Wolfrum was a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea from 1996 to 2017, serving as president of the court from 2005 to 2008.
Passing his first state exam on 18 January 1969, he earned a PhD in International Law in 1973.
In 1996, he was appointed Justice at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; from 2005 to 2008 he has served as its president.
Besides his numerous offices, he has instructed the High Justices of Afghanistan and Sudan, and he has acted as a United Nations mediator in the Darfur conflict.
[1] Since January 2013 he is one of the managing directors of the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law.