Arbitral Tribunal Issues Termination Order in ARA Libertad Arbitration (November 13, 2013) [1]
The Arbitral Tribunal established under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the ARA Libertad Arbitration (Argentina v. Ghana) issued a Termination Order [3] in the case. According to the press release [4], Argentina initiated the arbitration following the detention of the Argentine frigate ARA Libertad in the Port of Tema, Ghana, in October 2012, and the subsequent legal actions taken by Ghana. In the Agreement signed by the parties in September at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the parties agreed that a judgment of the Supreme Court of Ghana as well as other measures taken by Ghana “constitute[d] sufficient satisfaction to discharge any injury occasioned by the injunction measure over the Argentine warship - frigate ARA Libertad.”