Erdenebalsuren Damdin

Erdenebalsuren Damdin (born 7 August 1967 ) is a Mongolian judge specialising in criminal law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law. On 11 March 2024 he started a nine-year term as a judge of the International Criminal Court.

Criminal lawyer Starting in the 1990s, Damdin was a defence lawyer, a prosecutor, and a judge in criminal law, representing the accused, victims and witnesses. As a prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases of rape, torture, extrajudicial execution, sexual violence, human trafficking, abductions and terrorism.

Damdin was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mongolia from 2012 through to 2024.

US Sanctions On 18 December, 2025, The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and The Department of State imposed personal sanctions against judge Damdin for engaging "in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent" after he had voted in a majority to dismiss an appeal brought by Israel against arrest warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant.