Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez

Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez (born 3 April 1971) is a prominent jurist and international lawyer from Costa Rica, and a current judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He was previously a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and served as the ambassador of Costa Rica to the Netherlands.

Early life and education He was born in 1971 in Costa Rica. Between 1983 and 1987 he attended Liceo San Carlos. There, he also was involved in preparing the Costa Rican defense against Nicaragua in the case about the invasion of Calero island before the ICC. He has been a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration since 2005. Also between 2014 and 2018 he was the representative of Costa Rica before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godínez was also a contributor the newspaper La Nacion in Costa Rica. In March 2023, Russia initiated an investigation against the judges of the ICC Ugalde Godínez, Tomoko Akane and Rosario Salvatore Aitala after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against its president Vladimir Putin.