He is currently a professor and Head of the Public Law Department at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Law (Türkiye). He received his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences and subsequently a master's degree in International Law from Sheffield University (the UK)), and a doctoral degree in International Law from the University of Bristol (the UK). His field of expertise are international maritime law, international law of armed conflicts and international human rights law. He published many academic articles in qualified academic journals. He is also the author of the published books “The Aegean Maritime Disputes and International Law”, “The Crime of Aggression in International Law”.

Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2011; Vice-President 2017-2020; President of the Chamber for Marine Environment Disputes since October 2020

Born: Sliema, Malta, 29 March 1953.

Education: Diploma of Notary Public, University of Malta (1977); Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), University of Malta (1978); Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.), University of Oxford (1986).

Professional Qualifications: Advocate, Malta; Barrister-at-Law, Middle Temple, London.

Professional Experience: Teaching law of the sea (1987–present); Associate Professor, Department of Public Law, University of Malta (1986); Full and Founding Professor of Public International Law, University of Malta (1988–2011); UNEP Chair of Environmental Diplomacy, Mediterranean  Academy of Diplomatic Studies (1990); Director, IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta (1992–2022); Visiting Professor of International Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (1994); Senior Visiting Lecturer, College of Foreign Affairs, Beijing (1995); Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford (1998-–1999); Fulbright Scholar, Yale Law School (2000); Visiting Professor, University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) (2007).

Public Office: Retained by numerous Governments to advise on international legal matters, in particular the international law regulating exploration and exploitation of marine resources; led numerous teams in negotiations to delimit single maritime boundaries, continental shelf/exclusive economic zone boundaries and fishing zone boundaries. Member of and Consultant to the Maltese Delegation to the International Maritime Organization General Assembly (1986); Head of the Maltese Delegation to the UN Preparatory Commission on Deep Sea Mining and the Law of the Sea Tribunal, New York (1987); Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the UN Secretary-General, New York (1987); Adviser to the Maltese Delegation to the 43^rd Session of the UN General Assembly, New York (1988); Representative of Malta at the 2^nd Committee (Economic) of the UN General Assembly, New York (1988); Principal Delegate to the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva (1988); Personal Representative of the Maltese Prime Minister to the Heads of States and Governments Meeting on the Global Atmosphere, The Hague (1989); Head of the Maltese Delegation to the UNEP Governing Council, Nairobi (1989); Member of Maltese Delegation to the IMO Diplomatic Conference on the Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response Convention, London (1990); Adviser to the President of the UN General Assembly, New York (1990); Adviser to the Maltese Delegation to the CSCE meeting on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Valletta (1991); Head of the Maltese Delegation to the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Framework Convention on Climate Change, Washington, D.C./Geneva/ Nairobi (1991); Chancellor of the University of Malta (2011).

Member: Board of Governors, IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta (1989); UNEP/WMO Working Group on the Drafting of an International Convention on Climate, Geneva (1989); Council of Europe Group of Experts on Public International Law, Strasbourg (1989); World Academy of Art and Science, Sweden (1990);  Board of Advisers, Climate Institute, Washington, D.C. (1990); Chairman, UNITAR Working Group on Environmental Diplomacy, Geneva (1991); Steering Committee for Human Rights, Strasburg (2000); Titular Member, Comité maritime international (2001); Honorary Member, Comité maritime international, Slovenia (2002); Member and Member of Specialized Panel of Arbitrators, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague  (2004–present); European Union Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Brussels (2005).

Publications: Numerous articles on international law and in particular law of the sea. The Exclusive Economic Zone in International Law, Clarendon Press, University of Oxford (awarded the Paul Guggenheim (International Law) Prize, Geneva, 1987); General Editor, IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law (3 volumes), Oxford University Press; General Editor and Academic Coordinator of the IMLI Treatise on Global Ocean Governance (3 Volumes).  

Distinctions: Lega Navale “Dioscuri Prize”, Catania, Italy (1998); Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris (2004); Official, National Order of Merit, Malta (2007); Encomienda de Número de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, Spain (2009); Order of Merit, Italian Republic (2010); International Maritime Prize of the International Maritime Organization (2022).

Eirik Bjorge is Professor of Law at the University of Bristol Law School and Senior Global Research Fellow 2022–23 at NYU School of Law. His teaching and scholarly publications are in the field of public international law. He is the author of The Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties and the co-author of the chapters on the law of treaties in the forthcoming 10th edition of Oppenheim’s International Law. He advises States on questions of international law, including maritime delimitation and sovereignty issues, and appears before international courts and tribunals, such as the International Court of Justice, investment tribunals, and the European Court of Human Rights.

