" la Corte permanente di Arbitrato (Cpa) dell’Aja che
 ospiterà il Tribunale che dovrà decidere sulla controversia tra Italia e
 India ha nominato gli arbitri del contenzioso: sono il coreano Jin-Hyun
 Paik, il giamaicano Patrick Robinson e il presidente del Tribunale, il 
russo Vladimir Golitsyn. Questi vanno ad aggiungersi all’arbitro 
italiano Francesco Francioni e a quello indiano P. Chandrasekhara Rao. "
 Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson
Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson 
Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson of 
Jamaica served as the Tribunal’s President between November 2008 and 
November 2011. He was first elected as a judge of the Tribunal by the UN
 General Assembly on 16 October 1998, and is currently presiding the 
Appeals Chamber in the Popović et al. case. Prior to his duties as 
President, Judge Robinson served in Trial Chamber III, where he presided
 over numerous cases, including those of Slobodan Milošević and Dragomir
 Milošević. He also presided the ICTY Appeals Chamber in the cases of 
Boškoski and Tarculovski, and of Haradinaj et al. In addition, he was 
assigned to sit on the Appeals Chamber in several cases, including the 
Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
 
A graduate teacher of English from 1964 to 1966, Judge Robinson went 
on to begin a long and distinguished career in public service, working 
for the Jamaican government during three decades. From 1968 to 1971, he 
served as a Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of the Public 
Prosecutions. Between 1972 and 1998, he served briefly as Legal Adviser 
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and subsequently in the Attorney 
General’s Department as Crown Counsel, Senior Assistant 
Attorney-General, Director of the Division of International Law, and 
Deputy Solicitor-General.
Judge Robinson’s long-standing experience in UN affairs dates back to
 1972, when he became Jamaica’s Representative to the Sixth (Legal) 
Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, a position that he 
held for 26 years. He played a leadership role on several items in the 
Committee, including the definition of aggression and the draft statute 
for an international criminal court. From 1981 to 1998, he led Jamaica’s
 delegations for the negotiation of treaties on several subjects, 
including extradition, mutual legal assistance, maritime delimitation 
and investment promotion and protection.
Judge Robinson has been a member of numerous international bodies. As
 a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1988 to 
1995, and its Chairman in 1991, he contributed to the development of a 
corpus of human rights laws for the Inter-American System. As a member 
of the International Law Commission from 1991 to 1996, he served on the 
Working Group that elaborated the draft statute for an international 
criminal court. Judge Robinson also served as a member of the Haiti 
Truth and Justice Commission from 1995 to 1996, was a member of the 
International Bio-ethics Committee of UNESCO from 1996 to 2005, serving 
as its Vice-Chairman from 2002 to 2005, and represented Jamaica at the 
United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD), 
serving as its Chairman at its 12th Session in 1986. He represented 
Jamaica at all sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the 
Law of the Sea and was accredited as an ambassador to that conference in
 1982.
Judge Robinson is a Barrister of Law, Middle Temple, United Kingdom. 
He holds a B.A. in English, Latin, and Economics from University College
 of the West Indies (London), an LLB with honours from London 
University, and an LL.M. in International Law from King’s College, 
University of London, in the areas of the Law of the Sea, the Law of the
 Air, Treaties, and Armed Conflict. He also holds a Certificate of 
International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law.
Judge Jin-Hyun Paik 
    
ITLOS - Member of the Tribunal since 6 March 2009; re-elected as from 1 October 2014; Member of the Special Chamber formed 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)
Born: Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1 February 1958.
Education: LL.B., Seoul National University 
(1980); LL.M., Columbia University School of Law (1983); Ph.D. 
(International Law), University of Cambridge (1989).
