Dispute Concerning Coastal State Rights in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Kerch Strait (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation)
On 16 September 2016, Ukraine served on the Russian Federation a Notification and Statement of Claim under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) referring to a dispute concerning coastal state rights in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Kerch Strait. The Permanent Court of Arbitration acts as Registry in this arbitration.
Case information
| Name(s) of Claimant(s) |
Ukraine (State) |
| Name(s) of Respondent(s) | The Russian Federation (State) |
| Names of Parties | - |
| Case number | 2017-06 |
| Administering institution | Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) |
| Case status | Pending |
| Type of case | Inter-state arbitration |
| Subject matter or economic sector | - |
| Rules used in arbitral proceedings | - Other - |
| Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced |
[Multilateral treaty] |
| Language of Proceeding | English |
| Seat of Arbitration (by Country) | |
| Arbitrator(s) | Judge Jin-Hyun Paik (Presiding arbitrator) Judge Boualem Bouguetaia Judge Alonso Gómez-Robaldo Professor Vaughan Lowe QC Judge Vladimir Golitsyn |
| Representatives of the Claimant(s) |
Agent
H.E. Ms. Olena Zerkal, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Counsel
Ms. Marney L. Cheek, Covington & Burling LLP Mr. Jonathan Gimblett, Covington & Burling LLP Mr. David M. Zionts, Covington & Burling LLP Mr. Nikhil V. Gore, Covington & Burling LLP Professor Harold Hongju Koh (as of 30 January 2018) Professor Alfred H.A. Soons (as of 30 January 2018) Professor Jean-March Thouvenin (as of 30 January 2018)
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| Representatives of the Respondent(s) |
Agent
H.E. Mr. Dmitry Lobach, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (as of 10 October 2017) H.E. Mr. Roman A. Kolodkin, Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (until 28 September 2017)
Counsel
Professor Alain Pellet Professor Tullio Treves, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP Mr. Sergey Usoskin Mr. Samuel Wordsworth, QC, Essex Court Chambers Mr. Vasily Torkanovsky, Ivanyan & Partners Ms. Maria Suchkova, Ivanyan & Partners (until 18 January 2018) Ms. Amy Sander, Essex Court Chambers (as of 10 January 2018) Mr. Renato Raymundo Treves, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (as of 18 January 2018) Ms. Tessa Barsac (as of 18 January 2018) Ms. Svetlana Shatalova (as of 18 January 2018)
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| Representatives of the Parties | |
| Number of Arbitrators in case | 5 |
| Date of commencement of proceeding | 16 September 2016 |
| Date of issue of final award | - |
| Length of Proceedings | |
| Additional notes | - |