Jin-Hyun Paik is Professor of International Law at Seoul National University in Korea and was Dean of its Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS). He is also Judge of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany since 2009 and served as its President from 2017 to 2020. He is currently President of the Special Chamber of ITLOS in the case concerning the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Judge Paik was Arbitrator in the “Enrica Lexie” Incident Case(Italy v. India) at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). He currently serves as President of the Arbitral Tribunal in Dispute concerning Coastal State’s Rights in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Kerch Strait (Ukraine v. the Russian Federation).

Professor Paik has specialized in international law and organization, law of the sea, and international dispute settlement. Over the past forty years, he has taught and conducted research in the fields of international law and relation in various places around the world. He also represented Korea in many international conferences and negotiations, including the United Nations General Assembly. Professor Paik is also lecturer for the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. He has been active in promoting and disseminating international law, in particular to audiences in developing countries.

In 2015, Judge Paik was elected to the Institut de Droit International. He also served as President of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) from 2015 to 2017. He received Dr. iuris honoris causa on the occasion of the centennial of University of Hamburg in 2019. Professor Paik has written and edited over 130 articles and several books on international law and politics, law of the sea and Korea’s foreign and security policies, the latest of which includes Regions, Institutions and the Law of the Sea (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013).