Christopher Weeramantry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christopher Weeramantry

Sri Lankan judge

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1926

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2017

Profession: judge, lawyer, jurist, university teacher

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (17 November 1926 – 5 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000.
Weeramantry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972.
He was also served as an emeritus professor at Monash University and the president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.