Thomas Mensah (lawyer)
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Thomas A. Mensah (12 May 1932 – 7 April 2020) was a Ghanaian judge, law professor and diplomat who served as judge and president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) from 1996 to 1999 and continued as a judge from 1999 to 2005. He was the first president of the tribunal. Before his appointment to the tribunal, Mensah was Ghana's High Commissioner to South Africa and a former Assistant Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
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Born | Thomas Aboagye Mensah (1932-05-12)12 May 1932 |
Died | 7 April 2020 (2020-04-08) (aged 87) London, England |
Education | Achimota School |
Alma mater | University of Ghana; University of London; Yale University Law School |
Occupation(s) | Judge, law professor and diplomat |
Known for | Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) (1996–2005) |
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