Professional Experience: Doctoral Scholarship
 Fellow (Bourse de Doctorat), Hague Academy of International Law (1985);
 Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ministry
 of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (1990–1997); Legal Adviser to the
 Korean delegation to the negotiations for Mutual Legal Assistance 
Treaty/Extradition Treaty with Canada, United States, Brazil, Thailand, 
and Australia (1990–1993); Legal Adviser to the Korean delegation to the
 Preparatory Commission for the International Seabed Authority and 
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (8th-12th
 sessions) (1990–1994); Chairman, Research Committee, Sea Lanes of 
Communication Study Group, Republic of Korea (1990–2009); Chairman, 
Asian Group of the G-77, Preparatory Commission for the International 
Seabed Authority and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 
(1991–1992); Member, Korean delegation to United Nations Special 
Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (1992); Legal Adviser to the Korean
 delegation to the negotiations for Fishery Agreements with China, 
Japan, and for the Central Bering Sea (1992–1997); Legal Adviser to the 
Korean delegation to the United Nations Secretary-General’s informal 
consultations on the Law of the Sea (5th-8th sessions) (1993–1994); Member of the Korean delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (6th Committee; 48th-50th sessions)
 (1993–1995); Member, Maritime Cooperation Working Group, Council for 
Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (1994–present); Member, 
Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, Republic of Korea 
(1994–1997); Legal Adviser to the Korean delegation to the Assembly of 
International Seabed Authority (1995); Professor of International Law, 
Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University 
(1997–present); Member, Advisory Committee to National Security Council,
 Republic of Korea (1999–2000); Visiting Fellow, RAND Corporation, USA 
(2000); Member, Advisory Committee to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
Trade, Republic of Korea (2000–2002); Associate Dean, Graduate School of
 International Studies, Seoul National University (2003, 2005–2007); 
Visiting Professor to Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced 
International Studies and Visiting Fellow to Stanford University’s 
Hoover Institution (2003–2004); Director, SNU-KIEP EU Center, Seoul 
National University (2006–2008); President, Haesung Institute for Ethics
 in International Affairs, Republic of Korea (2006–present); President, 
Korean Council on the United Nations System (2008–2011); Director, 
Institute of International Affairs, Seoul National University 
(2008–2010); Chairman, Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOCs) Study Group 
Korea (2010–present); Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, 
Seoul National University (2010–2012); Guest Scholar, Max Planck 
Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany 
(2013).
Member: Attorney-at-law, New York Bar (1989–present); Editorial Committee, Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (1991–2010); Managing Editor, Journal of International and Area Studies (formerly Asia Journal) (1997–2000); Editorial Board, International Studies Review (2001–present); Editor-in-chief, Journal of International and Area Studies
 (2008–2010); Executive Committee, Asian Society of International Law 
(2011–present); International Advisory Panel, Center for International 
Law, Singapore (2012–present); Executive Board, Korean Society of 
International Law; American Society of International Law; European 
Society of International Law.
President Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn 
ITLOS - Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2008; 
President of the Tribunal since 1 October 2014; President of the Seabed 
Disputes Chamber 2011-2014
Born: Moscow, Russian Federation, 27 February 1947.
Education: Red Diploma, International Affairs
 (with honours), Moscow State Institute of International Relations 
(1970); Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Moscow State Institute of 
International Relations (1975); Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Diplomatic
 Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988).
Professional Experience: Lecturer on 
international law, Law, Diplomatic and Economic Faculties, Moscow State 
Institute of Foreign Relations (1975–1981); Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
 former USSR: Legal Expert, Legal and Treaty Department (1975–1979), 
Member of the Inter-Agency Working Group of the Supreme Soviet 
responsible for the preparation of draft laws on territorial sea and 
fishery zone (1976–1980), Head, Division of Public International Law, 
Legal and Treaty Department (1979–1982), Member of the Inter-Agency 
Working Group of the Council of Ministers on the Arctic and Spitsbergen 
(1979–1982), leader or member of the USSR delegations at various 
conferences and meetings; United Nations, New York: Legal Officer, 
Office of the Legal Counsel (1982–1986), Acting Secretary of the 
Committee on Relations with the Host Country (1983), Secretary of the 
