Calendar of Events 2024

The application deadline has been extended to 22 March 2024.

The advance (unedited) versions of documents are now available.

The Tribunal's first newsletter for 2024 is now available.

Today, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Request submitted to the Tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. The Advisory Opinion was read by Judge Albert Hoffmann, who presided over the case.

Judge Tomas Heidar, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, today addressed the thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, currently ongoing at United Nations headquarters.

By Order of 13 June 2024, the President of the Tribunal, Judge Tomas Heidar, fixed 11 and 12 July 2024 as the dates for the hearing in The “Zheng He” Case (Luxembourg v. Mexico).

By Order of 25 July 2024, the President of the Special Chamber, Judge Albert Hoffmann, authorizes the submission of a Reply by the Marshall Islands and a Rejoinder by Equatorial Guinea.

Judge Tomas Heidar, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ms Annalena Baerbock, at the Tribunal today.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered today its Order in The “Zheng He” Case (Luxembourg v. Mexico), Provisional Measures.

The Tribunal's second newsletter for 2024 is now available.

By Order of 8 August 2024, President Tomas Heidar fixes the time limits for the filing of the Memorial and the Counter-Memorial.

The third ITLOS Workshop for Legal Advisers (sponsored by the Republic of Korea) was opened on 1 September 2024 by the President of the Tribunal, Judge Tomas Heidar.

Today, Ms Ximena Hinrichs Oyarce was re-elected Registrar by the judges of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

President Tomas Heidar welcomed Mr Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to the Tribunal today. During the visit, Mr Dominguez signed the guest book of the Tribunal, met with the Judges and was given a tour of the premises.

On 28 October 2024, the President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Judge Tomas Heidar, appointed Ms Kathy-Ann Brown (Jamaica) as arbitrator in the arbitral proceedings instituted by Ukraine against the Russian Federation under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (PCA Case No. 2019-28, Dispute Concerning the Detention of Ukrainian Naval Vessels and Servicemen (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation)).

Judge Neeru Chadha, Vice-President, addressed the plenary of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday during its consideration of agenda item 75(a) “Oceans and the law of the sea”.

The Tribunal's third newsletter for 2024 is now available.