Sri Lanka’s MCW Pinto appointed Arbitrator for Dispute between Denmark and the EU
Thursday, 20 March 2014 00:38
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Dr. Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto has been appointed to serve on the five-member Atlanto-Scandian Herring Arbitration Panel established to adjudicate the dispute between the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of the Faroe Islands and the European Union.
Dr. Pinto is a leading international lawyer and former diplomat. His previous arbitral appointments include the chairing of the international tribunal which considered a maritime dispute between Singapore and Malaysia.
From 1982-2011, Dr. Pinto served as Secretary-General of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal, which was set up to settle certain disputes between the two countries. Earlier he served as the first Legal Advisor to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence and External Affairs from 1967-76, and in that capacity, prepared the arguments that contributed to recognition of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty over the island of Kachchativu.
He was Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Germany and Austria from 1976-80. Dr. Pinto was Chairman of the Sri Lankan delegation to the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and Chairman of the Conference’s Negotiating Group on the Seabed beyond national jurisdiction. He also chaired the prestigious United Nations International Law Commission and is a Member of the Institut de Droit International. He is a graduate of Peradeniya University and the University of Cambridge.
