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, Director, International Law Department, 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, International Law Department, 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
Mr. Kirill Udovichenko, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Mr. Lesther Antonio Ortega Lemus, LexOceana
Advisers
Ms. Ksenia Galkina
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| 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 | - |