Peter Tomka

Peter Tomka (born 1 June 1956) is a Slovak judge of the International Court of Justice. Prior to his election to the ICJ in 2003, Tomka was a Slovak diplomat.

Early life and education Tomka was born in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. which was presided over by ICJ President Rosalyn Higgins and in 2007 Tomka has been Member of the ICSID ad hoc Committee in the case of Malaysian Historical Salvors v. Government of Malaysia, which also comprises ICJ s Stephen M. Schwebel (President) and Mohamed Shahabuddeen. In 2009, Tomka was also on the ad hoc Committee in the MCI Power Group v. Republic of Ecuador Annulment Decision.

The judges of the ICJ elected Tomka as their vice-president on 6 February 2009.

In 2011 Tomka was re-elected to a second nine-year term on the ICJ by the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. In 2020 he was re-elected to a third nine-year term on the ICJ.

In February 2012 Tomka was elected president of the court for a three-year term from 6 February 2012 until 2015.