Calendar of Events 2015

By Order of 12 January 2015, the Tribunal has formed a Special Chamber to deal with a dispute concerning delimitation of the

maritime boundary between the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.

The President of the International Court of Justice, Mr Peter Tomka, together with a delegation offive other judges of the ICJ, Judges Hisashi Owada, Antônio Cançado Trindade, Xue Hanquin, Giorgio Gaja and Julia Sebutinde, and its Registrar, Mr Philippe Couvreur, visited the Tribunal on 26 and 27 January 2015.

On 27 February 2015 the Special Chamber of the Tribunal formed to deal with the dispute concerning delimitation of the

maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean received a request for the prescription of provisional measures. The request was submitted by Côte d’Ivoire under article 290, paragraph 1, of the United Nations Convention on the

Law of the Sea.

The Tribunal today delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Request submitted to the Tribunal by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) under article 138 of the Rules of the Tribunal. This is the first time in the history of the Tribunal that an advisory opinion is being rendered by the full Tribunal.

The Special Chamber of the Tribunal formed to deal with the dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean today delivered its Order on a Request for provisional measures filed by Côte d’Ivoire. Judge Boualem Bouguetaia, President of the Special Chamber, read the Order at a public sitting of the Chamber.

President Golitsyn met with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Mr Yun Byung-se, in Seoul.

On 8 June 2015, the President of the Tribunal, Judge Vladimir Golitsyn, addressed the 25th Meeting of States Parties to the

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to present the annual report of the Tribunal.

On 21 July, the Italian Republic submitted a request to the Tribunal for the prescription of provisional measures under article 290, paragraph 5, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in a dispute with the Republic of India over the incident involving the MV Enrica Lexie, an oil tanker flying the Italian flag.

The Tribunal delivered its Order in The “Enrica Lexie” Incident (Italy v. India), Provisional Measures case today.

The Tribunal held its eleventh regional workshop in Bali, Indonesia, on 27 and 28 August 2015. As in 2014 (the Nairobi workshop), the workshop was preceded by a seminar on “Maritime Delimitation and Fisheries Cooperation”, organized by the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia on 26 August. Judge Vladimir Golitsyn, President of the Tribunal, and Judges Paik and Heidar participated as panellists in the sessions of the seminar dealing

with dispute settlement on maritime delimitation in international courts and IUU fishing in a global perspective.

Judge Vladimir Golitsyn, President of the Tribunal, gave his annual statement before the General Assembly of the United Nations on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, on the occasion of the General Assembly's debate on the item "Oceans and the law of the sea".

Panama today filed an application with the Tribunal in a dispute with Italy regarding the arrest and detention of the MV Norstar, a

Panamanian-flagged vessel.