List of conciliators and arbitrators

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Lists of conciliators and arbitrators nominated under article 2 of annexes V and VII to the Convention

Last updated: 28 October 2009 (The official list of conciliators and arbitrators nominated under article 2 of annex V and article 2 of annex VII to the Convention can be found on the web site of the United Nations Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs

1. List of conciliators nominated under article 2 of annex V to the Convention

State Party	Conciliators - Nominations	Date of deposit of notification with the Secretary - General
Argentina	Dr. Frida María Armas Pfirter	28 September 2009
Austria	Professor Dr. Gerhard Hafner Department of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague Conciliator at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Former Member of the International Law Commission Professor Dr. Gerhard Loibl Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Ambassador Dr. Helmut Tichy Deputy Head of the Office of the Legal Adviser, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Ambassador Dr. Helmut Türk Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague	9 January 2008
Brazil	Walter de Sá Leitão	10 September 2001
Chile	Helmut Brunner Nöer Rodrigo Díaz Albónico Carlos Martínez Sotomayor Eduardo Vío Grossi	18 November 1998
Costa Rica	Lic. Carlos Fernando Alvarado Valverde	15 March 2000
Cyprus	Ambassador Andrew JACOVIDES	23 February 2007
Czech Republic	Dr. Vladimír Kopal	18 December 1996
Estonia	Mrs. ENE LILLIPUU, Head of the Legal Department of the Estonian Maritime Administration, Mr. HEIKI LINDPERE, the Director of the Institute of Law of the University of Tartu	18 December 2006
Finland	Professor Kari Hakapää Professor Martti Koskenniemi Justice Gustav Möller Justice Pekka Vihervuori	25 May 2001
Indonesia	Prof. Dr. Hasjim Djalal, M.A. Dr. Etty Roesmaryati Agoes, SH, LLM. Dr. Sudirman Saad, D.H., M.Hum Lieutenant Commander Kresno Bruntoro, SH, LLM	3 August 2001
Italy	Professor Umberto Leanza Ambassador Luigi Vittorio Ferraris Ambassador Giuseppe Jacoangeli	21 September 1999
Japan	Dr. Soji Yamamoto, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University, Japan Ambassador Chusei Yamada, Member of the UN International Law Commission	2 May 2006
Mexico	Ambassador José Luis Vallarta Marrón, Former Permanent Representative of Mexico to the International Seabed Authority Dr. Alejandro Sobarzo, Member of the national delegation to the Permanent Court of Arbitration Joel Hernández García, Deputy Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Erasmo Lara Cabrera, Director of International Law III, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	9 December 2002
Norway	Mr. Carsten Smith, President of the Supreme Court Ms. Karin Bruzelius, Supreme Court Judge Mr. Hans Wilhelm Longva, Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Per Tresselt	22 November 1999
Poland	Mr. Janusz Symonides Mr. Stanisław Pawlak Mrs. Maria Dragun-Gertner	14 May 2004
Slovakia	Dr. Marek Smid, International Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia	9 July 2004
Spain	José Manuel Lacleta Muños, Ambassador of Spain José Antonio de Yturriaga Barberán, Ambassador at large Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Ambassador at large Aurelio Pérez Giralda, Chief, International Legal Advisory Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	7 February 2002
Sri Lanka	Hon. M. S. Aziz, P.C. (Prof.) Dr. C. F. Amerasinghe A. R. Perera	17 January 1996
Sri Lanka	C. W. Pinto, Secretary-General of the Iran-US Tribunal in the Hague	8 April 2002
Sudan	Dr. Abd Elrahman Elkhalifa Sayed/Eltahir Hamadalla	8 September 1995

