Judge Hans-Peter KAUL (Germany), Second Vice-President

Judge as of 11 March 2003, for a term of three years and re-elected in 2006 for a further term of nine years. Second Vice-President of the Court as of 11 March 2009 for a term of three years. Assigned to the Pre-Trial Division. Elected from the Western European and Others Group of States (WEOG), list B.

Judge Kaul (1943) is qualified for the German Bar. In 2002, he was appointed Ambassador and Commissioner of the Federal Foreign Office for the International Criminal Court. From 1996 to 2003 he participated as head of the German delegation in the discussions and negotiation process of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Furthermore, in his capacity as Head of the Public International Law Division of the Federal Foreign Office (1996 - 2002), he was responsible, inter alia, for several cases involving Germany which were before the International Court of Justice. He has written extensively on the International Criminal Court and other fields of public international law.