Dr. Virginie Tassin Campanella is Attorney at Law (Paris & Zürich Bar), Dr. in Law from Melbourne & Sorbonne Universities and Founder & Director of the Law Firm VTA Tassin (Paris, Geneva & Zürich) delivering services in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance to governments, organizations and the private sector. The firm is currently particularly active in Europe, Indian Ocean and Asia Pacific.

She is a Member of the Scientific Council of the Economic Law of the Sea Institute of Monaco (INDEMER), International Counsel of the Brazilian Law of the Sea Institute (IBDMAR), member of the IUCN World Ocean Group, expert for the IUCN French Overseas Territories and expert for the World Bank. She has been teaching and invited as a guest professor in various fora: Sciences Po Paris, HEC Paris, Lille University, Nanterre University, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Escola Superior Dom Helder Camara. Former ITLOS Associate Legal Officer, Dr. Tassin Campanella worked for law firms, think tanks, international and regional organizations and the private sectors in Vietnam, Australia, China, Germany, France and Switzerland. 

Dr. Tassin Campanella is an award-winning law of the sea scholar (INDEMER 2011 and Brazil ESDHC 2016). She is regularly publishing in French and English and invited in law of the sea and ocean conferences around the world. She is currently preparing her third book “ Seabed Mining & the Law of the Sea”, co-edited with Robert Makgill (Routledge, 2022).

Prof. Delfour holds a PhD in Public Law from Paris-Sorbonne University, an Advanced Master in Environmental Law from Paris- Sorbonne University and a Master of Political Sciences from Paris-Assas University. Since 2012, she has been Deputy Director of the Sea and Littoral Research Institute and, since 2020, Deputy Director of the Maritime and Oceanic Law Center. She is also a member of different learned societies such as the French Society of Environmental Law or the Ocean Law Specialist Group of IUCN. Since 2010, she has been the author of numerous scientific publications dealing with the protection of the marine environment, and fisheries law and has participated to more than forty conferences both national and international.

Prof.Dr. İsmail DEMİR is a highly accomplished professional with an extensive educational background and notable contributions in the field of maritime law. Prof. Dr. Demir pursued his legal education at Ankara University Faculty of Law, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree.
Driven by a passion for academic research, Prof. Dr. Demir continued his studies at Gazi University, where he joined the Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Labor and Social Security Law, from 1994 to 1997 and completed his Master's degree in the field of "Invalidity of Collective Labor Agreements". Later, in 2010, Subsequently, he pursued his studies at Ankara University's Institute of Social Sciences, specialising in Maritime Law within the Department of Private Law, from 2004 to 2009 and delved deeper into the realm of maritime law and successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Salvage within the Framework of the London Convention."
Throughout his academic journey, Prof. Dr. Demir demonstrated a commitment to continuous learning and specialisation. Additionally, he worked as a First Legal Advisor at the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Maritime Affairs from 2003 to 2011. In recognition of his expertise and dedication, Dr. Demir was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Maritime Law in 2012. His invaluable contributions and scholarly achievements led to his promotion as an Associate Professor in the same department in 2014, a position he continue to hold to this day. Since 2020, Dr. Demir has been an esteemed member of the Board of Directors at the National Centre for the Sea and Maritime. In 2023, he assumed the prestigious role of Lead Researcher within the organisation, further solidifying his reputation as a prominent figure in the field.

Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2014; Vice-President of the Tribunal since October 2020; President of the Chamber for Fisheries Disputes 2017-2020; Member of the Special Chamber formed to deal with the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives)

Born: Reykjavik, Iceland, 10 August 1962.

Education: Cand. jur. (B.A. and LL.M.), Faculty of Law, University of Iceland (1982–1988); summer course in public international law, Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands (1988); courses in public international law, European Community law, competition law and intellectual property law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1992–1993); summer course in European Community law, the law of human rights in Europe, and law and society, Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy (1993); Certificate in European Studies (European Community law, public international law), Europe Institute, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany (1993–1994).

