The Duzgit Integrity Arbitration (The Republic of Malta v. The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe)

 Please find attached a press release issued today by the Permanent Court of Arbitration concerning The Duzgit Integrity Arbitration (The Republic of Malta v. The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe).

Back row, from left to right: Ms. Rita Guerreiro Teixeira (PCA Legal Intern), Mr. Ruud Niesink (Co-Agent and Counsel for São Tomé and Príncipe), Mr. Guilherme Posser da Costa (Counsel for São Tomé and Príncipe), Ms. Juliette Luycks (Co-Agent and Counsel for São Tomé and Príncipe), Mr. James Harrison, Ph.D (Legal Advisor to São Tomé and Príncipe), Dr. Alexander Mizzi (Co-Agent and Counsel for Malta), Captain Kürşad Öztürk (Ship-owner Representative), Mr. Alejandro Camacho González (Legal Assistant to the Maltese delegation), Mr. Metin Düzgit (Ship-owner Representative), Ms. Rana Hatata (PCA Assistant Legal Counsel).

Front row, from left to right: Ms. Ziyi Huang (PCA Assistant Legal Counsel), Mr. Kelve Nobre de Carvalho (Office of the Prosecution of São Tomé and Príncipe), H.E. Américo Afonso Lima Viegas (Co-Agent for São Tomé and Príncipe), Professor Tullio Treves (Member of the Arbitral Tribunal), Professor Alfred H.A. Soons (President of the Arbitral Tribunal), Judge James L. Kateka (Member of the Arbitral Tribunal), Mr. Ramón García-Gallardo (Agent and Counsel for Malta), Ms. Maria Inês Elvas Ferrari Careto (Legal Assistant to the Maltese delegation), Ms. Sarah Grimmer (PCA Senior Legal Counsel and Registrar).