Patrick lipton robinson biography definition
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Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson of Jamaica is the Tribunal's current President, elected to this position by his fellow judges on 4 November
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Patrick Robinson
ICTY Judge (1998-2015); President (2008-2011)
Patrick Lipton Robinson (29 January 1944 - ) is a Jamaican lawyer. After graduating in 1964 with a B.A.
Degree (UCWI-London) in English, Latin and Economics, Judge Robinson was a Graduate Teacher of English in Jamaica from 1964-1966. Following his call to the Bar in 1968, Judge Robinson began a long and distinguished career in public service, working for the Jamaican government for over three decades.
His long-standing experience in United Nations affairs dates back to 1972, when he became Jamaica’s Representative to the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, a position that he held for 26 years.
Judge Robinson was elected a Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1998 and served as the Tribunal’s President from 2008 to 2011. Robinson has also served as an arbitrator in disputes under the International Convention for the Settlement