Professional Experience: Attorney at Law, Law Firm of Thorolfur Kristjan Beck, Fridjon Orn Fridjonsson and Tomas Heidar, Reykjavik (1988–1992); Secretary, National Commission on High Seas Fisheries (1994–1995); UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (1994–1995); negotiations with Norway and Russia on Barents Sea cod fisheries (1994–1999); Deputy Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1996); Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1996-2014); Head of Delegation: negotiations with Denmark/Greenland on the delimitation of the maritime area between Iceland and Greenland (1996–1997), Preparatory Commission for the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1996–1998), negotiations with Denmark/Faroe Islands on the delimitation of the maritime area between Iceland and the Faroe Islands (1996–2007), Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (1997), Meetings of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1997–2014), informal consultations for the negotiation of General Assembly resolutions on Oceans and the Law of the Sea and Sustainable Fisheries (1997–2013), UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (1998), meetings of the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (2000–2007), consultations with the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark/Faroe Islands on the continental shelf in the Hatton Rockall area (2001–2014), Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (2002–2004), informal consultations of States Parties to the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement (2002–2014), negotiations with Norway and Denmark/Faroe Islands on the delimitation of the continental shelf between Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands (2006), Review Conference of the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement (2006, 2010), meetings of the Ad-Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (2006–2014), negotiations of the FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas (2008), negotiations of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (2008–2009), coastal States negotiations on mackerel fisheries in the North-East Atlantic (2010–2012), negotiations with Denmark/Greenland on the delimitation of the continental shelf between Greenland and Iceland (2012–2013), meetings with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and its Subcommission established to consider the submission of Iceland (2013–2014); coastal States negotiations on Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries in the North-East Atlantic (1996–2000); meetings, Legal Advisers of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Nordic countries (1996–2014); meetings, Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the member States of the Council of Europe (1996–2013); Third to Fifth sessions, Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997–1999); annual meetings, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (1997–2002); annual meetings, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (1997–2002); general debate of the UN General Assembly on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (1997–2013); annual meetings, OSPAR Commission (the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic) (1997–2012); Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly (1997–2013); Informal Meetings of Legal Advisers at the UN (1997–2013); Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland (1998–present); Chairman, National Commission on Continental Shelf Limits (2000–2014); FAO Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem (2001); Annual Meetings, International Whaling Commission (2001–2003, Head of Delegation 2009–2011); Director, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland (2002–present); Co-Director and Lecturer, Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy (2003–present); Meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (2007); Chief Negotiator of Iceland on mackerel fisheries (2009–2012); Commissioner of Iceland, International Whaling Commission (2009–2012); Vice-Chairman, Negotiations Committee on Fisheries relating to the accession negotiations of Iceland with the European Union (2009–2013); various meetings with the European Union on fisheries in preparation for accession negotiations (2010–2011); guest lecturer at various universities; Ambassador (2014); Conciliator under Annex V to the Convention (2014–present); Arbitrator under Annex VII to the Convention (2014–present).

Member: National group for the purpose of nominating candidates for election to international courts and tribunals (1996–present); Editorial Board of the Nordic Journal of International Law (2000–present); Board of Leifur Eiriksson Moot Court Club (for the participation of Icelandic law students in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition) (2001–present); Editorial Board of the Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law (2010–present); Board of the Polar Law Institute, University of Akureyri (2010–present); Advisory Board of the Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland (2013–present); Honorary Senior Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) (2022-present).

Publications and Lectures Author of numerous writings and publications, including: Friðhelgi ríkja og eigna þeirra gagnvart lögsögu dómstóla annarra ríkja (Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property) (in Icelandic), University of Iceland, 1988; Richterliche Rechtsfortbildung im Europäischen Gemeinschaftsrecht (Lawmaking of Courts in European Community Law) (in German), Europa Institut, 1994; “Lausn deilna við nágrannaríkin á sviði fiskveiða og hafréttar” (“Settlement of Fisheries and Maritime Delimitation Disputes with Neighbouring Countries”) (in Icelandic), in: Sjávarsýn, Njördur, Iceland, 1999; “Réttarstaða landgrunnsins, réttur strandríkja til landgrunns og afmörkun íslenska landgrunnsins” (“Legal Status of the Continental Shelf and Delineation of the Icelandic Continental Shelf”) (in Icelandic), in: Líndæla, Liber Amicorum Sigurður Líndal, Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, Iceland, 2001; “Legal Aspects of Continental Shelf Limits”, in: Legal and Scientific Aspects of Continental Shelf Limits, Martinus Nijhoff, 2004; Legal and Scientific Aspects of Continental Shelf Limits (co-ed.), Martinus Nijhoff, 2004; “Emerging UN Law of the Sea Issues”, in: Recent Developments in the Law of the Sea and China, Martinus Nijhoff, 2006; Þorskastríðin þrjú – saga landhelgismálsins 1948-1976 (The Three Cod Wars – the History of the Fisheries Zone Dispute 1948-1976) (in Icelandic) (ed.), Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland, 2006; Law, Science and Ocean Management (co-ed.), Martinus Nijhoff, 2007; Havets nye grænser (The New Ocean Boundaries) (in Danish), Rotary Norden, 2008; “The Legal Regime of the Arctic Ocean“, in: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (ZaöRV), Heidelberg Journal of International Law, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 2009, and in: New Chances and New Responsibilities in the Arctic Region, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2010; Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea (co-ed.), Martinus Nijhoff, 2010; “Delimitation of the Continental Shelf and Determination of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles in Areas of Overlapping Claims: The Nordic Model”, in: Peaceful Order in the World´s Oceans, Essays in Honor of Satya N. Nandan, Brill Nijhoff, 2014; “The Legal Framework for High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean”, in International Maritime Economy: Law and Policy, Brill Nijhoff, 2017; “Foreword: The Rule of Law of the Sea”, in Natural Resources and the Law of the Sea: Exploration, Allocation, Exploitation of Natural Resources in Areas under National Jurisdiction and Beyond, International Law Institute, 2017; “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction: A Third Implementing Agreement under the Law of the Sea Convention?”, in Liber Amicorum Guðmundur Eiríksson, University for Peace and O.P. Jindal Global University, 2017; “Introduction”, in Guide to the Navigation of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (in English, French and Portuguese), Editora D’Plácido, 2018; Maritime Challenges in Asia (ed.), Korea Maritime Institute, 2020; New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea (ed.), Brill Nijhoff, 2020; “Introduction: How Does the Law of the Sea Adapt to New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances”, in New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea, Brill Nijhoff, 2020; "The Contribution of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to the Protection of the Marine Environment", in The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2021; "Common Heritage of Mankind" (with Fernanda Millicay), in Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Numerous lectures, including, most recently: University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, Reykjavík, February – March 2022; Queen Mary University of London, School of Law, February – April 2022; 45th Annual Conference on Oceans Law & Policy: Kuala Lumpur, March 2022; Conference, UNCLOS at 40: An Assessment, Singapore, March 2022; Ankara University, Faculty of Law, April 2022; GMU Academy on Oceans Law and Policy, Gujarat Maritime University, May 2022; IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Msida, May 2022; 10th International Conference of Maritime Law, Athens, May 2022; Volterra Fietta Webinar on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS, London, June 2022; Conference on Persistent and Emerging Challenges in International Fisheries Law, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, June 2022; British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), London, June and December 2022; Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, 25th Session, July 2022; Kadir Has International Law of the Sea Academy, Istanbul, July 2022; Brazilian XVIII International Law Winter Program, Belo Horizonte, July 2022; IFLOS Summer Academy, Hamburg, August 2022; Short Course on the Law of the Sea for the General Public, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland, Reykjavík, October 2022; London Conference on International Law 2022, October 2022; Event to Commemorate the Fortieth Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), International Maritime Organization, London, November 2022; International Workshop, Dynamics of the Constitution for the Oceans: UNCLOS at 40, University of Hamburg, December 2022.

