James L. Kateka has been a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea since 2005, and from 2014 to 2017 he was the President of the Tribunal’s Chamber for Marine Environment Disputes. He has also served as the Judge ad hoc in several cases before the International Court of Justice and as an arbitrator in arbitral proceedings. Judge Kateka was Ambassador of Tanzania to the Federal Republic of Germany (1989–1994), to the Russian Federation (1994–1998) and to Sweden (1998–2005). He has published numerous articles in various fields of international law.