Committee on Applications for Review of the Administrative Tribunal 
Judgments (1985–1996), Senior Legal Officer, Office of the Legal Counsel
 (1986–1997), Secretary, Plenary of the Preparatory Commission for the 
International Seabed Authority and the International Tribunal for the 
Law of the Sea (1987–1994), Liaison officer at UNHQ for the 
International Court of Justice (1995–2004), Principal Legal Officer, 
Office of the Legal Counsel (1997–2003), Director, Division for Ocean 
Affairs and the Law of the Sea (2004–2007), representative of the United
 Nations at the 92nd and 97th sessions of the 
Council of IMO, at the 26th session of the Committee on Fisheries of FAO
 and at the Fourth Meeting of Regional Fisheries Organizations (Rome, 
March 2005); Chief Legal Counsel of the delegation of the Russian 
Federation in two prompt release cases before the International Tribunal
 for the Law of the Sea (2007); Professor (2007–2011) and Visiting 
Professor (2012) of International Law, Moscow State University of 
International Relations; lecturer, Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and 
Policy (2009–present); lecturer, IFLOS Summer Academy (2009–present); 
Speaker: The Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands 
(Paris, May 2010), The Third Aspen Environment Forum (Aspen, USA, July 
2010), The 74th Conference of the International Law Association (The 
Hague, August 2010), Law of the Sea Institute Conference “Institutions 
and Regions in Ocean Governance” (Hamburg, October 2010), International 
Conference in Memory of Professor Tunkin (Moscow, November 2010); 
International Conference on “Arctic Science, International Law and 
Climate Change” (Berlin, March 2011); 1st Conference on “The 
Use of the Oceans’ Energy Resources, Risk Management, and the Need for 
Regulation” (Hamburg, June 2011); International Symposium on “Safety, 
Security and Environmental Protection of Straits Used in International 
Navigation: Is International Law Meeting the Challenge?” (Istanbul, 
September 2011); UNITAR Training Course for young specialists from the 
Commonwealth of Independent States (Moscow, April 2012); Seventh Annual 
International Conference on “Securing the Oceans for the Next 
Generation” (Seoul, May 2012); Second EU-USA Conference Series on 
“Sustainable Oceans: Developing a new International Architecture for 
Maritime Policy” (New York, July 2012); Seminar on “International 
Cooperation in the Protection of Environment, Preservation and Rational 
Use of Biological Resources in the Arctic Ocean” (Moscow, September 
2012); Round-Table Panel Discussion on “Current Issues Regarding the 
Delimitation of the Outer Continental Shelf” (Hamburg, September 2012); 
Presentation “The mandate and work of the Seabed Disputes Chamber”, 3rd 
International Symposium on Technical Aspects of the Extended Continental
 Shelf and the Area (Beijing, November 2012); Professor of International
 Law, Moscow State University (2012); Visiting Professor of 
International Law, Moscow State Institute of International Relations 
(MGIMO-University) (2012); Lectures on “Legal Regime of the Arctic and 
Antarctic – Environmental Aspects”, UNITAR Training Course for young 
specialists from the Commonwealth of Independent States (Moscow, April 
2013); Presentation “How Effective is the United Nations Convention on 
the Law of the Sea? Gaps in Law and Gaps in Applying the Law”, EU-USA 
Conference Series on “Sustainable Oceans: Reconciling Economic Use and 
Protection of Environment” (Cascais, Portugal, June 2013); Presentation 
“Human Rights and Environmental Law”, Annual International Conference 
(Moscow, October 2013); Presentations “Role of the International 
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Settlement of International Disputes”
 and “Competence of the Seabed Disputes Chambers of the International 
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Its Role and Activities”, 
International Workshop on “Settlement of Disputes” (Doha, Qatar, April 
2014); Presentations “Equitable Criteria in the Delimitation 
Methodology” and “Final and Binding Natures of the Outer Limits of the 
Continental Shelf, the Bay of Bengal Case”, Summer Academy on the 
Continental Shelf (Torshavn, the Faroe Islands, June 2014); Chair of the
 Panel on “Arctic Continental Shelf Petroleum”, 38th Annual 
Conference on the Law of the Sea, “Challenges of the Changing Arctic: 
Continental Shelf, Navigation and Fisheries” (Bergen, Norway, June 
2014).
Member: Soviet Association of International 
Law (1975–1982); Soviet Association of Maritime Law (1975–1982); 
American Society of International Law (1991–2005); Canadian Council of 
International Law (1989–1991); Steering Committee of the Global Forum on
 Oceans (2004–present); Global Forum Working Group on Governance of 
Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (2006–present); Russian 
Association of International Law (Russian branch of the International 
Law Association) (2007–present); Russian Association of International 
Maritime Law (2007–present, Vice-President 2009–present); Arctic Council
 of the World Economic Forum (2012); Global Ocean Commission (2013).