Distinctions: Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland.

Erik Franckx is full-time research professor, President of Center for International Law, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B.).  He is currently serving as the President of the Belgian Society of International Law since 2017. He holds moreover teaching assignments at Vesalius College (V.U.B.); Université Libre de Bruxelles; Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent); Institute of European Studies (V.U.B.); Université Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the University of Akureyri, Iceland. He is appointed by Belgium as:  Expert in marine scientific research for use in special arbitration under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (2004 – ); expert in maritime boundary delimitation to the International Hydrographic Organization (2005 - ); member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2006 - ); arbitrator under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (2014 - ); and member of the national Commission for the Reform of Private and Public Maritime Law (2012 - ). He has taught more than 20 short courses since 1992 in the following countries: China, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Vietnam. He was an invited speaker at more than 70 international conferences during the period 2006-2018 in the following countries: Canada, Chili, China, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South-Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam. He served as a consultant to governments (foreign as well as the three levels of the Belgian state structure, i.e. the federal, regional and community level), international, supra national and non-governmental organizations. He was recently legal counsel on behalf of the Netherlands in the Arctic Sunrise Arbitration against the Russian Federation (2013 - 2017). He has published widely, with a special interest in the law of the sea (for a complete list, see http://www.vub.ac.be/people/erik-franckx). As a former student of Prof. Louis B. Sohn at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA, where he obtained an LL.M., he was privileged to be invited to update the second editions of the two major publications by the hand of this author with respect to the law of the sea, namely Louis B. Sohn, John E. Noyes, Erik Franckx and Kristen Gustafson Juras, Cases and Materials on the Law of the Sea, Leiden, Brill, 2014, 1006 pp. and Kristen Gustafson Juras, John E. Noyes and Erik Franckx, Law of the Sea in a Nutshell, St. Paul, Minnesota, West Publishing Company, 2010, of which is a third edition is being prepared at present.

Education:
Istanbul University Faculty of Law
Saint Joseph French High School

Membership:
Istanbul Bar Assoiation
Special Agent of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Istanbul Arbitration Association ISTA - Board Member

Work Experience:
AKT Law Firm (Partner 2000-)
Somay Law Firm (1999-2000)
Metin, Ertan & Oran Law Offices (1994-1997)
Dinar Law Offices (1991-1994)

Publications And Contributions:
CIArb - LMAA
Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration - Tutor (2023)
Hukuk Akademisi - ISTA Istanbul Arbitration Association
Webinar: Arbitration Agenda - Moderator (2020)
Legal 500 - ISTA Istanbul Arbitration Association
Turkey Disputes Summit 2019 - Speaker (2019)

Languages:
Turkish, French, English

Expertise:
Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Maritime and Transportation, Corporate, Arbitration

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Kenney has served as the Chair of the Secretary-General’s Seafarers Crisis Action Team.  In July and August 2022, Mr. Kenney served as the UN Interim Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative and as Senior UN Representative to its Joint Coordination Centre. 

