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.
Paik Jin-hyun | |
|---|---|
백진현 | |
| previous President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | |
| Assumed office October 2, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn |
| Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | |
| Assumed office March 6, 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1958 Busan, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University, Columbia University, Cambridge University |
| Occupation | Judge |
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.[1]
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.[2][3][4][5]
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