The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. The Tribunal is open to States Parties to the Convention. It is also open to entities other than States Parties (States and international organizations non-parties to the Convention and natural or juridical persons) in cases provided for in the Convention or other agreements conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal.The Yearbook - Annuairewill give lawyers, scholars, students as well as the general public access to information about the jurisdiction, procedure and organization of the Tribunal and also about its composition and activities in 2008. TheYearbookis prepared by the Registry of the Tribunal. Until 2007, it was published in two separate volumes, English (Yearbook) and French (Annuaire). TheYearbook - Annuaire 2008is the first bilingual volume.Le Tribunal international du droit de la mer est un organe judiciaire indegrave;pendant, cregrave;egrave; par la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer, pour connaAtilde;reg;tre des diffegrave;rends auxquels pourraient donner lieu l'interpregrave;tation et l'application de la Convention. Le Tribunal est ouvert aux Etats Parties aacute; la Convention. Il est egrave;galement ouvert aacute; des entitegrave;s autres que les Etats Parties (Etats et organisations internationales non parties aacute; la Convention et personnes physiques et morales) dans les cas pregrave;vus par la Convention ou par d'autres accords confegrave;rant compegrave;tence au Tribunal.LeYearbook - Annuairemet aacute; la disposition des juristes, des universitaires, des egrave;tudiants, ainsi que du public dans son ensemble, les informations essentielles concernant la compegrave;tence, la procegrave;dure et l'organisation du Tribunal, ainsi que la composition et les activitegrave;s de celui-ci au cours de l'annegrave;e 2008. L'Annuaireest regrave;digegrave; par le Greffe du Tribunal. Jusqu'aacute; l'annegrave;e 2007, il egrave;tait publiegrave; sous la forme de deux volumes segrave;paregrave;s, en anglais (Yearbook) et en franccedil;ais (Annuaire). LeYearbook - Annuaire2008 est le premier volume bilingue.
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