CHAMBERS
Judge Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica)
Member of the Tribunal since 16 November 1998
Biographical Note

Born: 29 January 1944, Jamaica

Education:
1964 - B.A. London, United Kingdom
1968 - LL.B. (Hons.) London, United Kingdom
1968 - Barrister of Law, Middle Temple, United Kingdom
1970 - Certificate, Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands
1972 - LL.M. Kings College, London, United Kingdom

Professional Experience:

1964 - 1966 - Graduate teacher of English
1968 - 1971 - Crown Counsel, Director of Public Prosecutions Office, Jamaica
1972 - 1973 - Legal adviser to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jamaica
1971 - 1998 - Crown Counsel, Senior Assistant Attorney-General, Director of the Division of International Law and Deputy Solicitor-General in the Attorney-General’s Department, Jamaica
1972 - 1998 - Jamaica’s Representative to the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
1981 - 1998 - Leader of Jamaica’s delegations for the negotiation of treaties on several subjects, including Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, Maritime Delimitation and Investment

Member:

1988 - 1995 - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and President in 1991
1991 - 1996 - International Law Commission
Since 1996 - International Bio-ethics Committee
1995 - 1996 - Foreign member of the Haiti Truth and Justice Commission
1997 - Chairman of the 12th Session of the United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD); UNCTAD’s Expert Meeting on Existing Agreements on Investment and their Development Dimension
  - Ambassador of the Annual Session of the General Assembly and the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

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