 
Francesco Francioni (nominato dall'Italia)
(Doctor of Laws, Florence, and LLM, Harvard) is 
Professor, emeritus, of international law at the European University 
Institute, Florence. He is a member (associate) of the Institut de droit
 international, a member of the Editorial Board of The International 
Spectator and the European Journal of International Law, and General 
editor of the Italian Yearbook of International Law. He has been 
visiting professor at the Columbia Law School, N.Y. (winter term 2013), 
Cornell Law School (1983-1986), Texas Law School (1987-2008) and Oxford 
University (1998-2003). He has been a member of the Italian delegation 
in numerous international negotiations and diplomatic conferences, and 
recently he has been appointed Judge ad hoc in the UN Tribunal of the 
Law of the Sea as well as Arbitrator in an interstate dispute between 
Italy and India. He has published extensively in the field of public 
international law. His recent publications include Access to Justice as a Human Rights (Oxford University Press, OUP 2009); The 1972 World Heritage Convention. A Commentary (OUP 2008); ‘Public and Private in the International Protection of Global Public Goods’, European J. Int. L. (2012); War by Contract
 (OUP 2011 with N. Ronzitti); ‘Diritto internazionale degli investimenti
 e tutela dei diritti umani: convergenza o conflitto? in La tutela dei 
diritti umani e il diritto iternazionale’, XVI Convegno Società Italiana
 di Diritto Internazionale (Napoli 2012); Enforcing International Cultural Heritage Law (OUP 2013 with J. Gordely); and The EU, the US and Global Environmental Governance (Ashgate 2014 with C. Bakker).
Judge P. Chandrasekhara Rao (nominato dall'India)
ITLOS - Member of the Tribunal since 1 October 1996; 
re-elected as from 1 October 1999 and 1 October 2008; President of the 
Tribunal 1999-2002; President of the Special Chamber formed to deal with
 the Case concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of Swordfish Stocks in the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean 2000-2009
Born: India, 22 April 1936.  
Education: B.A., B.L., M.L., LL.D., 
University of Madras, India; LL.D. h.c., NALSAR University of Law, 
Hyderabad, India; Doctor of Letters h.c., Krishna University, India.
Professional Experience: Research Officer, 
Indian Society of International Law (1963–1967); Law Officer 
(1967–1971), Assistant Legal Adviser (1971–1976), Legal and Treaties 
Division, Ministry of External Affairs; Counsel for the Government of 
India in the case concerning the Appeal relating to the Jurisdiction of the International Civil Aviation Organization Council (India v. Pakistan)
 before the International Court of Justice (1972); Legal Adviser to the 
Permanent Mission of India to the UN, New York (1972–1976); Deputy 
Legislative Counsel, Additional Legal Adviser, Joint Secretary and Legal
 Adviser, Additional Secretary (1976–1988), Secretary (1988–1996), Union
 Ministry of Law; Sole Arbitrator in Government contracts (1979–1983); 
Secretary-General, International Center for Alternative Dispute 
Resolution, New Delhi (1995–1996); Visiting Professor: Osmania 
University, Hyderabad (1994–1995), Kakatiya University, Warangal 
(1994–1995), University of Madras (1995–1996).  
Member: Board of Editors, Indian Journal of International Law
 (1970–present); Indian Society of International Law (Vice-President 
1994–2000); Indian delegation to: Legal Sub-Committee on the Peaceful 
Uses of Outer Space (1969–1973, 1975); International Legal Conference on
 Marine Pollution Damage, Brussels (1969); UNCTAD Working Group on 
International Shipping Legislation, Geneva (1969); UN Special Committee 
on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and 
Cooperation among States, Geneva (1970); UN Committee on the Peaceful 
Uses of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National 
Jurisdiction (1971, 1973); Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea 
(1973–1976); UN General Assembly (1972–1975); UNCITRAL (Head of 
delegation 1972, 1988–1994); Legal Committee of the ICAO (1973); Ad hoc Committee on International Terrorism (1973); Ad hoc
 Committee on the UN Charter (1975); Commonwealth Law Ministers Meetings
 held at Bridgetown (1980), Harare (1986), Christchurch (1990), Port 
Louis (1993), Kuala Lumpur (1996); Ministerial-level Meeting of GATT 
Contracting Parties, Punta del Este, Uruguay (1986); UN Conference on 
the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International 
Trade, Vienna (Chairman of Drafting Committee 1990); Meeting of the 
International Seabed Authority, Kingston (1996), (Head of delegation); 
Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 
New York (1996), (Head of delegation); represented the International 
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea at the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth 
Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the Twelfth, Thirteenth
 and Fourteenth Meetings of States Parties and the Asian-African Legal 
Consultative Organization (Abuja, July 2002; New Delhi, June–July 2008).