 Prior to joining the Secretariat of IMO, Mr. Kenney served as the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the United States Coast Guard, attaining the rank of Rear Admiral.  Previously, he served as the Chief of the Coast Guard’s Office of Maritime and International Law and as a judge on the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals. He served at sea for more than 5 years, including service on a polar icebreaker and extensive service conducting tactical law enforcement operations. 

 Mr. Kenney holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law.  He has written and lectured widely, including as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, the World Maritime University and the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies.

Khanssa Lagdami is an experienced educator and advisor in maritime law and policy. She is the ITF Seafarers Trust Chair Assistant Professor of Maritime Labour Law and Policy at the World Maritime University (WMU), established by the International Maritime Organisation. Dr. Lagdami is also the academic coordinator of the Maritime Welfare (Mari-Wel) program at WMU, a professional development program that delivers a comprehensive overview of topics and issues related to seafarers' welfare, bringing together world-leading experts on seafarer rights, maritime regulations, and welfare issues. Dr. Lagdami strengths lie in maritime labour law, human rights at sea, maritime security, and the future of work in the maritime sector. 

Her research and academic interests involve project creation, project management, capacity building, and training. Dr Lagdami is a lead member in significant research and capacity-building projects at WMU. Dr Khanssa Lagdami earned her doctorate in maritime law from the University of Nantes in France. Her multidisciplinary profile also holds an M.Sc. in Maritime Affairs Management and an LL.M in International Comparative Law from the University of Perpignan in France.

Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2017

Born: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2 October 1960.

Education: History studies, University of Amsterdam (1984-1986); Master’s Degree (International Law), University of Amsterdam (1979-1985); research training course (international and European law), T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague (1986); Master’s Degree (Dutch law), University of Amsterdam (1988); Ph.D. dissertation, Limburg University (now: Maastricht University) (1994).

Professional Experience: 

Lecturer, Limburg University, Maastricht (1986-1994); Assistant Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands (1994-1999), Deputy Head, International Law Division (1999-2006); Legal Adviser and Head of the International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands (2006-2017); Endowed Professor (part-time), Practice of International Law, University of Maastricht (2011-present).

Participation in many negotiations, amongst others: UN Agreement on Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (1994-1995), Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (1996-1998), ISA Code on prospecting and exploration for poly-metallic nodules (1997-2000), UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (1998-2001);​ maritime boundary negotiations, Germany/Netherlands (1998-2014), Saint Kitts and Nevis/Netherlands (2012-2014), France/Netherlands (2004-2015), UNESCO 2nd Protocol to Hague Convention for Protection of Cultural Property in event of armed conflict (1999), ISA Code on prospecting and exploration for poly-metallic sulphides (2001-2008), Amendments to the IMO Convention and Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) (2003-2005).

Chair, European Union Working Party on the Law of the Sea (COMAR) on behalf of Luxemburg and the Netherlands (1997, 2004-2005); President, Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (2000); Chair, Legal Working Group, International Commission for the International Tracing Service (2005-2006); President, Council of International Seabed Authority (2008); Chair, Strategic Study Group, International Commission for the International Tracing Service (2009-2010); Co-Chair, UN General Assembly Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (2010-2015); Vice-Chair, 31st International Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva (2011); Acting President, Administrative Council, Permanent Court of Arbitration (2011-2017).

Agent in various cases before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the US Supreme Court (2010-2013).

Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration (2008 - present); Conciliator under Annex V of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (2016-present); Arbitrator under Annex VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (2016-present).

Professionnal Experience:

- 1985 UN, Centre on Transnational Corporations: consultant;

            - 1992: FAO, Assistance to Fisheries Development Planning and Resources Management in Eritrea, Legal Adviser;

            - 1992: FAO, Study on “The Specific Problems of High Seas Fishing in the Mediterranean Sea”;

            - 1994: UNEP, RAC/SPA (Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas in the Mediterranean), Development of Environmental Legislation Concerning Protected Areas in Malta, Consultant;

            - 1998: UNEP, RAC/SPA, Development of Environmental Legislation Concerning Protected Areas in Slovenia, Consultant;

            - 1999: UNEP, RAC/SPA, Development of Environmental Legislation Concerning Protected Areas in Croatia, Consultant;

            - 2002: UNEP, RAC/SPA, Development of Environmental Legislation Concerning Protected Areas in Lebanon, Consultant;

