Kenneth Keith, a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88.
Born in Auckland on 19 November 1937, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School and studied law at the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington, earning Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws degrees before continuing at Harvard Law School. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005 and served a nine-year term.
In 1961, he married Jocelyn Margaret Buckett, and they had four children.
Kenneth Keith, 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Court of Justice (2006–2015).