Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration (Bangladesh v. India)
On October 8, 2009, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh instituted arbitral proceedings concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and the Republic of India pursuant to Article 287 and Annex VII, Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Permanent Court of Arbitration acts as Registry in this arbitration.
Case information
| Name(s) of Claimant(s) |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (State) |
| Name(s) of Respondent(s) | Republic of India (State) |
| Names of Parties | - |
| Case number | 2010-16 |
| Administering institution | Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) |
| Case status | Concluded |
| Type of case | Inter-state arbitration |
| Subject matter or economic sector | Maritime boundary delimitation |
| Procedural rules | - Other - |
| Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced |
Multilateral treaty |
| Language of Proceeding |
English |
| Seat of Arbitration (by Country) | Netherlands |
| Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s) | Professor Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum (President) Judge Jean-Pierre Cot |
| Representatives of the Claimant(s) |
Agent Dr. Dipu Moni MP Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Deputy Agent Rear Admiral Md. Khurshed Alam (Retd) Secretary, Maritime Affairs Unit Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Counsel and Advocates H.E. The Honourable A.H. Mahmood Ali MP Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Mr. Mohammad Shahidul Haque Secretary, Legislative & Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Dhaka
Professor Payam Akhavan McGill University
Professor Alan Boyle University of Edinburgh
Professor James Crawford SC, FBA University of Cambridge
Mr. Lawrence H. Martin Foley Hoag LLP
Mr. Paul S. Reichler Foley Hoag LLP
Professor Philippe Sands QC University College London
Advisors Mr. Shiekh Mohammed Belal Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bangladesh Ambassador-designate to the Netherlands
M.R.I. Abedin System Analyst, Maritime Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Mohammad Hazrat Ali Khan Director, Maritime Affairs Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Robin Cleverly Law of the Sea Consultant, The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Mr. Scott Edmonds Cartographic Consultant, International Mapping
Dr. Lindsay Parson Director, Maritime Zone Solutions Ltd.
Mr. Robert W. Smith Geographic Consultant
Junior Counsel Mrs. Clara Brillembourg Mr. Vivek Krishnamurthy Mr. Yuri Parkhomenko Foley Hoag LLP
Mr. Remi Reichhold Matrix Chambers
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| Representatives of the Respondent(s) |
Agent Dr. Neeru Chadha Joint Secretary & the Legal Advisor, Ministry of External Affairs
Co-Agent Mr. Harsh Vardhan Shringla Joint Secretary (BSM), Ministry of External Affairs
Deputy Agent Mr. Puneet Agrawal Deputy Agent, Director (BSM), Ministry of External Affairs
Chief Counsel H.E. Mr. G. E. Vahanvati Attorney General of India
Counsel Professor Alain Pellet University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre-La Défense, Former Member & Chairman of the International Law Commission, Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International
Professor W.M. Reisman McDougal Professor of Law, Yale University, Member of the Institut de Droit International
Mr. R.K.P. Shankardass Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Former President, International Bar Association
Sir Michael Wood, K.C.M.G Member of the English Bar, Member of the International Law Commission
Representatives H.E. Mr. R.N. Prasad Ambassador of India to the Netherlands
Dr. A. Sudhakara Reddy Counsellor (Legal)
Junior Counsel Mr. Devadatt Kamat Assistant Counsel to Attorney General of India
Mr. Benjamin Samson University of Paris Ouest
Mr. Eran Sthoeger New York University
Scientific and Technical Experts Vice Admiral S.K. Jha Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India
Rear Admiral K.M. Nair Joint Chief Hydrographer, National Hydrographic Office (NHO)
Prof. Martin Pratt Expert Cartographer, Director of Research, International Boundary Research Unit (IBRU), Durham University
Commodore Adhir Arora Principal Director of Hydrography, NHO
Captain Peush Pawsey Director of Hydrography (Ops.), NHO
Dr. Dhananjay Pandey Scientist, National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR)
Mr. R. C. Samota Cartographic Assistant, NHO
Research Associates Mr. K. S. Mohammed Hussain Legal Officer, Ministry of External Affairs
Ms. Héloise Bajer-Pellet Member of the Paris Bar
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| Representatives of the Parties | |
| Number of Arbitrators in case | 5 |
| Date of commencement of proceeding | 08 October 2009 |
| Date of issue of final award | 07 July 2014 |
| Length of Proceedings | More than 4 years |
| Additional notes | - |