            - 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013: Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, Meetings of the Parties, Legal Expert;

            - 2002-05: UNEP, RAC/PAP (Regional Activity Centre for Priority Action Programme), Expert Meetings on a Protocol for Integrated Coastal Area Management in the Mediterranean, Legal Expert;

            - 2006-09: UNEP, MAP, Meetings on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from the Pollution of the Marine Environment in the Mediterranean, Legal Expert;

            - 2008: FAO, Report on “Comparison of Global Governance Processes, Basic Organizational Governance of Selected Peer Agencies”;

            - 2009: UNESCO, Study on “Ethical Principles and Legal Rules in the Field of Return of Cultural Properties”;

            - 2011: UNEP, RAC/SPA, Study on the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas beyond National Jurisdiction in the Mediterranean Sea;

            - 2012: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, Study on “The International Legal Framework Applicable to Fisheries in Black and Mediterranean Seas”

            - 2012 European Commission, Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument, Mission in Israel on Legal Framework for Marine Pollution: expert

            - 2014-15 European Council Working Group on the Law of the Sea: chairman

           

 

Activities for non-governmental organizations:  

             - 1988, American Society for International Law, Maritime Boundaries Project, expert for the Mediterranean and Black Seas;

              - 1994, International Juridical Organization for Environment and Development, Negotiations on the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and its Subsoil, legal expert

              - 1996, Agriconsulting s.p.a., Study on “Legal and Institutional Framework for Environmental Management in Six Latin American Countries”, legal adviser

              - 2002-02, Institute of Constitutional Research, University of Athens, Study on “Maritime Delimitations Involving Islands and Maritime Delimitation Treaties Concluded in the Mediterranean”                                                     

            - 2009, Agreco G.E.I.E., Study for the European Commission on “The Current Status of Ratification, Implementation and Compliance with Maritime Conventions in the Mediterranean Region”, expert

                                                                   

Publications:

- Scovazzi, Gli accordi bilaterali sulla pesca, Milano, 1977;

            - Leita & Scovazzi (eds.), Il regime della pesca nella Comunità Economica Europea, Milano, 1979;

            - Scovazzi, La pesca nell'evoluzione del diritto del mare,  Milano, Part I 1979, Part II 1984;

            - Giuliano, Scovazzi & Treves, Diritto internazionale, Milano, vol I, 1983 (2nd ed.), 1991 (3rd ed.); vol. II, 1983;

            - Scovazzi, La linea di base del mare territoriale, Milano, 1986;

            - Francioni & Scovazzi (eds.), International Law for Antarctica, Milano, 1987;

            - Ferrari & Scovazzi (eds.), La tutela della libertà di religione, Padova, 1988;

            - Francioni & Scovazzi (eds.), International Responsibility for Environmental Harm, London, 1991;

            - Scovazzi & Treves (eds.), World Treaties for the Protection of the Environment, Milano, 1992;

            - Reports for Mediterranean Maritime Boundaries, in Charney & al., International Maritime Boundaries, II, 1993; III, 1998; IV, 2002; V, 2006; VI, 2011;

            - Scovazzi, Esercitazioni di diritto internazionale, Milano,  1994;

            - Francalanci & Scovazzi (eds.), Lines in the Sea, Dordrecht, 1994;

            - Scovazzi, Elementos de derecho internacional del mar (edición española a cargo de Bou Franch), Madrid, 1995;

            - Maffei, Pineschi, Scovazzi & Treves (eds.), Participation in World Treaties on the Protection of the Environment - A Collection of Data, London, 1996;

            - Francioni & Scovazzi (eds.), International Law for Antarctica, 2nd ed., The Hague, 1996;

            - Scovazzi, Assab, Massaua, Uccialli, Adua - Gli strumenti giuridici del primo colonialismo italiano, Torino, 2nd ed. 1998;

            - Conetti, Migliorino & Scovazzi, Testi di base per lo studio del diritto internazionale, Milano, 1998; II ed. 2001; III ed., 2006;

            - Scovazzi, Marine Specially Protected Areas - The General Aspects and the Mediterranean Regional System, The Hague, 1999;

            - Scovazzi, Corso di diritto internazionale - Parte I: Caratteri generali ed evoluzione della comunità internazionale, Milano, 2000;

            - Scovazzi, The Evolution of International Law of the Sea: New Issues, New Challenges, Hague Academy of International Law, Recueil des Cours, vol. 286, 2000;

            - Scovazzi (ed.), The Protection of the Environment in a Context of Regional Economic Integration - The Case of the European Community, the MERCOSUR and the NAFTA, Milano, 2001;

            - Camarda & Scovazzi (eds.), The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - Legal Aspects, Milano, 2002;

