Paik Jin-hyun

In this Korean name, the family name is Paik.

Paik Jin-hyun
백진현
President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2, 2017
Preceded by	Vladimir Vladimirovich Golitsyn
Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Incumbent
Assumed office March 6, 2009
Personal details
Born	(1958-02-01) 1 February 1958 Busan, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul National University, Columbia University, Cambridge University
Occupation	Judge

Paik Jin-hyun (Korean: 백진현; Hanja: 白珍鉉; born 1 February 1958) is a South Korean judge and the current 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.

External links

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