Professor Sérvulo is ad hoc judge at International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

NEWS AND EVENTS 08 Nov 2012

Professor Sérvulo Correia was recently sworn in as ad hoc judge for the case  M/V «Virginia G» (Panama v. Guinea-Bissau) at the ITLOS - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

The ITLOS is a court of the United Nations based in Hamburg and established in 1996. States involved in disputes and which do not have a judge of their own nationality have the right to appoint an ad hoc judge. It was in this context that Professor Sérvulo Correia was nominated by Guinea-Bissau, while Panama nominated the Italian judge and professor Tullio Treves.

The public hearing aimed at determining the admissibility of a counterclaim brought by Guinea-Bissau.