            - Scovazzi, Elementi di diritto internazionale del mare, 3rd ed., Milano, 2002;      

            - Garabello & Scovazzi (eds.), The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - Before and after the 2001 UNESCO Convention, Leiden, 2003;

            - Scovazzi (ed.), La protezione del patrimonio culturale sottomarino nel Mare Mediterraneo, Milano, 2004;

            - Calvetti & Scovazzi (eds.), Dal Tribunale per la ex-Iugoslavia alla Corte Penale Internazionale, Milano, 2004;

            - Maritime Delimitations in the Mediterranean Sea, Cursos Euromediterraneos Bancaja de Derecho Internacional, 2004-2005;

            - Juste Ruiz & Scovazzi (eds.), La práctica internacional en materia de responsabilidad por accidentes industriales catastróficos, Valencia, 2005;

            - Scovazzi (ed.), Corso di diritto internazionale, Parte II: Trattati, norme generali, adattamento, Milano, 2006;

            - Papanicolopulu & Scovazzi (ed.), Quale diritto nei conflitti armati?, Milano, 2006;

            - Francioni & Scovazzi (eds.), Biotechnology and International Law, Oxford, 2006;

            - Acquaviva & Scovazzi (eds.), Il dominio di Venezia sul Mare Adriatico nelle opere di Paolo Sarpi e Giulio Pace, Milano, 2007;

            - Citroni & Scovazzi, The Struggle against Enforced Disappearance and the 2007 United Nations Convention, Leiden, 2007;

            - Papanicolopulu & Scovazzi (eds.), Conflitti armati e situazioni di emergenza: la risposta del diritto internazionale, Milano, 2007;

            - Calvetti & Scovazzi (eds.), Il Tribunale per la ex-Iugoslavia: l’attività svolta e il suo prossimo scioglimento, Milano, 2007;

            - Nafziger & Scovazzi (eds.), Le patrimoine culturel de l’humanité – The Cultural Heritage of Mankind, Leiden, 2008;

            - Francioni, Gestri, Ronzitti & Scovazzi (eds.), Accesso alla giustizia dell’individuo nel diritto internazionale e dell’Unione Europea, Milano, 2008;

            - Scovazzi, Papanicolopulu & Urbinati (eds.), I diritti umani di fronte al giudice internazionale, Milano, 2009;

            - Camarda, Corrieri & Scovazzi, La formazione del diritto marittimo nella prospettiva storica, Milano, 2010;

            - Cutillo, Faugno & Scovazzi (eds.), La responsabilità sociale d’impresa in tema di diritti umani e protezione dell’ambiente – Il caso dell’India, Milano, 2012;

            - Scovazzi, Ubertazzi & Zagato (eds.), Il patrimonio culturale intangibile nelle sue diverse dimensioni, Milano, 2012;

            - Annati & Scovazzi (eds.), Diritto internazionale e bombardamenti aerei, Milano, 2012;

            - Citroni & Scovazzi, Corso di diritto internazionale – Parte III: La tutela internazionale dei diritti umani, Milano, 2013;

            - Boschiero, Scovazzi, Pitea & Ragni (eds.), International Courts and the Development of International Law – Essays in Honour of Tullio Treves, The Hague, 2013;

            - Scovazzi (ed.), Corso di diritto internazionale - Parte I, 2nd ed.:Caratteri fondamentali ed evoluzione storica del diritto internazionale, Milano, 2014;

            - Scovazzi (ed.), La restituzione dei beni culturali rimossi con particolare riguardo alla pratica italiana, Milano, 2014;

            - Cutillo, Novak & Scovazzi (eds.), La responsabilità sociale d’impresa in tema di diritti umani e protezione dell’ambiente – Il caso del Perù, Milano, 2014;

            - Westra, Juss & Scovazzi (eds.), Towards a Refugee Oriented Right of Asylum, Farnham, 2015;

            - Antonucci, Papanicolopulu & Scovazzi (eds.), L’immigrazione irregolare via mare nella giurisprudenza italiana e nell’esperienza europea, Torino, 2016.                                 

            

 

Doğum yeri ve tarihi: Londra 1965

Eğitim:

-          ABD George Mason Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler ve İktisat Bölümü (Lisans)

-          ABD Johns Hopkins Üniversitesi Uluslararası Hukuk Bölümü (Yüksek lisans)

 

Bildiği yabancı dil: İngilizce

 

Diplomatik kariyer:

 

-          1985               Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ekonomik Daire'de Aday Meslek Memuru

-          1986               Askerlik görevi

-          1987               Bakan Özel Kalem Müdürlüğü'nde Ataşe

-          1989               Londra Büyükelçiliğinde Ataşe, Üçüncü Katip ve İkinci Katip

