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Sean Murphy Serves as Ad Hoc Judge before ITLOS
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Sean D. Murphy of George Washington University Law School was chosen by the Federal Republic of Nigeria to serve as an ad hoc judge for a proceeding before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. The M/T “San Padre Pio” Case, brought against Nigeria by Switzerland, concerns the arrest and detention by Nigeria of a Swiss-flagged vessel, the San Padre Pio, its crew, and cargo.
“It is a great honor to be chosen to serve as a judge in such a proceeding,” said Professor Murphy. “As a young lawyer at the US Department of State, I attended the first inauguration of tribunal judges in 1996, certainly never thinking that I might be back someday to sit among them.”
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