21st-century women judges

French politician

Greek judge, former caretaker Prime Minister of Greece

Spanish judge and politician, mayor of Madrid

Spanish judge and politician (born 1956)

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel

Ghanaian judge and politician

Ghanaian judge

Spanish judge and politician

Guatemalan judge

Chief Justice of Israel (1947–2022)

New Zealand judge, and 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand

Brazilian judge (1954)

Justice of the Lahore High Court

Attorney General of Botswana, gender activist, former high judge, human rights lawyer and author

Costa Rican politician and lawyer

Ghanaian judge and Chief Justice

Algerian legal expert

Estonian judge (born 1974)

17th Chief Justice of Canada

Polish law professor

De facto Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2012 to 2018

South Korean judge and politician

Secretary of Government of Mexico

Latvian judge (born 1952)

Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge

Chief Justice of The Turks and Caicos Islands

judge

Brazilian judge

lawyer and first female judge of Eswatini

chief Justice of Malaysia

Spanish university teacher

Brazilian judge

Brazilian magistrate

Kenyan judge

Kenyan judge

Ghanaian jurist and author

Chief Justice of Kenya

Chief Justice of the Philippines in 2018

Nigerian judge

Latvian judge (born 1970)

Judge in Guatemala (1975 - )

Argentine lawyer

Chilean judge

progressive Brazilian judge and the first woman to take the bench in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul

Sudanese judge

Central African lawyer, professor and jurist

Argentinian judge and lawyer

Spanish jurist

Polish judge, professor

Czech lawyer, judge and university teacher (born 1966)

Austrian jurist (born 1962)

Burundian politician

Judge at the European Court of Justice

Brazilian judge (1964-2011)

Burundian diplomat

7th Chief Justice of Zambia (1952–2021)

Nigerien politician

judge of the Supreme Court of Russia

Ethiopian politician

Spanish judge