ITLOS Orders Russia to Release ARCTIC SUNRISE and its Greenpeace Protestors
"ITLOS Orders Russia to Release ARCTIC SUNRISE and its Greenpeace Protestors" — Craig H. Allen — Opinio Juris — November 25, 2013
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) dealt a blow to the Russian Federation on November 22nd, when it ordered Moscow to release the Arctic Sunrise and the remainder of the Greenpeace protestors who were on the vessel when Russia seized it on September 19, 2013. Shortly after the tribunal’s decision was announced, however, the Voice of Russia reported that the Russian government does not intend to comply with the order.