scholar and former diplomat and international judge. From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. At the ICC, Judge Kaul was President of the Pre-Trial Division from 2004 until March 2009 and again in 2014, and he was the Court's Vice-President from 2009 to 2012. In 2014, he resigned from the ICC for health reasons but his condition became worse and he died on 21 July 2014.
Kaul was born on 25 July 1943 in Glashütte, Saxony. He spent part of his childhood in Glashütte and Zwickau, Saxony, in East-Germany, then Soviet occupation zone. In 1952, he fled with his parents to West-Germany.
After his military duty from 1963 to 1967, reaching the rank of captain, he studied law at Heidelberg University, where he completed his First State Examination in 1971. He then attended the École Nationale d'Administration in Paris from 1972 to 1973. He passed his Second State Examination in Law (equivalent to admission to the bar) in Heidelberg in 1975.
Kaul joined the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law at Heidelberg from 1973 to 1975, as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Hermann Mosler (who later was from 1976 to 1985 Judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague). In 1974, Kaul attended the Academy of International Law in The Hague.
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