International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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Judges from | 21 nations | |||
Leaders | ||||
• | President | Vladimir V. Golitsyn | ||
• | Vice President | Boualem Bouguetaia | ||
Establishment | ||||
• | UNCLOS adopted | 10 December 1982 | ||
• | UNCLOS in force | 16 November 1994 | ||
Website http://www.itlos.org |
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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an intergovernmental organization created by the mandate of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. It was established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on December 10, 1982. The Convention entered into force on November 16, 1994, and established an international framework for law over "all ocean space, its uses and resources". The tribunal is based in Hamburg, Germany. The Convention also established the International Seabed Authority, with responsibility for the regulation of seabed mining beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, that is beyond the limits of the territorial sea, the contiguous zone and the continental shelf. There are currently 167 signatories, 166 states plus the European Union.
Composition
According to its founding statute, the Tribunal has a set of 21 serving judges from a variety of states parties.
At the request of Chile and the European Union, the Tribunal set up a special chamber composed of 5 judges to deal with the Case concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of Swordfish Stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean (Chile/European Community).
By agreement of the parties Ghana and Ivory Coast, the Tribunal formed a special chamber composed of 5 judges to deal with the Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana/Côte d'Ivoire).
Current judges
Country | Name | Inauguration | President | Vice president |
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![]() | Boualem Bouguetaia | 2008 | 2014– | |
![]() | Elsa Kelly | 2011 | ||
![]() | José Luis Jesus | 1999 | 2008–2011 | |
![]() | Zhiguo Gao | 2008 | ||
![]() | Jean-Pierre Cot | 2002 | ||
![]() | Rüdiger Wolfrum | 1996 | 2005–2008 | 1996–1999 |
![]() | P. Chandrasekhara Rao | 1996 | 1999–2002 | |
![]() | Shunji Yanai | 2005 | 2011–2014 | |
![]() | Joseph Akl | 1996 | 2005–2008 | |
![]() | David Joseph Attard | 2011 | ||
![]() | Stanisław Pawlak | 2005 | ||
![]() | Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn | 2008 | 2014– | |
![]() | Tafsir Malick Ndiaye | 1996 | ||
![]() | Albert J.Hoffmann | 2005 | 2011–2014 | |
![]() | Jin-Hyun Paik | 2009 | ||
![]() | James L. Kateka | 2005 | ||
![]() | Anthony Amos Lucky | 2003 | ||
![]() | Markiyan Z. Kulyk | 2011 | ||
![]() | Alonso Gómez-Robledo Verduzco | 2014 | ||
![]() | Tomas Heidar | 2014 |
Former judges
Country | Name | Inauguration | Until |
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![]() | Hugo Caminos | 1996 | 2011 |
![]() | Alexander Yankov | 1996 | 2011 |
![]() | Edward Arthur Laing | 1996 | 2001 |
![]() | Paul Bamela Engo | 1996 | 2008 |
![]() | Guangjian Xu | 2001 | 2007 |
![]() | Lihai Zhao | 1996 | 2000 |
![]() | Budislav Vukas | 1996 | 2005 |
![]() | Thomas A. Mensah | 1996 | 2005 |
![]() | Gudmundur Eiriksson | 1996 | 2002 |
![]() | Tullio Treves | 1996 | 2011 |
![]() | Soji Yamamoto | 1996 | 2005 |
![]() | Choon-Ho Park | 1996 | 2008 |
![]() | Anatoly Lazarevich Kolodkin | 1996 | 2008 |
![]() | Joseph Sinde Warioba | 1996 | 2008 |
![]() | Lennox Fitzroy Ballah | 2002 | 2003 |
![]() | Mohamed Mouldi Marsit | 1996 | 2005 |
![]() | David Heywood Anderson | 1996 | 2005 |
![]() | Helmut Türk | 2005 | 2014 |
![]() | L. Dolliver M. Nelson | 1996 | 2014 |
![]() | Vicente Marotta Rangel | 1996 | 2015 |
![]() | Antonio Cachapuz de Medeiros | 2016 | 2016 |
Cases
No. | Name | Applicant | Respondent | Case began | Case ended | Disposition |
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1 | The M/V "Saiga" Case | ![]() |
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13 November 1997 | 4 December 1997 | Judgment on prompt release |
2 | The M/V "Saiga" (No. 2) Case | ![]() |
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13 January 1998 | 1 July 1999 | Judgment on merits |
3 | Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases | ![]() |
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30 July 1999 | 27 August 1999 | Order on provisional measures |
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5 | The "Camouco" Case | ![]() |
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17 January 2000 | 7 February 2000 | Judgment on prompt release |
6 | The "Monte Confurco" Case | ![]() |
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27 November 2000 | 18 December 2000 | Judgment on prompt release |
7 | Case concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of Swordfish Stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean | ![]() ![]() |
19 December 2000 | 16 December 2009 | Terminated at request of parties | |
8 | The "Grand Prince" Case | ![]() |
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21 March 2001 | 20 April 2001 | Judgment on prompt release |
9 | The "Chaisiri Reefer 2" Case | ![]() |
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3 July 2001 | 13 July 2001 | Terminated at request of parties |
10 | The MOX Plant Case | ![]() |
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9 November 2001 | 3 December 2001 | Order on provisional measures |
11 | The "Volga" Case | ![]() |
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2 December 2002 | 23 December 2002 | Judgment on prompt release |
12 | Case concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore in and Around the Straits of Johor | ![]() |
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5 September 2003 | 8 October 2003 | Order on provisional measures |
13 | The "Juno Trader" Case | ![]() |
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18 November 2004 | 18 December 2004 | Judgment on prompt release |
14 | The "Hoshinmaru" Case | ![]() |
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6 July 2007 | 6 August 2007 | Judgment on prompt release |
15 | The "Tomimaru" Case | ![]() |
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6 July 2007 | 6 August 2007 | Judgment on prompt release |
16 | Dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal | ![]() ![]() |
14 December 2009 | 14 March 2012 | Judgment on merits | |
17 | Responsibilities and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities with Respect to Activities in the Area | International Seabed Authority | 14 May 2010 | 1 February 2011 | Advisory opinion | |
18 | The M/V "Louisa" Case | ![]() |
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24 November 2010 | 28 May 2013 | Judgment on merits |
19 | The M/V "Virginia G" Case | ![]() ![]() |
4 July 2011 | 14 April 2014 | Judgment on merits | |
20 | The "ARA Libertad" Case | ![]() |
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14 November 2012 | 15 December 2012 | Order on provisional measures |
21 | Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) | Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission | 28 March 2013 | 2 April 2015 | Advisory opinion | |
22 | The "Arctic Sunrise" Case | ![]() |
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21 October 2013 | 22 November 2013 | Order on provisional measures |
23 | Dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean | ![]() ![]() |
3 December 2014 | Ongoing | ||
24 | The "Enrica Lexie" Incident | ![]() |
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21 July 2015 | 24 August 2015 | Order on provisional measures |
25 | The MV "Norstar" Case | ![]() |
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17 December 2015 | Ongoing | |
Notes
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. |
- Official ITLOS Site
- International Foundation for the Law of the Sea
- Privileges and Immunities, Berlin, 14 December 2004
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