-          1992               Bingazi Başkonsolosluğu'nda Muavin Konsolos

-          1994               Müsteşar Özel Müşavirliği'nde İkinci Katip, Başkatip

-          1996               BM Nezdinde Türkiye Daimi Temsilciliğinde Başkatip, Müsteşar

-          2000               Denizcilik Dairesi'nde Şube Müdürü, Daire Başkanı

-          2003               Vaşington Büyükelçiliği'nde Müsteşar, Birinci Müsteşar

-          2007               Avrupa Birliği Siyasi İşler Dairesi'nde Daire Başkanı

-          2008               Dışişleri Bakanlığı Sözcüsü

-          2010               Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Zagreb Büyükelçisi

-          2015               İkili Siyasi İşler ve Denizcilik-Havacılık-Hudut Genel Müdürü

-          2018               Müsteşar Yardımcısı V.

-          2018                Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Atina Büyükelçisi

-          2023                İkili Siyasi İşler ve Denizcilik-Havacılık-Hudut Genel Müdürü

 

Özel Nişan ve Ödüller:

-          Hırvatistan “Branimir” Devlet Nişanı

Medeni Durum:

-          Evli, iki kız çocuklu

Suzette V. Suarez is Professor of Maritime Law and Course Director of the International Study Program Shipping and Chartering at the Hochschule Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany.  Previously, she served as Acting Professor for the Law of the Sea at the University of Hamburg.  Prior to embarking on a career in academia, she worked as an associate legal officer at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. Prof. Suarez also served as legal adviser to the Philippine Government on public international law and law of the sea issues. She is the author of publications on, among others, maritime delimitation and territorial disputes, outer limits of the continental shelf, and offshore renewable energy. She is an Attorney admitted to the Philippine Bar and a Solicitor, England & Wales, UK.

George Theocharidis is a Professor of Maritime Law & Policy at World Maritime University.

He is a Member of the Piraeus Law Bar and a qualified advocate before Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) with extensive shipping litigation practice.

He is a Member of the IMO Roaster of Experts and a Member of the Working Group of its Legal Committee pertaining to “Measures to Prevent Unlawful Practices Associated with Fraudulent Registration and Fraudulent Registries of Ships”.

He has served as Ordinary Member of the Law Commission that recently revised the Code of Private Maritime Law of Greece and Joint Rapporteur of the International Working Group of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) on “Liability for the Wrongful Arrest of Ships”.

He is Supporting Member of the London Maritime Association of Arbitrators (LMAA) since 2004 and a Member of the Hellenic Maritime Law Association since 2000.

Professor Theocharidis has authored many books and articles in various fields of law (i.e. Carriage of Goods by Sea, Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Conflict of Laws, etc.), editorial board member of law journals and invited speaker in many international legal conferences.

He is holder of an LL.M. degree from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a Ph.D. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).

Joonkoo Yoo is a Professor of the Korea National Diplomat Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and concurrently serves the inviting professor of GSIS of Yonsei University. He has been a member of advisory committee of Ministry of Defence(MOD), Trade, Industry & Energy(MOTIE), and ministry of Science and ICT. He currently specializes in international law focusing on International Public Domains, cyberspace security, outerspace, and Artic issues and has served as a legal adviser for the cyber security UNGGE/OEWG, LAWS GGE, and SDWG. Professor Yoo has been teaching in Seoul National Univ. GSIS and Yonsei Univ. He served as Deputy Director of the Presidential Committee for the G20 Seoul Summit. Before teaching, Dr. Yoo was a legal adviser specializing in International Trade and Defence Acquisition with Aitken, Berlin & Brooman in Washington D.C..

Sir Michael is a member of the United Nations (UN) International Law Commission. He was the principal Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) between 1999 and 2006. During his 35 years as an FCO lawyer, Michael attended many international conferences, including the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. He spent three years at the UK Mission to the UN in New York, dealing chiefly with Security Council matters.

Since leaving the FCO in 2006, Sir Michael has acted for many governments in cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and inter-state arbitral tribunals. He has written extensively on public international law.

Some of the international law of the sea cases he acted as counsel are as follows:

• Agent for the United Kingdom in the MOX Plant case (Ireland v United Kingdom), Provisional Measures (2001).
• Counsel for Myanmar in Dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal (2009-2012).
• Counsel for the United Kingdom, Responsibilities and obligations of States sponsoring persons and entities with respect to activities in the International Seabed Area, Advisory Opinion, Seabed Disputes Chamber (2010-2011).
• Counsel for the United Kingdom, Sub-Regional Fisheries Organization, Advisory Opinion (2013-15).
• Counsel for Côte d’Ivoire, Maritime Delimitation (Ghana v Côte d’Ivoire), Special Chamber (2014-  ).
• Counsel for Italy, The Enrica Lexie Incident (Italy v India), Provisional Measures (2015).