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 | Law of the sea |
| Procedural rules | - Other - |
| Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced |
Multilateral treaty |
| Language of Proceeding |
English |
| Seat of Arbitration (by Country) | - |
| Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s) | Judge Jin-Hyun Paik (Presiding arbitrator) Judge Boualem Bouguetaia Judge Alonso Gómez-Robledo Professor Vaughan Lowe KC Professor Alexander Vylegzhanin (as of 30 May 2023) Judge Vladimir Golitsyn (until 26 March 2023) |
| Representatives of the Claimant(s) |
Agent
H.E. Mr. Anton Korynevych, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (as of 17 March 2023) H.E. Mr. Yevhenii Yenin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (from 11 June 2020 until 17 March 2023) H.E. Ms. Olena Zerkal, Deputy Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (until 11 June 2020)
Co-Agent Ms. Oksana Zolotaryova, Director, Department of International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (as of 17 March 2023) H.E. Mr. Vsevolod Chentsov, Ambassador to the Netherlands (from 7 June 2019 until 17 March 2023)
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-Marc Thouvenin (as of 30 January 2018)
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| Representatives of the Respondent(s) |
Agents H.E. Mr. Vladimir Tarabrin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (as of 3 April 2024) H.E. Mr. Gennady Kuzmin, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (as of 17 February 2023)
H.E. Mr. Alexander Shulgin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (from 17 February 2023 until 3 April 2024) H.E. Mr. Dmitry Lobach, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (from 10 October 2017 until 17 February 2023) H.E. Mr. Roman A. Kolodkin, Director, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (until 28 September 2017)
Counsel Dr. Bing Bing Jia (from 30 May 2023 until 3 April 2024)
Professor Alain Pellet (until 17 March 2022) Professor Tullio Treves, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (until 17 March 2022) Mr. Sergey Usoskin (until 17 March 2022) Mr. Samuel Wordsworth, QC, Essex Court Chambers (until 17 March 2022) Mr. Vasily Torkanovsky, Ivanyan & Partners (until 30 September 2022) Mr. Andrey Gorlenko, Ivanyan & Partners (from 25 November 2021 until 30 September 2022) Ms. Elena Burova, Ivanyan & Partners (from 25 November 2021 until 30 September 2022) Ms. Maria Suchkova, Ivanyan & Partners (until 18 January 2018) Ms. Sofia Sarenkova, Ivanyan & Partners (until 25 November 2021) Ms. Amy Sander, Essex Court Chambers (until 17 March 2022) Mr. Renato Raymundo Treves, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (until 17 March 2022)
Advisers
Ms. Tessa Barsac (until 17 March 2022) Ms. Ksenia Galkina (as of 13 September 2018) Ms. Svetlana Shatalova (until 25 November 2021) |
| 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 | Pending |
| Additional notes | - |