Thirtieth Anniversary
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea held a commemorative ceremony on 25 September 2026 to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Tribunal on 18 October 1996. President Tomas Heidar opened the ceremony, welcoming 150 distinguished guests on this occasion. The President’s statement was followed by a video address by Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, statements by Dr Johannes Dimroth, Deputy State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, and Dr Julia Monar. Director-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Adviser to the Federal Foreign Office, and a video address by Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of Singapore, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
- Opening Address by the President of the Tribunal, Judge Tomas Heidar
- Address by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr António Guterres
- Address by the Deputy State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, Dr Johannes Dimroth
- Address by the Director-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Adviser to the Federal Foreign Office, Dr Julia Monar
- Address by the Ambassador-at-Large of the Republic of Singapore, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Professor Tommy Koh
Digest of Jurisprudence 2026
The Digest of Jurisprudence has been updated to include the jurisprudence of the Tribunal up to June 2026, in order to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tribunal.
