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Paik Jin-hyun (Korean: 백진현; Hanja: 白珍鉉; born 1 February 1958) is a South Korean judge and the previous President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, inaugurated on October 2, 2017, succeeding Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn from Russia.

Biography

Paik graduated from Seoul National University in 1980, later he entered both Columbia University and Cambridge University. Paik graduated from Cambridge in 1989 and was subsequently admitted to the bar of the State of New York. In March 2009, he became a member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. In October 2017, Paik became the tribunal's president.

Paik presided over a case relating to the Kerch Strait incident. On 25 May 2019 the tribunal decided that Russia must immediately release three captured ships and 24 captured Ukrainian servicemen.

References

1. "International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: 404 File not found".
2. "Russia ordered to release Ukraine sailors". BBC News. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
3. "Case No. 26". International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
4. "Russia must free detained Ukraine ships and sailors, UN court rules". Retrieved 2019-05-27.
5. "Russia ordered to free detained Ukrainian men". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2019-05-27.

External links

• ITLOS - Judge Jin-hyun Paik Biography at the website of the ITLOS

• 1958 births
• Living people
• Chief justices
• South Korean judges
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea judges
• South Korean judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge
• Columbia University alumni
• New York (state) lawyers
• Lawyers from Seoul
• Seoul National University alumni