2. List of arbitrators nominated under article 2 of annex VII to the Convention

State Party	Arbitrators - Nominations	Date of deposit of notification with the Secretary-General
Argentina	Dr. Frida María Armas Pfirter	28 September 2009
Austria	Professor Dr. Gerhard Hafner Department of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague Conciliator at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Former Member of the International Law Commission Professor Dr. Gerhard Loibl Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Ambassador Dr. Helmut Tichy Deputy Head of the Office of the Legal Adviser, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Ambassador Dr. Helmut Türk Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague	9 January 2008
Australia	Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE Mr. Henry Burmester QC Professor Ivan Shearer AM	19 August 1999
Brazil	Walter de Sá Leitão	10 September 2001
Chile	José Miguel Barros Franco María Teresa Infante Caffi Edmundo Vargas Carreño Fernando Zegers Santa Cruz	18 November 1998
Costa Rica	Lic. Carlos Fernando Alvarado Valverde	15 March 2000
Cyprus	Ambassador Andrew JACOVIDES	23 February 2007
Czech Republic	Dr. Vladimír Kopal	18 December 1996
Estonia	Mrs. ENE LILLIPUU, Head of the Legal Department of the Estonian Maritime Administration, Mr. HEIKI LINDPERE, the Director of the Institute of Law of the University of Tartu	18 December 2006
Finland	Professor Kari Hakapää Professor Martti Koskenniemi Justice Gustav Möller Justice Pekka Vihervuori	25 May 2001
France	Daniel Bardonnet Pierre-Marie Dupuy Jean-Pierre Queneudec Laurent Lucchini	4 February 1998
Germany	Dr. (Ms.) Renate Platzoeder	25 March 1996
Indonesia	Prof. Dr. Hasjim Djalal, M.A. Dr. Etty Roesmaryati Agoes, SH, LLM. Dr. Sudirman Saad, D.H., M.Hum Lieutenant Commander Kresno Bruntoro, SH, LLM	3 August 2001
Italy	Professor Umberto Leanza Professor Tullio Scovazzi	21 September 1999
Japan	Ambassador Hisashi Owada, President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs Ambassador Chusei Yamada, Professor Waseda University Dr. Soji Yamamoto, Professor Emeritus Tohoku University Dr. Nisuke Ando, Professor, Doshisha University	28 September 2000
Mexico	Ambassador Alberto Székely Sánchez, Special Adviser to the Secretary for International Waters Affairs, Dr. Alonso Gómez Robledo Verduzco, Researcher, Institute of Legal Research National Autonomous University of Mexico, Member of the Inter-American Legal Committee of the Organization of American States Frigate Captain JN. LD.DEM. Agustín Rodríguez Malpica Esquivel Chief, Legal Unit Secretariat of the Navy Frigate Lieutenant SJN.LD. Juan Jorge Quiroz Richards, Secretariat of the Navy	9 December 2002
Mongolia	Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum Professor Jean-Pierre Cot	22 February 2005
Netherlands	Ellen Hey Professor Alfred H.A. Soons Adriaan Bos	9 February 1998
Netherlands	Professor Barbara Kwiatkowska	29 May 2002
Norway	Mr. Carsten Smith, President of the Supreme Court Ms. Karin Bruzelius, Supreme Court Judge Mr. Hans Wilhelm Longva, Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Per Tresselt	22 November 1999
Poland	Mr. Janusz Symonides Mr. Stanisław Pawlak Mrs. Maria Dragun-Gertner	14 May 2004
Romania	Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, Secretary of State Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Mr. Cosmin Dinescu, Director General for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs	2 October 2009
Russian Federation	Vladimir S. Kotliar	26 May 1997
	Professor Kamil A. Bekyashev Mr. Pavel G. Dzubenko: Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	4 March 1998
	Mr. Alexander N. Vylegjanin, Director of the Legal Department of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces of the Russian Academy of Science	17 January 2003
Slovakia	Dr. Peter Tomka, Judge of the International Court of Justice	9 July 2004
Spain	José Antonio de Yturriaga Barberán	23 June 1999
Spain	José Manuel Lacleta Muños, Ambassador of Spain José Antonio Pastor Ridruejo, Judge European Court of Human Rights Julio D. González Campos, Professor of Private International Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, former Constitutional Court Judge	7 February 2002
Sri Lanka	Hon. M. S. Aziz, P.C. (Prof.) Dr. C. F. Amerasinghe A. R. Perera	17 January 1996
Sri Lanka	C. W. Pinto, Secretary-General of the Iran-US Tribunal in the Hague	8 April 2002
Sudan	Sayed/Shawgi Hussain Dr. Ahmed Elmufti	8 September 1995
Sweden	Dr. Marie Jacobsson, Principal Legal Advisor on International Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Dr. Said Mahmoudi, Professor of International Law, University of Stockholm	2 June 2006
Trinidad and Tobago	Mr. Justice Cecil Bernard, Judge of the Industrial Court of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	17 November 2004
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Professor Christopher Greenwood Professor Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC Sir Arthur Watts KCMG QC	19 February 1998
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Judge David Anderson, CMG	14 September 2005