Memorial of Judge Park Choon Ho
| Author | José Luis Jesus |
| Position | President International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Hamburg, Germany |
| Pages | 7-9 |
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Judge Park Choon Ho (1930-2008)
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Learning of the death of Judge Choon-ho Park last November was a cause of deep sorrow and grief for all of us at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, fellow judges and staff members alike.
Judge Park had been a member of the International Law of the Sea Tribunal for the last 12 years and a member of the first team of judges that started the work of the Tribunal. I have served with him for most of those years, a period during which my colleagues and I learned to appreciate his qualities as a judge, as a human being and as a friend.
During his period in office he gained the respect of all his colleagues for his contributions to our work, for his spirit of collegiality, for his kindness, for the gentle and friendly approach to all colleagues, and for his very well known good humour.
The laws of nature, implacable as they are, determined that we should part company with him forever. He will, nonetheless, always be present in the minds of his colleagues at the Tribunal, as a cherished colleague, as a much esteemed friend to all of us, and as a gentleman.
May his family find comfort, in the midst of great sadness and the feeling of loss, in knowing that Judge Park will always be fondly remembered by all of us at the Tribunal. We shall miss him deeply and remember him in our prayers.
May his soul rest in peace.
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Dr. Park Choon-ho, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Professor Emeritus of International Law at Korea University, passed away on November 12, 2008 at the age of 78. Born in Namwon, Korea in 1930, Judge Park was educated at Seoul National University and attained his doctorate in international law at Edinburgh University, Scotland, defending a thesis entitled as: Law and Practice Relating to the International Regulation of Fisheries in Asia.
Judge Park carried out his academic research in international law institutions at highly renowned universities such as Harvard, Princeton and Hawaii from 1972 to 1982. During the period, he was involved in every painstaking course sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, drafting the historic United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In 1982, Judge Park was appointed as a professor of international law at Korea University where he remained as...
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