Calendar of Events

Judge Tomas Heidar, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iceland, Ms Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, at the Tribunal today. Minister Gunnarsdóttir met with Judge Heidar in the President’s chambers, where she also signed the visitors book.

Judge Tomas Heidar, President of the Tribunal, welcomed Ms Leticia Reis de Carvalho, Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, along with Ms Mariana Durney, Legal Counsel, to the Tribunal today.

On 16 March 2026, by Order of the President of the Tribunal, Judge Tomas Heidar, The “Zheng He” Case (Luxembourg v. Mexico) was removed from the Tribunal’s List of cases.

We welcome applications for the 2026-2027 ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS until 6 March 2026.

On 6 February 2026, the President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Judge Tomas Heidar, appointed Mr Nguyen Hong Thao (Viet Nam) as arbitrator in the arbitral proceedings instituted by Ukraine against the Russian Federation under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (PCA Case No. 2019-28, Dispute Concerning the Detention of Ukrainian Naval Vessels and Servicemen (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation)).

The President, taking into account the agreement of the Parties, extends the time limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of Mexico to 16 March 2026.