As T&T celebrated World Steelpan Day last Friday, Cintra Lucky, wife of retired Court of Appeal Judge of T&T Antony Lucky, now a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea, recalls her initiative of having the national instrument introduced to visitors of the tribunal.
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, (“the Convention”).
It has jurisdiction over any dispute concerning the interpretation and application of the Convention.
The ITLOS is composed of 21 judges elected by the States parties to the Convention and is one of the judicial arms of the United Nations as well as the only United Nations Institution on German soil.
It’s situated in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, in northern Germany.
T&T is a states party to the Convention and from September 2002 until 2020 had two duly elected judges on the tribunal—the late Lennox Ballah and Justice Anthony Lucky.
When Justice Lucky’s wife, Cintra, visited the tribunal in Hamburg, Germany (Diplomatic Notizen Aus Norddeuthland, on August 1, 2004—she said, “If Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean is part of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, we should bring a gift to it.” Read More
Captivating memories of introducing steelpan to international law body. (n.d.). Www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/captivating-memories-of-introducing--steelpan-to-international-law-body-6.2.1775386.edc35fca96
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