Arbitrators, counsel and experts
Alfred H.A. Soons
Arbitrator, judge or committee member (published cases) · 7Counsel (published cases) · 3
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Record as arbitrator
Outcome for the appointing side: claimant prevailed in 100% of the 2 claimant appointments; respondent prevailed in 50% of the 1 respondent appointments. Published decisions with a clear outcome; mixed outcomes count as half.
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Issues decided most often
Duzgit Integrity 1UNCLOS Annex VII 1archipelagic waters 1Article 49(3) 1ship-to-ship transfer 1vessel detention 1proportionality 1reasonableness 1Article 300 1abuse of rights 1ship as a unit 1exhaustion of local remedies 1settlement agreement 1composite act 1moral damages 1compound interest 1contributory fault 1flag State 1
Published cases (10)
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2026
Ukraine v. The Russian Federation
Counsel for the claimant · award p. 7
Tribunal: Donald M. McRae, Gudmundur Eiriksson, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Vladimir Golitsyn
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2019
Malta v. São Tomé and Príncipe
President — appointed by the appointing authority (Appointed by the President of ITLOS) · award p. 10
Tribunal: James Kateka, Tullio Treves
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2017
The Netherlands v. The Russian Federation
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 2
Tribunal: Thomas A. Mensah, Henry Burmester, Janusz Symonides, Alberto Székely
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2016
The Republic of Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China
Co-arbitrator · award p. 1
Tribunal: Thomas A. Mensah, Jean-Pierre Cot, Stanislaw Pawlak, Rüdiger Wolfrum
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2014
Award in the Arbitration regarding the Arctic Sunrise
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the claimant · award p. 6
Tribunal: Thomas A. Mensah, Henry Burmester, Janusz Symonides, Alberto Székely
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2007
Guyana v. Suriname
Counsel for the respondent · award p. 3
Tribunal: L. Dolliver M. Nelson, Thomas M. Franck, Kamal Hossain, Ivan Shearer
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2005
Iron Rhine Arbitration (Belgium/Netherlands)
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 1
Tribunal: Rosalyn Higgins, Guy Schrans, Bruno Simma, Peter Tomka
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the Kingdom of Belgium v. the Kingdom of the Netherlands, decision of 24 May 2005
Co-arbitrator — appointed by the respondent · award p. 8
Tribunal: Rosalyn Higgins, Guy Schrans, Bruno Simma, Peter Tomka
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Award of 17 September 2007
Counsel for the respondent · award p. 9
Tribunal: L. Dolliver M. Nelson, Thomas M. Franck, Kamal Hossain, Ivan Shearer
Compiled with AI from the published awards and decisions in the Forum’s database; it covers public cases only and may contain matching errors. Each entry links to the page it was read from where available. Corrections: info@arbitration.org.