Former Judge of the International Court of Justice visits Vietnam to discuss the East Sea

Professor of International Law Alexander Yankor, former Judge of the International Court of Justice, former Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, was present in Ho Chi Minh City to talk about China's illegal placement of an oil rig in Vietnam's waters.

On the afternoon of July 25, in Ho Chi Minh City, a press conference was held on the international workshop "Legal aspects related to the event of China placing the Haiyang 981 drilling rig in Vietnam's waters".

The workshop is jointly organized by the Vietnam Lawyers Association and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law. The workshop will take place on July 26 at the Independence Palace, Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of about 50 internationally prestigious experts and scholars on maritime law from many countries around the world, representatives of a number of Vietnamese agencies and departments, experts from research institutes, universities, law firms, domestic and foreign press agencies.

Many prestigious international scholars participated in the conference from Centers, Research Institutes, and major Universities in the United States, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Thailand, Korea, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, and Singapore. Among them, most of them were scholars who had never attended any international conferences on the East Sea held in Vietnam before.

Professor Mai Hong Quy (right) said that this conference only focuses on the legal aspect of China's illegal placement of the drilling rig.

Prof. Dr. Mai Hong Quy, Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, said that unlike previous conferences on the East Sea which had a wide scope, discussing many issues about history, geopolitical position of the East Sea, security, maritime and aviation safety, economic and trade cooperation between countries in the region and the world, this conference only focused on the legal field, specifically analyzing, evaluating, and analyzing the event of China placing the Haiyang 981 drilling rig in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf from the perspective of international law.

The workshop will also review and discuss peaceful measures to resolve disputes in international law, including political, diplomatic and legal measures.

Scholars from countries that have used legal measures to resolve disputes such as Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, etc. will present their experiences in resolving disputes before international tribunals (international courts and arbitrations). In particular, experts who have participated in resolving international disputes as judges and lawyers such as Professor of International Law Alexander Yankor, former judge of the International Court of Justice, former judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea from Bulgaria; Professor Makane Moise Mbengue, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland, will help Vietnam gain more information and experience to peacefully resolve this case.

According to Dan Tri