12 Facts About Kenneth Keith

Kenneth Keith was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005, serving a nine-year term during the years 2006 through 2015.

Kenneth Keith was a faculty member of Victoria University from 1962 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1991.

Kenneth Keith served in the New Zealand Department of External Affairs during the early 1960s, and as a member of the United Nations Secretariat from 1968 to 1970.

Kenneth Keith was a member of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System which was key in changing New Zealand's electoral system.

From 1996 to 2003, Kenneth Keith was a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand and was a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.

Kenneth Keith was one of the inaugural appointments to the new Supreme Court of New Zealand which replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as from 1 July 2004.

Kenneth Keith has sat as the chair of a North American Free Trade Agreement Tribunal.

In 1961, Kenneth Keith was admitted to the New Zealand Bar, and in 1994 appointed a Queen's Counsel.

In 1996 Kenneth Keith was appointed as a Judge of High Court of New Zealand and the Court of Appeal of New Zealand On 21 May 1998 Kenneth Keith was appointed to the Privy Council and in 2004 was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Kenneth Keith is the first New Zealander to be elected to the International Court of Justice, having previously presented as a member of the New Zealand legal team in the Nuclear Tests cases before the International Court of Justice in 1973,1974 and 1995.

Kenneth Keith recently served as a Judge ad hoc in two cases before the ICJ, appointed by Azerbaijan.

Kenneth Keith resigned from these positions on April 21,2023, and was replaced by Judge Abdul G Koroma.