Prof. Phillipe Couvreur is the Registrar of the International Court of Justice since 10 February 2000; he was re‑elected for a term of seven years as from 8 February 2007.
Prior to this he served as Special assistant in the offices of the Registrar and Deputy‑Registrar (1982‑1986), and as Secretary of the Court (1986‑1994), First Secretary of the Court (1994‑1995), and Principal Legal Secretary of the Court (Head of the Department of LegalMatters) (1995‑2000).
He also taught in various institutions. Since1997, he is Guest senior lecturer in public international law at the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Louvain.
He is the author of numerous publications related to public international law and the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Prof. Couvreur is a Corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and member of various other learned societies. He speaks French, English, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.
